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Alameda’s Shadow Over Bald Memecoin? Crypto Researcher Digs Out Possible Links

There might be a possible connection between the Bald memecoin and Alameda Research, a prominent cryptocurrency trading firm.

Zenger

FTX CEO Faces Criticism For Allegedly Leaking Ex-Girlfriend’s Diary Entries To Undermine Witness

Prosecutors accuse Samuel Bankman-Fried of attempting to discredit potential star witness in upcoming criminal trial.

Zenger

Bankman-Fried planned to buy Nauru and build apocalypse bunker – lawsuit

Lawsuit filed against FTX founder, 31, includes memo that detailed plans to purchase Pacific island in case world came to an end

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Caroline Ellison paid herself $22.5M bonus around the time she estimated a $10 billion cash shortfall at FTX—lawsuit

She allegedly used some of that 'bonus' to invest in an unnamed A.I. safety and research firm.

Fortune

Former FTX Executive Constance Wang Joins Sino Global Capital

Wang's move highlights the resilience of ex-FTX employees amid legal troubles

Zenger

'Extremely vulnerable to abuse': Token grants back in the spotlight after former Celsius CEO allegedly pocketed $42 million

Alex Mashinsky was arrested Thursday and hit with seven charges, including wire fraud.

Fortune

The week in audio: Witch; Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried; History’s Secret Heroes – review

From the host of 28ish Days Later, a wonderfully written defence of witchcraft; the ‘schaden-fraud’ story of a crypto bro; and fascinating tales of wartime derring-do with Helena Bonham Carter

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Caroline Ellison: How a young math whiz with an appetite for risk became a major player in Sam Bankman-Fried’s corrupt crypto empire

After the fall of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the trading firm she ran, Alameda Research, the 28-year-old became an unlikely celebrity—and a public villain.

Fortune

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asks court to dismiss most criminal charges against him

Motion asks for 10 of 13 charges against him to be dismissed.

Axios

FTX execs ‘joked internally’ about losing track of millions in assets, misused customer funds, and ‘stifled dissent’ before the exchange’s collapse, new debtors’ report says

SBF and a team of top execs also “stifled dissent,” “commingled and misused” funds, and “lied to third parties,” a new debtors’ report alleges.

Fortune

News briefs

LA County ends COVID-19 emergency, a milestone as case rate falls to 20-month low

Tribune News Service

Sam Bankman-Fried using millions sent to Stanford dad to pay for lawyers, report says

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stanford Law School professor Joseph Bankman is using a “multimillion gift” he received from his embattled son Sam Bankman-Fried to pay for his son’s high-priced legal defense, according to a new report this week.

Tribune News Service

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Accused Of Bribing Chinese Officials With $40M In New Indictment

Zenger

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

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Crypto bank Silvergate announces liquidation amid sector turmoil

Wind-down and liquidation plan follows mass withdrawal of deposits after collapse of FTX exchange

Evening Standard

Why must big City firms always fall for scams like FTX?

THERE must be some very awkward meetings taking place across the City and Wall Street right now. The sort of encounters where people bang tables and demand explanations, where they look at PowerPoints and Excels, and gasp.

Fortune

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.

Roll Call

Bankman-Fried used customer funds for campaign largesse, charges say

Customer money bankrolled millions in political donations made by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, federal prosecutors say.

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Fortune

Investors still trust anonymous crypto founders with millions—even after the FTX meltdown

Crypto investors have put millions into ventures run by 'anons.' Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse have only strengthened their faith.

Fortune

Judge rules that Sam Bankman-Fried must stop contacting former employees of FTX, Alameda Research

The decision is pending a hearing on Feb. 7.

The New Daily

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 Independent UK

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, DOJ tussle over his communications

Federal prosecutors are trying to prohibit FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from privately contacting current and former employees of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange to prevent potential witness tampering in a criminal case accusing him of bilking investors and customers

Los Angeles Times

Have celebs learned their lesson from the FTX debacle?

Strolling out of a football stadium, Tom Brady makes his pitch for the crypto trading platform FTX.

Zenger

Anthony Scaramucci Invests In Former FTX US CEO’s New Company Showing New Interest In Crypto

Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, who was among the featured speakers at Future Of Crypto event.

The Independent UK

Individual creditor names remain secret in FTX bankruptcy

The judge presiding over the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading is allowing the company to maintain a veil of secrecy over the names of individual customers and creditors

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