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Did the FTX Bankruptcy Kill the Crypto Star?

Brian DeChesare

FTX, on the other hand, had taken customer funds and used them to prop up its failing hedge fund, Alameda Research, and make speculative bets on tokens and companies that are now worthless. The FTT token was FTX’s creation , most of which belonged to FTX and its hedge fund Alameda Research.

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Let’s Stop Treating Crypto as If It Were Finance

Reynolds Holding

Policy discourse on this topic has centered around which – rather than whether – financial regulators should be in charge of crypto trading. Further research about the connections between the crypto trading phenomenon, game design, and social media may disclose deeper connections. [18] Daniel Kuhn, X.L.and D.Z.M. Forbes Magazine.

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What's Going To Happen To All The Companies FTX Bought?

Benzinga

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried announced via Twitter Friday that FTX US, FTX Trading, quantitative research firm Alameda Research and 130 additional affiliated companies to the FTX Group have commenced voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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A Beginner’s Guide to the SBF Prosecution: Where the Legal Issues Lie

Reynolds Holding

SBF owned both FTX and Alameda Research, which his indictment repeatedly describes as his “proprietary crypto hedge fund.” The looming tactical question here is what sort of deal will they offer to (or accept from) Caroline Ellison, who ran Alameda Research and was once romantically linked with SBF. Elsaca , 927 F.3d

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