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Interactive: Here are the politicians who received money from FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried opened up his wallet to Washington in a big way during the 2022 election cycle, donating about $40…
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Robinhood to offer retirement accounts to users who love long-shot bets on risky assets
Robinhood said on 6 December it will start offering retirement accounts, in a plan to convince the next generation of…
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‘It was savage’: Kraken’s crypto staff slam ‘cold’ redundancies
Staff laid off by crypto giant Kraken say they only learned of their redundancies when they were locked out of…
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FTX’s bankruptcy triggers global squabbles over ownership and control of crypto firm’s assets
The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has opened a hornet’s nest of squabbles between foreign governments and its new US chief executive,…
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Sam Bankman-Fried Chucks the Crisis Communications Playbook
Sam Bankman-Fried sat for news interviews this week about the collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange he co-founded and once…
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The unbearable uselessness of crypto
Andrés Velasco, a former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, is dean of the School of Public Policy at…
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried says he didn’t know scale of bad Alameda bets
Sam Bankman-Fried said that he didn’t intend to commit any fraud or use customer funds to back leveraged bets that…
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TP ICAP registers crypto trading arm with UK regulator
London-based broker TP ICAP has become the latest institutional finance firm to get its crypto offering registered with the Financial…
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Why early Alameda staff quit over Sam Bankman-Fried’s approach to risk
Years before Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire collapsed, a group of employees quit in a power struggle — after becoming concerned about…
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Crypto lender BlockFi is suing Sam Bankman-Fried over his shares in Robinhood: report
Just hours after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey on Monday, cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed a lawsuit against…
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BlockFi files for bankruptcy as crypto rout claims latest victim
Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed for bankruptcy on 28 November, making it the latest major digital assets company to fail since…
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What Carlyle founder David Rubenstein makes of the FTX crash
David Rubenstein co-founded The Carlyle Group in 1987, and it has since become a private equity behemoth with $369bn under…
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FTX flopped simply because it veered from decentralised finance
Jurica Dujmovic is a columnist for MarketWatch. He is a business publisher, consultant, designer and gamer The past few weeks have been…
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‘It’s risky business’: Binance’s $1bn crypto industry recovery fund prompts antitrust concerns
Binance risks getting on the wrong side of global competition watchdogs with its new $1bn industry recovery fund, a crypto…
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FTX hires former regulators to investigate what led to the crypto giant’s bankruptcy
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, whose recent collapse has led to questions about lacking regulatory oversight, has hired a fitting team to…
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FTX Hires Ex-Regulators to Investigate Firm’s Collapse
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, whose recent collapse has led to questions about lacking regulatory oversight, has hired a fitting team to…
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The SEC rule that stands to cost FTX crypto customers billions
Hal Scott is an emeritus professor at Harvard Law School and director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. John…
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FTX debuts biggest crypto bankruptcy in court — what to expect
FTX is expected to make its debut appearance on 22 November in Delaware bankruptcy court, where its new management is…
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Why central bank digital currencies will never solve our challenges
Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, is a former senior policy adviser at the International…
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Bank of England’s Jon Cunliffe doubles down on need for crypto regulation after FTX crisis
The Bank of England’s deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe has doubled down on the need to regulate cryptocurrency in the wake…
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Abrdn, Amundi, Aviva Investors: FTX collapse a ‘major setback’ for crypto uptake
Heavyweight fund groups including Abrdn and Aviva Investors said other big name investors that have steered clear of cryptocurrencies will be extra…
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Contagion fears emerge at crypto bank Silvergate Capital after FTX debacle
Earlier this month, Silvergate Capital gathered its staff to celebrate its transformation into the go-to bank for the crypto market.…
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FTX’s 50 largest creditors owed $3.1bn
FTX owes its 50 largest creditors about $3.1bn, the failed cryptocurrency exchange said in a bankruptcy court filing on 19…
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Supposed $477 million FTX ‘hack’ was actually a Bahamian government asset seizure
Remember that hack of nearly half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency from bankrupt FTX last weekend? Turns out it was…
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Wave Financial, Binance make fresh plays for Voyager Digital after FTX’s $1.4bn takeover collapses
Wave Financial and Binance are the latest firms to line up fresh bids for collapsed crypto exchange Voyager Digital, after…
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FTX staff vent their anger as collapse leaves them in shock
