Circle and BlockFi executives were questioned after the lawmakers accused Silicon Valley Bank of “coddling” and giving “white glove” treatment to its largest depositors. Executives at the stablecoin issuer Circle and the bankrupt cryptocurrency lender BlockFi have been questioned by two members of Congress investigating the so-called “mutual backscratching arrangements” alleged to have taken place…
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Gemini is accused of providing BlockFi with custodial services and misleading information to help BlockFi market its alleged unregistered securities. An investor with nearly $2 million worth of funds frozen in bankrupt cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed a class-action complaint against its founders, two directors and crypto exchange Gemini. In a Feb. 28 complaint filed…
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Blockfi, a cryptocurrency lending platform, has announced that it is limiting the operations of its platform and pausing customer withdrawals. The company issued a letter where it states that this decision was caused by the “lack of clarity” on the current state of FTX, which had previously announced an investment of $250 million in the…
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According to Blockfi’s co-founder Zac Prince, the company has signed definitive agreements with the crypto firm FTX and the deal is currently up to shareholder approval. The deal represents a total of $680 million, but Prince also noted that $240 million of that total could be used to acquire Blockfi at a variable price up…
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Unredacted Financial Documents Show Blockfi’s $1.2 Billion Connection With FTX, Alameda Research
Unredacted documents mistakenly sent to the bankruptcy court indicate that the now-defunct crypto lender Blockfi had more than $1.2 billion tied up with FTX and Alameda Research. The accidentally revealed documentation shows that Blockfi’s exposure to the bankrupt crypto firm FTX was more than what the company had previously disclosed. Unredacted Documents Reveal Blockfi’s $1.2…
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