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Finance

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Insolvency Rumors as Binance Liquidates FTT Token

The head of FTX sister company Alameda Research offered to buy as much FTT as Binance wants to sell.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO de FTX. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Open Interest in FTT Futures Doubles as Binance Moves to Liquidate FTX Token Holdings

Open interest has doubled to $203 million, with bearish bets in demand, as Binance's entry into the FTX-Alameda drama has caused panic among investors.

La entrada de Binance en la saga FTT-Alameda ha logrado que los traders se apresuraran a hacer apuestas cortas en el mercado de futuros de FTT. (Coinglass.com)

Markets

FTT-Alameda Drama Weighs on Market as Asia Begins Its Week

FTT, SOL, and BNB all begin the week in the red as the market digests Alameda’s questionable financial position.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Talks Consumer Protection and Crypto Titans Clash

Consumer protection and regulation are key ingredients to transforming digital assets into an asset class worth trillions. The FTX exchange's Sam Bankman-Fried weighs in. Meanwhile, FTX's FTT token takes a dive after rival Binance announces plans to dump its remaining holdings.

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Finance

Binance to Sell Rest of FTX Token Holdings as Alameda CEO Defends Firm's Financial Condition

Alameda's CEO offered to buy Binance's FTT token holdings for $22 apiece.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Videos

Why Today's Crypto Meltdown Is Comparable to the Panic of 1907

Frances Coppola, CoinDesk columnist, compares today's crypto meltdown to the Panic of 1907, a crisis that pre-dates the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve. "In 1907, it was very much an individual within the financial system who was responsible for backing everything up," she says, referencing FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Finance

Venture Capital Firm Paradigm to Host Crypto Tech Event for US Policymakers

The Hands On Web3 affair aims to give U.S. policymakers a hands-on demonstration of the crypto technologies they could regulate.

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Finance

Did Sponsoring Stadiums Bring New Crypto Traders, or Tourists?

By some metrics, Crypto.com and FTX’s stadium sponsorship campaigns were a remarkable success. Whether they succeeded in onboarding a new generation of crypto traders remains to be seen.

The exterior of the Crypto.com Arena (Getty Images)

Finance

Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda’s Balance Sheet

Alameda had $14.6 billion of assets as of June 30, according to a private document CoinDesk reviewed. Much of it is the FTT token issued by FTX, another Bankman-Fried company.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Crypto's Role Ahead of US Midterms

CoinDesk Deputy Managing Editor of Global Policy and Regulation Jesse Hamilton discusses the role of crypto in politics as the digital asset industry continues to pour unprecedented levels of contributions this election season. Plus, why FTX execs seem to have an outsized part in the industry's political donations.

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