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Finance

FTX Bankruptcy Estate to Claw Back $460M From Modulo Capital

Alameda Research seeded little-known Bahamas-based hedge fund Modulo Capital with $475 million in 2022. The recovery includes $404 million in cash.

John J. Ray III, CEO of FTX Group, has spent huge sums taking the failed exchange through bankruptcy. Is FTX simply that much more complex than Ray's last big unwind - Enron? (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Auros Secures $17M Investment as It Recovers From FTX Woes

Auros, the trading firm that lost $20 million in FTX’s implosion, was released from provisional liquidation by a British Virgin Island court after major debt restructuring and the investment led by TradFi trading firm Vivienne Court and bitcoin miner Bit Digital.

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Juridique

FTX’s Bahamas Arm a ‘Nullity’ That Should Be Stripped of Assets: Court Filings

The Caribbean arm is a mere shell to further Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud, FTX's new management says.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on February 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX Firms Had $6.8B Hole in Balance Sheet at Time of Bankruptcy

The group of companies had debts of about $11.6 billion against $4.8 billion in assets, according to a presentation filed by its advisers.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in March of 2023. He could be returning to jail early if a court decides he has violated conditions of his bail. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Vidéos

Earlier Red Flags and Warnings About Sam Bankman-Fried

According to Time, leaders of the Effective Altruism movement were repeatedly warned of Sam Bankman-Fried's role as CEO of Alameda Research beginning in 2018. Meanwhile, FTX's new management team said the crypto exchange transferred $2.2 billion to Bankman-Fried through various entities. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the fall of SBF's crypto empire and the early red flags.

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Analyses

How Effective Altruism Power Brokers Helped Make Sam Bankman-Fried

Academic philosophers covered for Sam Bankman-Fried’s moral failings as long ago as 2018 – and reaped the rewards.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Vidéos

Bitcoin’s Correlation With Nasdaq at Lowest Level Since FTX Implosion: Data

Kaiko Director of Research Clara Medalie said bitcoin's (BTC) correlation with the Nasdaq is at its lowest level since the FTX collapse and its correlation with European equities is at multi-year lows. Medalie also shares her markets analysis, adding, "this week we see crypto markets rallying while equity markets have collapsed."

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Marchés

First Mover Americas: Investors Pull Coins From Bitcoin Funds

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 16, 2023.

Investors have been pulling coins from bitcoin funds. (ByteTree Asset Management)

Finance

FTX Paid Around $2.2B to Sam Bankman-Fried, New Management Says

The failed crypto exchange made a total of $3.2 billion in payments to Bankman-Fried and other key employees.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Finance

Alameda-Linked Wallet Sent $100M of Stablecoins to Trading Firms After USDC Depeg

Three other wallets linked to FTX and Alameda sent $188.5 million in stablecoins to crypto exchanges on Tuesday.

Alameda Research-linked wallet transfers to trading firms. (Arkham Intelligence)