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Onchain Data Shows FTX US Paused ETH Withdrawals for 2 Hours, Users Complain of Withdrawal Errors

After FTX International’s parent firm West Realm Shires Services filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware, users noticed that FTX US was included in the bankruptcy filings. On the U.S. exchange’s website, the firm notes that “trading may be halted on FTX US in a few days,” but the company’s ethereum wallet stopped processing…
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‘Need to update my LinkedIn’ — FTX Ventures head resigns: Report

Amy Wu’s resignation followed the news 134 companies associated with the FTX Group would be filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in the United States. Amy Wu, an investor in FTX and the head of the firm’s venture capital arm, FTX Ventures, has reportedly resigned her position. According to a Nov. 11 report from The…
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Crypto Biz: Crypto’s day of reckoning has arrived

After lecturing us about crypto regulation, Sam Bankman-Fried’s house of cards collapsed this week as FTX declared bankruptcy. Who would’ve thought that the implosion of Terra, the collapse of Three Arrows Capital and the bankruptcies of Celsius and Voyager wouldn’t be the most terrible crypto stories of 2022? In retrospect, crypto’s day of reckoning —…
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Bahamas Regulator Freezes FTX Assets — Supreme Court Appoints Provisional Liquidator

The Bahamas Securities Commission has frozen the assets of FTX Digital Markets and related parties. The financial regulator said the prudent course of action is to put the crypto firm “into provisional liquidation to preserve assets and stabilize the company.” Bahamas Securities Regulator Takes Action Against FTX The Securities Commission of the Bahamas announced Thursday…
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Sam Bankman-Fried Apologises, Tells Binance ‘You Won’

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has sent apologies in his first series of tweets since the collapse of FTX. “I f****d up, and should have done better,” the CEO said.  In his first series of tweets since Binance announced and then reversed an offer to buy troubled crypto exchange FTX, SBF apologized to everyone involved in the platform,…
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FTX contagion victim Deepak.eth puts NFT collection up for sale

Deepak.eth, the founder of the blockchain infrastructure Chain, listed their NFT collection for sale on OpenSea starting at 8,000 ETH. The founder of the Chain blockchain infrastructure company, who goes by the internet pseudonym Deepak.eth, took to Twitter to announce the sale of their nonfungible token (NFT) collection. Deepak.eth tweeted that the collection will either be…
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Crypto News Summary: FTX to Conduct Fundraiser Next Week, Justin Sun Working on ‘Solution’ for FTX Users, Tron DAO to Buy $1BN Worth of USDT

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________… Read More: Crypto News Summary: FTX to Conduct Fundraiser Next Week, Justin Sun Working on ‘Solution’ for FTX Users, Tron DAO to Buy $1BN Worth of USDT  Read more »Sign up for e-EUR…
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Tether CTO confirms no plans to rescue FTX

FTX won’t be getting a bailout from Tether who confirmed it isn’t planning to provide a cash injection despite the CEO reportedly reaching out to multiple firms for help. Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has lost at least one potential rescuer as it battles to fill a reported multi-billion dollar hole in its balance sheet. The CTO…
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Kraken’s Jesse Powell Blast FTX And Sam Bankman-Fried Without Naming Them

Leave it to Jesse Powell to say what everyone in crypto is thinking. “I’m really trying to control my rage,” the mind behind Kraken tweeted to begin his rant. In the following article, we’ll comment on several of his very interesting points. Make no mistake, though, Jesse Powell thinks this isn’t over and the crypto…
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SEC, DOJ Investigate FTX — Regulators Suspect Crypto Exchange Mishandles Customer Funds

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are reportedly investigating cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The crypto firm is suspected of mishandling customer funds and breaking securities laws. Regulatory probes are among the key reasons why Binance walked away from the acquisition of FTX. U.S. Regulators and DOJ Investigate Crypto Exchange…
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