Founder of failed crypto exchange FTX apologises to ex-employees Sam Bankman-Fried continues to say firm’s downfall can be solely explained by misplaced $8bn The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022
‘Betrayed’: FTX meltdown signals end to crypto’s ‘Wild West’ days Cryptocurrency exchange’s spectacular collapse spurs government scrutiny and calls for greater regulation. Al Jazeera · Nov 23, 2022
FTX attorney says ‘substantial amount’ of assets are either stolen or missing A “substantial amount” of FTX Group’s assets “have either been stolen or are missing,” an attorney representing the firm told a bankruptcy court Tuesday in the company’s first court appearance since its rapid descent into insolvency. Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022
FTX lawyer: 'Substantial amount' of assets has been stolen The lawyers for FTX disclosed Tuesday that a “substantial amount" of assets has been stolen from the accounts of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, diminishing the odds that its millions of investors will get their money back The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022
Satyajit Das believes crypto boom and bust is just part of 'every bubble being pricked' in wider market sell-off One of the few financiers who sounded a warning bell before the global financial crisis believes today's cryptocurrency "meltdown" was predictable, and that "nobody is taking much notice" of a broader financial market problem. ABC News · Nov 22, 2022
Report: Brady, Curry Under Investigation After FTX Collapse This comes after a class-action lawsuit was filed in Florida last week, which also names Brady, Curry, FTX’s former CEO and a slew of other celebrities. Sports Illustrated · Nov 22, 2022
Midterm results could strengthen state opposition to ESG Republican midterm gains could strengthen state opposition to ESG according to Roll Call Ballotpedia · Nov 22, 2022
FTX was run as ‘personal fiefdom’ of Sam Bankman-Fried, court hears Hearing in Delaware bankruptcy court is the first since the cryptocurrency exchange declared bankruptcy earlier this month The Guardian - US · Nov 22, 2022
Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's extravagant penthouse lifestyle in the Bahamas, where the T-shirt-clad FTX founder lived like royalty The FTX founder created a gilded and connected life in the island paradise. Fortune · Nov 22, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: How Sam Bankman-Fried exploited the 'effective altruism' fad to get rich and con the world The most uplifting aspect of the Sam Bankman-Fried story was always that he guided his way to a putative cryptocurrency fortune of more than $16 billion by following a philosophy of charitable giving known as "effective altruism." Los Angeles Times · Nov 22, 2022
The 'end of crypto'? The Economist asks if the FTX collapse spells final doom for crypto. The answer is easy Fortune · Nov 22, 2022
FTX bypassed regular process for obtaining Australian financial services licence Crypto exchange took over a company that already held a licence and the regulator did not assess its fitness The Guardian - AU · Nov 22, 2022
TechScape: How do you slice a billion-dollar crypto bankruptcy pie? The 50 biggest claims against FTX total $3.1bn. Now a US court has to determine who gets what – if anything. Plus, what will be more valuable by the end of the year: Musk’s stake in Twitter, or a lettuce? The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2022
3 venture investors on where they’re looking to invest in crypto now Crypto VC is in turmoil. Where will VCs spend their money? Fortune · Nov 22, 2022
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 22, 2022 Will Bunch: Billionaires like Musk, Bankman-Fried didn't save the world. They wrecked it. Let's take it back After growing up amid upper-middle-class affluence in Silicon Valley as the children of two Stanford Law School professors, as a super-smart kid who got into MIT to study physics, Sam Bankman-Fried decided in those teen years that he wanted to save the world in the worst way.
Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2022 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his parents built million-pound property empire in the Bahamas Together, the family, the company and its executives bought nineteen properties over two years
WEKU · Nov 22, 2022 Wringing its hands over FTX's collapse, Washington hopes to prevent more crypto pain Congress, which has been unable to pass comprehensive crypto legislation, is digging into what happened as regulators try to police the new, mysterious world of virtual currencies with old laws.
The Times of India · Nov 22, 2022 Crypto's latest mystery: Who is the owner of major exchange Huobi? In the vexing world of cryptocurrencies, the seemingly simple question of who owns an exchange can turn out to be fiendishly tricky.
Al Jazeera · Nov 22, 2022 Crypto lender Genesis denies bankruptcy plans after FTX collapse Genesis’s comments come days after it halted customer withdrawals due to liquidity difficulties.
The Texas Tribune · Nov 22, 2022 Tom Brady, Steph Curry and other celebrities face Texas investigation for endorsements of bankrupt crypto firm This probe is part of the state’s wider investigation into FTX’s multibillion-dollar bankruptcy.
Fortune · Nov 21, 2022 What will happen to nearly a third of SkyBridge Capital? Here's how 'The Mooch' could get back his company Less than two weeks ago SBF and Scaramucci embarked on a fundraising trip together in the Middle East. Now, nearly a third of Scaramucci's firm is tied up in bankruptcy proceedings.
Reason · Nov 21, 2022 Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty? The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.
Axios · Nov 21, 2022 Assigning blame when startups break bad The best con artists are the ones who identify the system’s frailties and then exploit them.
Fortune · Nov 21, 2022 Congress will be taking a closer look at Sam Bankman-Fried’s political spending spree The former FTX CEO became the Democratic party’s top donor apart from George Soros during the last election cycle.
Fortune · Nov 21, 2022 Mark Cuban says his interest in crypto is ‘still status quo, no change’ post-FTX collapse Mark Cuban shares his stance on crypto after exchange FTX collapsed and disgraced former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried disrupted the industry.