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Another DeFi Protocol Reveals Exposure to FTX, Alameda
Mojito Markets, an Aptos decentralized exchange (DEX), is the latest one to reveal exposure to the FTX implosion. As a result, the platform is putting a pause on project development until the macroeco...
Alameda gave $400 million to startup in same condo as SBF: CoinDesk
Modulo Capital, a relatively unknown firm that appears to have a lot in common with Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, received a $400 million loan from Bankman-Fried’s investment firm, Ala...
Alameda Bankrupted Bitcoin Tokenizer to Print Ren For Bailout – Trustnodes
renBTC, a project that tokenized bitcoin on ethereum in a somewhat decentralized protocol manner, is suddenly in financial difficulties following the bankruptcy of Alameda. That’s because this ‘decent...
Silvergate Slammed With A Lawsuit Deals With FTX And Alameda
Several events are still unfolding following the collapse of FTX crypto exchange. The contagion from the exchange’s sudden collapse created panic among other crypto companies, especially those with ex...
CEO of Silvergate Bank Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Dealing with FTX and Alameda
Plaintiff Joewy Gonzalez has filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself and others who lost money with FTX. The lawsuit accuses Silvergate Bank of transferring FTX user deposits into the bank accounts of ...
Silvergate Bank faces lawsuit over FTX and Alameda dealings
Crypto bank Silvergate has been hit with a class action lawsuit, alleging that it aided and abetted fraud carried out by FTX and its subsidiary Alameda Research. The lawsuit was filed by Joewy Gonzale...
Solana Struggles to Remain in the Top 20 as Prior Ties to FTX and Alameda Wounded the Project – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Amid the market chaos within the crypto economy and following the climactic FTX collapse, the crypto asset solana has been one of the hardest hit during the last 30 days. Since FTX’s fallout, the digi...
Silvergate faces class-action lawsuit over FTX and Alameda dealings
A class-action lawsuit against Silvergate Bank, Silvergate Capital Corporation and Silvergate CEO Alan Lane was filed at the California Southern District Court concerning accounts held by embattled cr...
BitGo CEO Confirms Alameda Research Tried to Regain 3000 wBTC
Over a month has passed since FTX filed for bankruptcy under the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Code. Alameda Research, sibling trading firm of the crypto exchange, was reported to be gathering cash prior to t...
Ren DAO to vote on plan to mint new funding tokens after Alameda collapse
The Ren community, which oversees a DeFi protocol that issues wrapped crypto assets, is considering the minting of new tokens to raise capital after the collapse of Alameda Research left the project w...
Only 3 FTX Execs Could’ve Sent User Funds to Alameda: Co-CEO
A senior FTX executive blew the whistle on user funds being siphoned to Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading shop Alameda Research, just days before the firms filed for bankruptcy. Ryan Salame, co-CEO of...
FTX Executives Used ‘Korea’ Account to Mask Giant Alameda Liabilities
(Bloomberg) — A GitHub account bearing the name of former FTX executive Nishad Singh authored code that hid Alameda Research’s ballooning liabilities on the now-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange...
FTX used ‘weird Korean account’ to mask Alameda liabilities, CFTC says
Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried directed company executives to reallocate Alameda Research’s large liability with the exchange to “the weird Korean account” to mask its liability...
Alameda Secret Korea Account Exposed Masking Liabilities
According to Bloomberg, a secret account hid code detailing Alameda’s massive liabilities. The GitHub account was in the name of former FTX executive Nishad Singh, the report added. The outlet claims ...
Alameda tried to redeem 3,000 wBTC days before bankruptcy: BitGo CEO
Mike Belshe, the CEO of digital asset custodian BitGo has confirmed that Alameda Research attempted to redeem 3,000 Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) in the days before FTX’s bankruptcy filing on Nov. 11. Durin...
Alameda had ‘unfair’ trading advantage, special access to FTX funds: CFTC filing
Court filings continue to shed light on the dubious relationship between FTX and Alameda Research, in which the hedge fund was afforded an “unfair” trading advantage as well as unprecedented access to...
BitGo refused to unwind $50 million in wrapped bitcoin for Alameda
Digital asset custodian BitGo refused to allow Alameda Research to unwind $50 million worth of wrapped bitcoin days before the latter firm went into bankruptcy, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe said today in a T...
FTX and Alameda Executives Exchanged Sensitive Information in ‘Wirefraud’ Chat Group Prior to Collapse: Report
The executives at the now-collapsed crypto exchange FTX and its trading arm Alameda Research are reportedly exchanging secret information using a Signal chat group called “Wirefraud.” A new report fro...
Alameda Had a Secret Speed Advantage When Executing Trades at FTX
The Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had alleged that Alameda Research was offered a secret “time advantage” when executing trades at the defunct crypto exchange FTX. The revelation ...
CFTC Reveals Alameda Had “Speed” Advantage On FTX
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission asserts that Sam Bankman-trading Fried’s firm Alameda Research had a covert speed advantage when processing orders on his now-defunct FTX cryptocurrency exc...
CFTC files lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda for fraud
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has filed a lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and Alameda Research, claiming violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and demandin...
FTX Used Client Assets for Margin Trading at Alameda, Confirms Bankruptcy Lawyer
FTX’s bankruptcy attorney and new CEO, John Ray, spoke to the House Financial Services Committee on Friday to break down some of the internal details of the exchange’s fallout. Ray said that FTX cust...
FTX fallout continues with Bankman-Fried arrest. But where is former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison?
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is squarely in the spotlight following his arrest in the Bahamas, but attention is also focused on the whereabouts of Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, th...
FTX execs had ‘free rein’ over exchange, Alameda, CEO Ray says
Sam Bankman-Fried and his top lieutenants had “free rein” over failed crypto exchange FTX and its sister trading firm, Alameda Research, the new FTX CEO said in a congressional hearing. Testify...
Bankman-Fried considered closing Alameda in September
Sam Bankman-Fried contemplated closing Alameda Research in September, according to charges filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The disgraced former CEO reportedly drafted and sha...
Alameda Former CEO Caroline Ellison Hires SEC Ex-Top Regulator As Attorney For FTX Investigation
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison will need all the help she can get from no other than a highly decorated former regulator of the US Securities and Exchange Commission when she faces grill...
The Block CEO resigns after reports of undisclosed loans from Alameda Research
Michael McCaffrey, the chief executive officer of cryptocurrency news outlet The Block, resigned after media website Axios reported early Saturday, Hong Kong time, that he had received three undisclos...
Alameda Research Ex-CEO Engages Former SEC Official as Lawyer
23 seconds ago | 2 mins read Exchange News Stephanie worked as both the enforcement director and the deputy director at the SEC. Former FTX CEO SBF will testify before Congress on December 13. Former ...
Exposed Alameda Research Loans to Media Site The Block and Its CEO Adds to FTX’s Miseries
Crypto media site The Block was secretly funded over the last two years by Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research, according to a report by Axios. The Block confirmed the report on Friday. This article ...
CEO of crypto news site The Block resigns for failing to disclose $27M loans from Alameda Research
Bobby Moran of crypto news website the Block has announced he will be assuming the position of chief executive officer following the resignation of Mike McCaffrey, who reportedly financed the platform...
SBF’s Alameda Secretly Financed TheBlock, A Crypto News Site
The Block, a media organization that covers cryptocurrency news independently, has been covertly financed for more than a year with money that has been channeled to The Block’s CEO from the infamous F...