Sina Nader, the former head of partnerships at FTX US, has joined Mysten Labs as its new head of strategy. Nader will report directly to Evan Cheng, the CEO and co-founder of the Palo Alto-based Web3 startup, according to a Monday report from Bloomberg. Cheng, along with other former employees of Meta Platforms (formerly known as Facebook), created Mysten Labs with…
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Customers will soon be able to load up the Voyager app and see how much will be available for withdrawal. Cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital is preparing to reopen its app and allow customers to finally withdraw their funds — nearly one year after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Voyager’s bankruptcy plan administrator Paul Hage…
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The agreement came on the back of “good faith, arm’s length negotiations” with FTX’s debtors, the museum said. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to return $550,000 in donations it received from crypto exchange FTX prior to its collapse in November. The New York-based museum confirmed its intention to repay the funds to FTX…
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When FTX tried to sell the platform after filing for bankruptcy, the top bid was for just $1 million, representing a 99.5% decline in value. FTX lawyers are suing former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder Zixiao Wang, and former senior executive Nishad Singh over the $220 million acquisition of stock-clearing platform Embed, alleging lack of due…
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Daniel Friedberg, the former top compliance chief for FTX and FTX US, has provided a declaration that could support the lawsuit. A class action lawsuit against celebrities who allegedly promoted the now-bankrupt FTX has scored the cooperation of a former exchange executive — ex-compliance chief Daniel Friedberg. A May 11 proposed amended complaint filed in…
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An effort to revive collapsed crypto exchange FTX has drawn interest from Tribe Capital, a venture firm seeking to lead a $250 million fundraising campaign for the new platform. According to a Tuesday report from Bloomberg, Tribe is considering injecting new capital to reboot FTX. The VC firm aims to spearhead a $250 million fund-raising campaign,…
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The new FTX management has requested political figures and any other recipients of donations made by Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives to return the funds by the end of the month. According to a Sunday press release, FTX debtors are sending messages to all recipients of contributions that were made by Bankman-Fried and other executives…
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FTX lawyers, joint provisional liquidators of FTX US and the Bahamas and a committee of creditors have all opposed the appointment of an independent examiner. An investigation into FTX’s collapse by an examiner could cost the firm upwards of $100 million without providing any benefit to creditors or equity holders, argues lawyers representing the bankrupt…
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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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