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Finance

FTX Ventures Denies Report That It's Merging With Alameda Research's Crypto VC Business

Bloomberg had reported that the two operations would merge their venture capital businesses.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Crypto Bahamas 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance, FTX Among Crypto Players in Hunt to Buy Voyager Digital Assets as Coinbase Backs Out: Sources

Crypto lender Voyager’s collapse into bankruptcy was a milestone in this year’s crypto market crisis. Now, some of the industry’s biggest players are trying to buy its assets.

Voyager Digital CEO Steve Ehrlich gives a thumbs-up at Bitcoin Miami in April of 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Co-CEO of Crypto Trading Firm Alameda Research Sam Trabucco Steps Down

Trabucco will stay on as an adviser, while Caroline Ellison will become the company’s sole CEO.

Former Alameda Research co-CEO, Sam Trabucco (Alameda Research)

Finance

FTX Posted $1 Billion in Revenue Last Year Amid Crypto Rally: Report

Revenues soared 1,000% from just $89 million in 2020, according to internal documents seen by CNBC.

FTX bought the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

Finance

FTX Could Buy BlockFi for Only $15M – or a Lot More If Crypto Lender Hits Big Goals

FTX’s option to acquire BlockFi includes performance targets around a key SEC approval and more than doubling client assets that boost the purchase price to $240 million, people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince speaks at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

FDIC Orders Crypto Exchange FTX US, 4 Others to Cease 'Misleading' Claims

The five companies "made false representations" suggesting crypto products might be FDIC-insured.

FTX US President Brett Harrison (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Sam Bankman-Fried, Justin Sun in Talks to Buy Majority of Huobi Global Exchange: Report

Bloomberg reports that Leon Li, founder of crypto exchange Huobi Global, is in talks with Tron founder Justin Sun and FTX, the crypto exchange founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, to sell a majority stake in the company in a transaction that would value the firm at $3 billion or more.

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Policy

Binance Among Crypto Exchanges Blocked as Uzbekistan Clamps Down

FTX and Huobi are also inaccessible as the authorities restrict access to unlicensed centralized trading platforms.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan (Harvey Meston/Archive Photos via Getty Images)