Tag Archives: FTX Exchange

The NFT season continues to boom, and it shows little signs of slowing down, despite the talks of an NFT bubble. The most recent example of it is the ‘TEST’ NFT created by the CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried. ‘TEST’ NFT Sells for a Whopping $270K As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, FTX allowed users to mint custom non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on their exchange. Fun fact: once they did so, users flooded the platform with drawings of fish. In fact, the images were so many that SBF...

Opening up to the growing artistic marketplace, FTX recently announced the ability to mint custom NFTs directly on their exchange. However, they were quickly forced to place a pricey paywall behind the feature in response to a wave of spam images. NFTs on FTX Exchange The new feature was announced by FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried (aka SBF) on Twitter earlier today. His tweet linked to a simple test NFT that he posted on the exchange as a sample. The image– merely a white...

Recently hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global has secured a $120 million debt financing from Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange. According to an official statement by Liquid, the recent funding is part of efforts by both parties to pursue other collaborative opportunities that will contribute immensely to the global cryptocurrency ecosystem. Seth Melamed, COO of Liquid, said the firm’s joint venture with FTX is vital in delivering top-notch services and...

Cal Athletics – the sports teams representing the University of California, Berkeley – and FTX have signed the first sponsorship between a college athletic department and a cryptocurrency platform. As part of the $17.5 million deal, the team’s home ground will change its name to FTX Field at California Memorial Stadium. At the same time, the university will receive the payment entirely in digital assets. FTX Enters into New Waters According to a recent press release, the...

In light of recent regulatory scrutiny on the entire industry from global watchdogs, digital asset exchanges have attempted to enhance their efforts in order to comply with emerging legislation. The latest to outline its strategy is FTX, as the company’s CEO explained. FTX’s KYC/AML Endeavors The cryptocurrency space saw massive growth in the past year or so, and somewhat expectedly, its highly unregulated nature caught the attention of global watchdogs. Centralized digital...

The Founder and CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried – revealed that the increased number of cryptocurrency regulations forces him to spend around five hours a day dealing with it. Furthermore, he asserted that the exchange would keep supporting Tether (USDT) despite the controversy. ‘We Have to Stay on Top’ During a recent interview for CNBC, the 29-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried said that he has to spend a considerable part of his day handling cryptocurrency regulatory measures and...

Sam Bankman-Fried opined that some of the top financial institutions could be targeted for acquisition by young crypto companies. Moreover, he stated that his cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform – FTX – could consider buying the US banking giant Goldman Sachs if it surpasses its rivals. FTX to Buy Goldman? Sam Bankman-Fried – the CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX – believes that digital asset companies can acquire some of the most prominent traditional financial...

Tom Brady and his wife, Gisele Bündchen, have taken an equity stake in the popular cryptocurrency trading platform – FTX. Although the amount of the equity stake has not been disclosed, it’s known that the duo will receive some sort of payment in cryptocurrencies. Bloomberg coverage from June 29th indicated that the power couple of Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen had taken an equity stake in FTX as part of a long-term partnership. As a result, the American football legend and...

Google has lifted its ban on cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallets, prohibiting them from using Google’s advertisement service, a policy that lasted almost three years. According to the document, Google will update its Financial products and services policy in August to further clarify cryptocurrency exchanges about all the requirements needed to allow advertisement through the platform. Some of the requirements include being registered with the FinCEN (Financial...

Crypto exchanges FTX and BitMEX pledged to become carbon neutral. They will start the process with considerable donations to balance emissions. The Musk Effect Following the environmental debates which Elon Musk caused with his tweets earlier this week, two of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges announced they would become carbon neutral. The San Fransisco-based trading venue – FTX – revealed its commitment to implement the inovation. In a recent tweet, it reminded that...