FTX website comes back online with message advising against deposits
Neither FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried nor any FTX official has provided its users with clarity as to why FTX’s website was taken down.
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Solana TVL drops 32.4% as FTX turmoil rocks ecosystem
Cryptocurrencies understood to have exposure to Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research appear to have been impacted the most.
Bitcoin price hits multi-year low at $15.6K, analysts expect further downside
BTC and altcoins collapse following news that Binance declined to purchase FTX. Analysts share their perspectives on what’s next for the market.
OKX, Kucoin say proof of reserves will be ready in a month
Similar protocols are used by Kraken, Bitmex, Gate.io, and many other exchanges, but were not used by FTX.
MiCA proponent cites FTX in advocating for regulation: 'Crypto assets are not play money'
"With a global MiCA, the FTX crash would not have happened," said European Parliament economics committee member Stefan Berger.
Orthogonal Credit alleged key weaknesses in Alameda’s due diligence early in 2022
The firm is a delegate of Maple Finance and decided to halt Alameda's lending pool earlier this year.
Breaking: FTX’s Binance rescue deal falls apart in less than 48 hours
Binance cited allegations of the mishandling of consumer funds and an investigation from regulators as reasons for exiting the agreement.
L2 is crucial to Ethereum decentralization, censorship resistance, says researcher
Swedish researcher Eric Wall highlighted StarkNet’s influence on Ethereum’s scalability as he joins the board of the newly formed StarkNet Foundation.
Why is the crypto market down today?
Crypto prices collapse as investor fears over FTX’s solvency and the status of customer funds send Bitcoin and altcoin prices to multiyear lows.
Alameda Research and FTX Ventures websites go dark
Pages for the quantitative trading firm and the venture capital arm have been taken offline and made private.
Binance’s victory over FTX means more users moving away from central exchanges
Binance faces far less competition in the aftermath of FTX’s fall, but it still may not win a surge in new users.
NFT trademark filings grow in 2022: Nifty Newsletter, Nov. 2–8
South Korea’s central bank has tested purchasing NFTs with its central bank digital currency.
Post-election roundup: Who were the pro- and anti-crypto winners and losers from the US Midterms?
Political newcomer and Bitcoin holder J.D. Vance will take Rob Portman's U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, but majority control of both chambers of Congress has yet to be decided.
Subway accepts Bitcoin, so users can get a sandwich on the Lightning Network
The largest franchise in the world, Subway, is testing out the Lightning Network layer-2 Bitcoin payments solution and receiving encouraging results in Berlin, Germany.
Singapore's Temasek engages with FTX in liquidity crisis
Temasek invested in a series of FTX's round findings that led to its $32 billion valuation in January.
Bitcoin sinks under $16K as FTX insolvency fears turn into contagion
BTC and altcoins continue to sell off, hitting new yearly lows as the collapse of FTX begins to drastically impact investors across the entire crypto market.
Nexo dodges $219M bullet just days before FTX’s solvency crisis
The firm withdrew its remaining balance from FTX at the 11th hour and topped weekly fund outflows from the troubled exchange.
Galaxy Digital discloses $77M exposure to FTX, $48M likely locked in withdrawals
The exposure amounts represents a small fraction of the firm's $1.5 billion in liquidity.
In staff letter, Binance CEO embraces scrutiny from regulators amid potential FTX deal
“People now think we are the biggest and will attack us more,” said Changpeng Zhao in a letter updating staff on the situation with FTX.
Bitcoin price risks $17K amid claim Binance may reject FTX takeover
Further losses come in step with confusion over the future of FTX under Binance, while CPI data looms on the horizon.
Some central banks have dropped out of the digital currency race
There are at least four countries that have either scrapped or halted CBDC plans so far, and each central bank has its own reasoning for not launching one.
Fractional NFTs and what they mean for investing in real-world assets
Fractional NFTs enable users to divide an NFT into multiple fractions, reducing the barrier to entry for investing in real-world assets.
Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs raises $70M in expanded Series B round
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo led the expansion round, bringing the total amount raised to $130 million.
MetaMask allows moving tokens on multiple blockchains with new DApp
Bitcoin integration is not on the immediate roadmap for blockchain bridge support via MetaMask Bridges, a MetaMask executive said.
Meta joins big tech layoffs, lets go of 11,000 employees
The Facebook parent company announced it will let go of approx. 13% of its current workforce in the first mass layoff in the company’s history.
Not just FTX Token: Solana price nukes 40% along with other ‘Sam coins’
Cryptocurrencies exposed to Sam Bankman-Fried and his companies, Alameda Research and FTX, have dropped by an average of 40% this week.
Ramp, builder of crypto payment rails, raises $70M
The company is building payment rails that could make crypto purchases as ubiquitous as PayPal transactions.
Bitcoin and crypto here to stay despite market turmoil: Community
A Twitter user argued that the FTX crisis was only a black swan event that only its executives and a few others could have seen coming.
Alameda Research FTT token transfer from September fuels wild speculations
According to on-chain data, FTT token supply increased by 124.3% on Sept. 28 when 173 million FTT tokens were created by a 2019 ICO contract and Alameda was the recipient.