One FTX executive vomited when he learned that the crypto exchange was missing billions of dollars of customer money. A company lawyer…
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Fund managers yank Ethereum holdings over regulatory jitters
Fund managers have been dumping digital currency ether from their holdings amid worries that heightened regulatory scrutiny may blunt the digital currency’s expansion.…
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Binance co-founder: UK is ‘most stressful’ country for crypto regulation
The co-founder of Binance says Britain is the “most stressful” country from the perspective of crypto regulation, as the exchange continues…
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The Fintech Files: Crypto funds dumped Ethereum after the Merge – here’s why
The Ethereum Merge might be complete, but it’s not caused investors to pile into the asset as much as some…
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Why BNY Mellon is piling into crypto
Bank of New York Mellon is now open for crypto business. The nation’s oldest bank said on 11 October it…
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FTX liquidity crisis forces crypto hedge funds into rethink
Crypto hedge funds are changing how they work with exchanges around settlement and asset safeguarding, after a liquidity crunch pushed FTX to the…
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‘This situation is unprecedented’: 10 crazy things detailed in FTX’s bankruptcy filing
On Thursday, John Ray, III, the new CEO of FTX, dropped a long-awaited declaration in U.S. bankruptcy court, giving a…
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British spy boss says Beijing’s moves to control tech, digital currency and markets threatens global security
Beijing’s efforts to exert control over technology both internationally and within China’s borders threaten future global security and freedom, the…
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Crypto lender Genesis stops withdrawals in wake of FTX failure
Cryptocurrency lender Genesis told clients that it is suspending redemptions and new loan originations following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. The swift…
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Bitcoin, ether dive on red-hot US inflation data
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling on 13 October, in line with stocks, as they reacted to key inflation data. Bitcoin…
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Coinshares, Metaco bosses brace for 18 months of crypto ‘suffering’
Hopes that the crypto winter will soon thaw are looking increasingly remote, chief executives tell Financial News, as many prepare for…
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Binance policy head tells MPs: ‘We didn’t cause FTX crisis’
Binance has told MPs that chief executive Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao was not responsible for the crisis that engulfed FTX —…
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Binance chief Changpeng Zhao makes efforts to restore chaotic crypto amid FTX disaster
Changpeng Zhao, founder of dominant crypto platform Binance, has made a series of proposals in recent days, seeking to restore…
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It’s not just Snoop Dogg: Why music moguls everywhere are piling into crypto
When Les Borsai was managing the American rock band Unwritten Law in 1998, its drummer “borrowed” a hire truck and…
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Ripple expands payments offering to Africa amid US regulatory pressure
Crypto firm Ripple Labs is to expand its cross-border payments offering to Africa, as it seeks to expand its global footprint in…
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The Fintech Files: FTX fallout, MPs make Binance squirm, and crypto sector full of ‘f****** sociopaths’
It’s been seven days since Sam Bankman-Fried said: “FTX is fine. Assets are fine.” Many things remain unclear, but one thing…
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Three Arrows liquidators seek court permission to subpoena crypto hedge fund’s missing founders over Twitter
The founders of Three Arrows Capital might find a surprise the next time they open Twitter: subpoenas from court-appointed liquidators…
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New FTX CEO draws on Enron experience to tackle the biggest bankruptcy in crypto history
The executive tapped to lead FTX through the biggest cryptocurrency bankruptcy in history has helped recover billions of dollars for…
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The Fintech Files: Institutional money will ‘drag us’ out of crypto winter, FCA goes on a hiring spree
Highlights from London’s Digital Asset Summit on 17 October included David Mercer, the chief executive of LMAX, talking about the…
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Fidelity snaps up cut price crypto talent amid industry downturn
Fidelity’s European crypto chief Chris Tyrer says the firm is cashing in on this year’s downturn in the digital assets sector by…
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Sam Bankman-Fried quits as FTX files for bankruptcy: How the crypto giant collapsed after 10 days of mayhem
Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned from his crisis-stricken firm FTX, as the company files for bankruptcy. In a…
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What FTX execs knew about the crypto firm’s loan to Alameda with customer funds
Alameda Research’s chief executive and senior FTX officials knew that FTX had lent its customers’ money to Alameda to help…
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Crypto.com customers pull funds after CEO admits company mishandled $400m transaction
Customers pulled funds from Crypto.com over the weekend after the company’s chief executive said the cryptocurrency exchange mishandled a roughly…
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JPMorgan hires crypto policy exec from Celsius
JPMorgan, whose chief executive recently expressed scepticism of cryptocurrency, has hired a crypto policy head from bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius…
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Binance’s US arm turns to ex-FBI agent to head investigations team
The US arm of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has hired former FBI agent BJ Kang…
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