A curated selection of headlines and news from around this multiverse—including deals, developments and other disruptions in DeFi.
Ongoing FTX Developments – A Brief History
Nov 2: Leaked FTX Balance Sheet Triggering Event
- Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda’s Balance Sheet. Read More >>
Nov 6: Binance Liquidates Its Holdings of FTX’s Native FTT Token
- Binance CEO Tweets Announcement of FTT Liquidation. Read More >>
Nov 8: FTX and Binance (Briefly) Contemplate Acquisition of FTX
- FTX Agrees to Sell Itself to Rival Binance Amid Liquidity Scare at Crypto Exchange. Read More >>
Nov 9: Twenty-Four Hours Later, the Deal Is Off
- Crypto Chaos Continues as Binance Drops Bid to Buy Rival FTX. Read More >>
- Binance Is Strongly Leaning Toward Scrapping FTX Rescue Takeover After First Glance at Books: Source. Read More >>
Nov 11: FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US; Sam Bankman-Fried resigns as CEO. Read More >>
The Fallout
- Crypto Crash Intensifies Amid Downfall of Industry's 'White Knight' Bankman-Fried. Read More >>
- Fall of a Crypto Titan Puts an Industry on Edge. Read More >>
- FTX Downfall Draws Washington Scrutiny, Threatens Crypto Lobbying Campaign. Read More >>
- FTX Faces US Justice Department Probe: Report. Read More>>
More (Non-FTX) Headlines From the Digital Assets and Blockchain World
Mass Arbitration Claim Shows Potential for Blockchain. Read More >>
Zimbabwe Learns Lesson From Nigeria’s eNaira for Its CBDC Plans. Read More >>
Crypto Could Save the Lebanese People From Economic Collapse – Here’s Why. Read More >>
Japan’s Digital Agency Delves into DAOs, Seeks to Explore Their ‘Functions and Roles.’ Read More >>
JPMorgan Executes Its First DeFi Trade Using Public Blockchain. Read More >>
US Securities Regulators Win Case Against Crypto Company LBRY. Read More >>
Institutional Adoption Increases Despite Crypto Winter. Read More >>
US Changes Sanction Reasons on Virtual Currency Service Tornado Cash. Read More >>
Countries to Face ‘Grey List’ in Anti-Terror Crackdown on Crypto. Read More >>
US CFPB Publishes New Bulletin Analyzing Rise in Crypto-Asset Complaints. Read More >>