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BlockFi’s U.S. bankruptcy filing

Two weeks ago, BlockFi banned withdrawals owing to “lack of clarification over the fate of FTX.com, FTX US, and Alameda.” As previously mentioned by the BlockFi team, the move would be directly spurred by the demise of FTX, the business that initially offered a $400 million credit line to fund the crypto-lending startup. This is in addition to the exchange formed by Sam Bankman-option Fried’s to acquire for an additional $280...

Bankruptcy, Blockfi, Cryptocurrencies, Front page, FTX, Main, News, Sam Bankman-Fried

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Crypto Contagion: Bank of America downgrades Coinbase to Neutral, COIN down 7%

Bank of America (BofA) has downgraded the shares of Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, after the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, while warning of contagion risks in the volatile industry. Coinbase told its customers that the company is not exposed to FTX. However, Sam Bankman-failure Fried’s exchange’s continues to impact the whole market. According to Yahoo! Finance, Jason Kupferberg, senior equities...

Coinbase, Crypto regulation, Cryptocurrencies, Front page, FTX, Main, News

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How far does the FTX contagion go?

Just as 2021 will be recognized as the year institutional money began to enter the crypto world, 2022 will surely be infamous for the seemingly endless list of problems and bankruptcies in the crypto world.  When it came out that Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, had taken $10 billion off of FTX’s balance sheet to fix a problem at his sister quantitative trading firm, Alameda Research, the cryptomarkets became very unstable. Until...

Cryptocurrencies, Exchanges, Front page, FTX, News, Sam Bankman-Fried

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Kevin O’Leary: Idiot managers always get wiped out and that’s okay

Bitcoin is held mainly by individuals, some family offices, and some hedge funds, but in the context of what can be a nothingburger. Is Bitcoin a hedge against inflation? So far it has not worked despite the absence of regulation, as it is not being indexed. It may be a chicken and egg conundrum, and may be more valuable than gold. However, institutions are allowed to own gold, and they own up to five percent of allocations or ETFs that...

Bitcoin, Crypto adoption, Crypto regulation, Cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, FTX, People in crypto

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“I F*cked Up,” Declares FTX’s Founder

According to Sequoia Capital, Bankman-Fried, 30, CEO of FTX crypto exchange, was ready to become the world’s first “trillionaire.” This week, FTX openly crumbled. Three days before, the letter said that “a rival is attempting to use fake information against us,” presumably targeting Binance. Before removing it, he tweeted, “FTX is ok and assets are fine.” Later, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange...

$FTT, Binance, Crypto regulation, Exchanges, Front page, FTX, News

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