Sam Bankman-Fried

FTX’s Enron Parallels Have Implications for Crypto’s Great Regulatory Revamp
FTX’s Enron Parallels Have Implications for Crypto’s Great Regulatory Revamp
November 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX’s former CEO is being replaced by one of the men who oversaw Enron’s bankruptcy proceedings. There’s irony in that news. John J. Ray III,...

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FTX US and Alameda Research Each Have Liabilities of $10B to $50B
FTX US and Alameda Research Each Have Liabilities of $10B to $50B
November 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX-affiliated trading firm Alameda Research and FTX US reportedly each have liabilities of as much as $50 billion.  On the Alameda Research’s bankruptcy filing, it...

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BlockFi Halts Withdrawals in FTX Fallout
BlockFi Halts Withdrawals in FTX Fallout
November 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In the first major collateral casualty of the collapse of FTX, BlockFi announced via a tweet in the early hours of Friday (Nov. 11) morning...

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FTX Searching for $9.4 Billion Investment to Avoid Bankruptcy
FTX Searching for $9.4 Billion Investment to Avoid Bankruptcy
November 10, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In the wake of the collapse of Binance’s buyout of crypto trading competitor FTX, FTX’s CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has begun the search for new major...

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FTX CEO Says Firm Is Making Its Own Stablecoin
FTX CEO Says Firm Is Making Its Own Stablecoin
October 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto exchange FTX could soon have its own stablecoin. In an interview published Thursday (Oct. 27) by the French Web3-focused publication The Big Whale, FTX...

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Asking Backers for Up To $1B at $32B Valuation
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Asking Backers for Up To $1B at $32B Valuation
September 22, 2022  |  Investments

Sam Bankman-Fried is reportedly in talks with investors to follow up a January funding round with a bigger infusion of capital for his cryptocurrency conglomerate...

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Alameda to Return $200M Voyager Digital Loan
Alameda to Return $200M Voyager Digital Loan
September 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Alameda Research, which is owned by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, is set to return $200 million in cryptocurrency borrowed from bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital....

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Bankman-Fried’s Stake in Quant Trading Firm Raises Conflict Questions
Bankman-Fried’s Stake in Quant Trading Firm Raises Conflict Questions
September 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Back in 2020, if you weren’t in crypto, you’d never heard of Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire owner of the FTX exchange and especially the small...

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UK FCA: FTX Not Recognized to Conduct Business in Region 
UK FCA: FTX Not Recognized to Conduct Business in Region 
September 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Britain’s top financial regulator is alerting consumers that Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX is operating in the U.K. without proper authorization. The Financial Conduct Authority...

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