FTX filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday and founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as chief executive
The collapse this week of FTX dealt another blow to the cryptocurrency industry, which has seen severe volatility and bankruptcies of other high-profile firms, including Celsius Network Ltd
From blue-chip venture investors to celebrity endorsements, from Silicon Valley to Washington, from lenders to yield farmers and market makers, the three-year-old firm cut a wide swath through online
The scandal has shocked the crypto players who giddily celebrated Bankman-Fried as the J.P. Morgan of their times and left them grasping for parallels
Bankman-Fried vanished from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index after his net worth just vaporised, falling 94% in a single day
Firm says it will begin process to review and monetise assets for stakeholders
On a call before Binance pulled an about-face and bailed on its takeover offer, Bankman-Fried informed investors his crypto exchange faced a shortfall of up to $8 billion
FTX had agreed earlier this week to sell itself to bigger rival Binance after experiencing the cryptocurrency equivalent of a bank run.
The layoffs were announced internally and the company is likely to sack around 60 employees in its recruiting and institutional onboarding teams, reports The Information.
On Friday, the crypto market cap was above $871 billion with Bitcoin trading at $17,301 and Ethereum at $1,271
International collaboration is really important among public authorities, private sector and other stakeholders, she added
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao recently announced that the largest crypto exchange in the world will start Merkle-tree proof of reserve soon
On Tuesday, the world's biggest exchange, Binance Holdings Ltd., was set to acquire troubled rival FTX.com. On Wednesday, Binance walked away from the deal citing problems with FTX's finances
The greenback surged overnight against its peers and held to those gains in early Asia trade, pushing the Japanese yen away from a roughly two-week high hit in the previous session
It was trading at about $0.07 on Oct. 27 before Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" to announce his ownership. Five days later, it was at $0.16.
At 1 PM (IST) on Friday, Bitcoin was trading at $20,591, up 2 per cent in the past seven days, and Ethereum was at $1,579, showing a jump of 5 per cent in the same period
Binance Holding CEO Zhao "CZ" Changpeng said India's onerous taxes on cryptocurrency transactions will probably "kill the industry"
After receiving a tip-off, the Air Intelligence Unit of Airport Customs intercepted three members of a family who were about to fly to Dubai on Wednesday morning
Krishnan, who is also a former Twitter employee, is expected to guide Musk in his ambitious plan to monetise the social media giant