The Latest Breaking News from Alameda

Caught in the FTX storm: how a crypto high-flyer fell to Earth

The Maps payments app run by British-educated cryptocurrency tycoon Alex Grebnev, who was backed by Sam Bankman-Fried, has lost its Mastercard partnership amid a row over Russian users

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried received $2.2bn from FTX-linked entities, say court filings

Ex-crypto poster boy and five of his inner circle transferred $3.2bn into personal accounts, allege new management

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Another top lieutenant turns on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried as Nishad Singh pleads guilty

Singh was an early employee at Alameda and a prodigious Democratic donor.

Fortune · Feb 28, 2023

Robinhood to buy back Sam Bankman-Fried's stake in brokerage

The decision follows a months-long fight over who owns the 7.6% stake in Robinhood after FTX declared bankruptcy.

Fortune · Feb 9, 2023

FTX founder keeps talking, ignoring typical legal strategy

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX, has been unusually talkative following the November collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange and his subsequent indictment on fraud and other charges

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

‘Sam? Are you there?!’ The bizarre and brutal final hours of FTX

How Sam Bankman-Fried and his band of millennial millionaires lost a $40bn crypto empire

Financial Times · Feb 9, 2023

NYC judge refuses to sign off on new bail terms reached between Sam Bankman-Fried and the feds

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge rejected a request Tuesday from embattled crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried to modify the conditions of his $250 million bail.

Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2023

FTX’s in-house coach helped employees with stress, depression, and…dating

The medically trained psychiatrist George Lerner coached FTX and Alameda employees on issues including their dating lives.

Fortune · Feb 6, 2023

A sunny place for shady people: Were FTX billions on an Australian odyssey?

Could the trail to more than $10 billion missing from Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapse FTX crypto exchange lead through Australia?

The New Daily · Jan 31, 2023

Battle of the bankrupts as FTX sues Voyager for $446 million

FTX initially had planned to acquire Voyager after it filed for bankruptcy, but those plans fell through when the firm then entered administration itself

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2023