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Finance

FTX to Seek $1.5B in New Funding Round at $32B Valuation: Report

The company’s CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will ask investors to purchase shares in its U.S. affiliate, FTX.US, at an $8 billion valuation.

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Policy

Crypto CEOs to Testify Before House Financial Services Committee

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Bitfury’s Brian Brooks and Circle’s Jeremy Allaire are among the executives who will speak at the Dec. 8 hearing.

The House of Representatives reconvened yesterday to look at the infrastructure bill.

Videos

FTX.US Adds Ethereum Collectibles to NFT Marketplace

FTX opened trading for some of the Ethereum network’s top NFTs on its U.S. marketplace Wednesday, mounting a challenge to market leader OpenSea and beating rival exchange Coinbase to the punch. Why are centralized crypto exchanges rushing into being NFT trading venues? “The Hash” panel discusses the latest in the race to NFTs.

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Finance

FTX.US Adds Ethereum Collectibles to NFT Marketplace

The rollout comes about a month after the exchange’s largely underwhelming Solana-based NFT debut.

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Finance

Solana-Based Sports Betting Protocol BetDEX Closes $21M Seed Funding Round

Crypto exchange FTX and crypto investment firm Paradigm led the raise, which included a number of prominent venture capital firms.

Sports betting is growing rapidly in the U.S.

Finance

Staples Center Name Change Tops List of Crypto Sports Sponsorship Deals

Crypto exchanges FTX and Crypto.com have invested over $1 billion in sports sponsorships in the past year. Here are the 10 largest deals to date.

Staples Center no more. The iconic Los Angeles venue will be known as Crypto.com Arena starting in December. (FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Finance

MLB Sensation Shohei Ohtani Becomes FTX’s Newest Brand Ambassador

The exchange’s deal with the Japanese-born pitcher and slugger is the latest in its run of high-profile athlete partnerships.

Shohei Ohtani (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Finance

FTX US Daily Trading Volume Soared 512% in Q3

The crypto derivatives exchange recorded an average daily volume of $360 million for the quarter.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

Videos

FTX.US CEO on Total Crypto Market Cap Topping $3T as Bitcoin Breaks $66K, Ether Hits All-Time High

As bitcoin breached $66,000 and ether hit another new all-time high of $4,700, the overall market cap of all cryptocurrencies topped $3 trillion Monday. Still, bitcoin’s dominance continues to decline. Brett Harrison, president of crypto exchange FTX.US, discusses his crypto market update and outlook and shares insights into stablecoin regulation.

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Finance

FTX, Lightspeed, Solana Ventures to Invest $100M in Web 3 Gaming

The initiative is one of the largest capital investments ever in the growing Web 3 gaming space.

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