John J. Ray III may have unwounded major corporate failures, but in over four decades of legal and restructuring experience, he claims to have never seen such “unprecedented” management failures as in...
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Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Alameda Were Accused of Conspiracy, Racketeering, and Market Manipulation 3 Years Before FTX Collapsed – Bitcoin News
Amid the latest bankruptcy case filed by FTX Trading Ltd., U.S. regulators want to crack down on crypto exchanges, and a class action lawsuit has been issued against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (...
FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried And The Basic Problem Of Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency values have been hit hard. The granddaddy of them all, Bitcoin, now sells for around $16,000, down from a high of $67,000 a year ago. FTX and its charismatic cofounder, Sam Bankman-Frie...
Mainstream media called out for gaslighting over Sam Bankman-Fried ‘good guy’ narrative
Several mainstream media outlets have published favorable articles on former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) — much to the disdain of the crypto community. The collapse of FTX has revealed lax interna...
New FTX CEO Says Former Billionaire Bankman-Fried Led ‘Unprecedented’ Failure—’Incessant’ Tweets Undermine Bankruptcy Case
Topline Longtime bankruptcy attorney John J. Ray III, the new CEO of befallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading who led disgraced energy firm Enron after its storied collapse in 2001, issued a scath...
New FTX CEO Says Sam Bankman-Fried Does Not Speak on Firm’s Behalf, After SBF’s Candid Interview With Vox – Bitcoin News
Following the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) interview with the New York Times and several direct text messages with Reuters, SBF recently did a much longer and more candid interview with Vo...
FBI reportedly planning to extradite Sam Bankman-Fried from The Bahamas – crypto.news
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to extradite former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to the United States for questioning and is in talks with Bahamian authorities about it. FBI talki...
Singapore’s Temasek writes off $275M FTX investment, had misplaced belief in Sam Bankman-Fried
Singapore-owned investment fund Temasek said it was writing off its $275 million investment in the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, according to a Nov. 17 press statement. According to the fund, it had ...
Federal financial regulators ‘sound like Sam Bankman-Fried’
California Representative Brad Sherman, who repeatedly called for a ban on United State residents buying crypto, accused leaders at several financial agencies of parroting former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-F...
Sam Bankman-Fried is a ‘Terrible Trader’ Slams Ripple CTO, David Schwartz
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, was criticized on Twitter by David Schwartz, the chief technology officer of Ripple, who claimed that SBF has always been taking a significant directional risk. ...
A lawsuit Filed Against FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried for the Sale of Unregistered Securities
Since last week, the announcement of FTX’s collapse, previously one of the most valuable cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has shaken up the world financial markets. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founde...
FTX Says Sam Bankman-Fried Does Not Speak On Its Behalf
FTX is trying to do damage control in the midst of a bankruptcy process that has sent shockwaves throughout the whole crypto industry. In a small Twitter thread, the official account of FTX spoke out ...
US reportedly considering Bankman-Fried extradition for questioning
In the aftermath of the FTX exchange liquidity crisis and bankruptcy, United States and Bahamian authorities are reportedly discussing the possibility of extraditing Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of t...
Sam Bankman-Fried says ‘f*ck regulators’ in wide-ranging interview with Vox
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried made a number of eyebrow-raising statements in a wide-ranging interview conducted over Twitter DMs for more than an hour late Tuesday with Vox reporter Kelsey Piper. &...
Sam Bankman-Fried, Tom Brady and Steph Curry named in lawsuit over FTX collapse
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has not had a good couple of weeks. The crypto maven known as SBF has seen his company go bankrupt and his net worth drop by billions of ...
3AC hunted by FTX, Alameda, founder claims. Sam Bankman-Fried disagrees.
Three Arrows Capital co-founder Kyle Davies said that “FTX, Alameda colluded to trade against clients” and “hunted” his company. “As their biggest client, we, 3AC, were hunted ...
FTX, Bankman-Fried Will Face Congressional Hearing in December
Key Takeaways The U.S. House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on the collapse of FTX in December. It will seek testimony from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda Research, Binanc...
FTX and Alameda Executives Including Sam Bankman-Fried Were Aware of Customer Funds Misuse: Report
A new report claims executives of FTX and Alameda Research were aware that their customers’ funds were being mishandled. According to the Wall Street Journal, anonymous sources familiar with the matte...
Sam Bankman-Fried Continues Cryptic Twitter Thread, Claims FTX US ‘Had Enough To Repay All Customers’
The founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX says that he’s trying to find a way to make his former customers whole. In a lengthy cryptic thread on Twitter, Sam Bankman-Fried says that he thought that ...
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried still sees path to rebuilding his bankrupt empire and believes he can make his customers whole
The disgraced founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, believes there’s enough value locked on the exchange’s balance sheet to repay customer deposits held under custody and rebuild his dying crypto empire....
FTX Investors Sue Bankman-Fried Over Yield-Bearing Crypto Accounts (Report)
FTX investors have sued the company’s ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for illegally offering yield-bearing crypto accounts at the now insolvent exchange. The lawsuit, filed in Miami on Tuesday, alleges that...
FTX Drama Part III: The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
It could be argued that Sam Bankman-Fried was, at one point, a prince in the crypto arena awaiting his time to ascend to the digital throne. Many believed he had what it took to rule the space and dom...
Markets Bet Sam Bankman-Fried Won’t See Jail – Trustnodes
He came, he saw, he left and that’s where the story ends according to betting markets. Sam Bankman-Fried, the man who stole billions of customers money and spent it on reckless bets, remains free as f...
FTX and Bankman-Fried sued in $11 billion consumer class action
Investors have formally sued troubled FTX cryptocurrency exchange alongside former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, for losses incurred by ‘unsophisticated investors’. The consumer class action lawsuit worth $...
Sam Bankman-Fried Says He’s ‘Improvising’ His Cryptic One-Letter Tweets
In a series of bizarre tweets, the embattled former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, posted several single-letter tweets—many hours apart—that together read, “What HAPPEN.” So far. The stran...
‘Rich Dad’ R. Kiyosaki calls FTX founder Bankman-Fried the ‘Bernie Madoff of crypto’
In light of the recent incident surrounding FTX, lawmakers from both parties are making a symbolic decision to return campaign donations from the cryptocurrency exchange’s senior executives. Robert Ki...
How realistic is a Sam Bankman-Fried comeback?
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is eyeing a comeback. This is despite him being investigated by the Bahamian authorities and his firm, FTX, filing for bankruptcy. At the moment, it looks highly unlikely that ...
Kevin O’Leary would back Sam Bankman-Fried again if he had a new venture
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary said he would back former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried again if he had a new venture. This comes despite FTX’s collapse that left potentially more than a million creditors in t...
Sam Bankman-Fried Made Himself the Face of Crypto in DC—Now What?
Sam Bankman-Fried worked for years to cultivate a reputation as crypto’s most recognizable face in Washington. If he hadn’t succeeded yet in that endeavor, last week’s events certainly granted him t...
US Senator Elizabeth Warren Has Ties to FTX Sam Bankman-Fried
In the wake of the recent FTX collapse, Stacks co-founder Peter Shea has pulled back the curtains on a messy web of Sam Bankman-Fried’s myriad romantic and political relationships, including US Senato...
Big VCs To Slap Lawsuit Against Sam Bankman-Fried?
As more details begin to come out from the Sam Bankman-Fried crypto empire, it appears that the big investors are preparing to slap a lawsuit. According to reports, the venture capitalists who investe...