Tag: FTX

  • Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Receives A BaFin License

    Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Receives A BaFin License

    The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin grants Bitpanda the “license for custody and proprietary trading of crypto assets”. The company, which is registered as Bitpanda Asset Management GmbH in Vienna, has thus officially received a license from the German securities regulator for the custody and proprietary trading of crypto…

  • Crypto Brokerage Genesis Needs $500 Million In Funding!

    Crypto Brokerage Genesis Needs $500 Million In Funding!

    Broker Genesis is struggling to raise fresh money for its credit division and is warning potential investors that the company may have to file for bankruptcy if its efforts fail, according to people familiar with the matter. “We have no plans to file bankruptcy imminently,” a Genesis spokesperson said in…

  • FBI Seeks Extradition Of Sam Bankman-Fried

    FBI Seeks Extradition Of Sam Bankman-Fried

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is demanding the extradition of Sam Bankman-Fried to the United States. Together with Bahamian authorities, the US Central Security Agency is discussing the possibility of bringing FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to the United States for questioning. This is reported by the Daily Mail, citing…

  • BlockFi Facing Insolvency

    BlockFi Facing Insolvency

    After the bankruptcy of FTX, BlockFi is also facing bankruptcy. Payouts were already stopped last week. The bankruptcy of crypto exchange FTX has sent shockwaves throughout the crypto industry and put many digital currencies under pressure. The industry is now concerned that other crypto exchanges could suffer the same fate.…

  • Genius, Guru, Hobbit, Or Fraudster? Who Is Sam Bankman-Fried?

    Genius, Guru, Hobbit, Or Fraudster? Who Is Sam Bankman-Fried?

    On many pictures, Sam Bankman-Fried aka SBF looks like the Hobbit Samwise, aka Sam from the movie The Lord of The Rings. SBF has lost ten billion dollars or 94% of his wealth in just 24 hours, when his crypto exchange FTX crashed. A record. Never before has a billionaire…

  • Ukrainian Aid Money May Be Gone In Bankruptcy Of Crypto Exchange FTX!

    Ukrainian Aid Money May Be Gone In Bankruptcy Of Crypto Exchange FTX!

    In March, the Ukrainian government under Volodymyr Selenskyj proudly presented a new way of increasing donations: The crypto exchange FTX was supposed to make more out of 100 million – now FTX is bankrupt. The suspicion: vast sums of aid money are gone.

  • SEC Chair Gary Gensler Launches Investigation Against FTX!

    SEC Chair Gary Gensler Launches Investigation Against FTX!

    Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), warned the crypto industry, saying, “We need to protect crypto investors. Time is running out!” According to Gensler, the FTX collapse follows the same pattern as the crash of many other crypto platforms. He said that these platforms…

  • The Many Losers Of The FTX Collapse And Its Devastating Consequences!

    The Many Losers Of The FTX Collapse And Its Devastating Consequences!

    In the FTX crash, the crypto market has been in a state of shock. Celebrities such as the U.S. football star Tom Brady are among those affected. Slowly, the full extent of the FTX crash is becoming visible. Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange had signed big-name investors and promotional deals, including…

  • Binance Has Agreed “Non-Binding” Acquisition With FTX

    Binance Has Agreed “Non-Binding” Acquisition With FTX

    The crypto industry is witnessing a mega takeover on the horizon! The world’s largest exchange for digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Binance, wants to take over most of the business of rival FTX. After Zhao (Founder and CEO of Binance) himself seeded doubts about FTX’s cash reserves with a tweet…

  • FTX Pay Integrates With Reddit Community Points

    FTX Pay Integrates With Reddit Community Points

    FTX, the regulated cryptocurrency company of Sam Bankman-Fried, announced an integration with Reddit’s Community Points in the US, EU, Australia, and other global markets. The partnership features the integration of FTX Pay as a white-label payment and exchange solution to support users onboarding Community Points.