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The Latest Breaking News from FTX

Size, scope of FTX failure gets clearer as users fear worst

Just days after cryptocurrency’s third-largest exchange collapsed, the public is starting to get a feel of how messy FTX’s bankruptcy case could be

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Leaked documents Sam Bankman-Fried used for fundraising in 2021 and 2022 show FTX revenue soared nearly 6,600% in two years but leveled off this year

Fortune reviewed two sets of spreadsheets, one dated December 2021 and another dated June 22, 2022, that showed FTX's astounding growth before its sudden crash.

Fortune

Politicians spurn contributions from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

SBF had donated close to $40 million in the 2021–2022 cycle, according to OpenSecrets.

Fortune

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Why the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX has split A.I. researchers

The close ties between A.I. and the 'Effective Altruism' movement that Bankman-Fried belonged to, are now in the spotlight.

Fortune

Crypto's biggest player says most people shouldn't invest in crypto right now

Binance's CZ calls on the crypto community to help 'rebuild' after FTX collapse, while advising first-time investors to stay away.

Fortune

Why were so many smart people so dumb about FTX? Did they seriously just like Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘vibe’?

The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange will cost investors billions. But why would anyone give money to a man who plays video games in important meetings?

The Guardian - UK

FTX has at least 1 million creditors, more than 10 times what it previously claimed

When the exchange filed for bankruptcy on Friday it only mentioned about 100,000 creditors, not the more than 1 million acknowledged on Tuesday.

Fortune

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Crypto businesses brace for FTX aftershock

The knock-on effects of the exchange's unwinding are starting to show.

Axios

FTX implosion could shake Gen Z investor confidence in financial markets altogether, warns Ken Griffin

Trust in all financial markets could be rocked, says the founder of the Citadel hedge fund.

Fortune

Tom Brady cuts ex-wife Gisele Bundchen and his kids from Twitter cover after public divorce

NFL superstar quarterback Tom Brady and model Gisele Bundchen completed their high-profile divorce recently - and the seven-time Super Bowl champion has removed her from his social media profile

Daily Mirror

FTX failure may strengthen case for more robust crypto regulation

WASHINGTON — The spectacular collapse of major cryptocurrency exchange FTX is prompting calls for stronger regulation in Congress, where some bipartisan proposals are being characterized as too industry friendly.

Tribune News Service

Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger dunks on crypto once again, saying it’s “good for kidnappers” and “not a real asset”

“Nobody’s gonna say I got some shit that I want to sell you. They say—it’s blockchain!”

Fortune

This FTX document can only be described as the balance sheet from hell

Everyone is talking about a bizarre financial document circulated by FTX in its final days.

Fortune

Musk wants to know whether FTX laundered money for the Democrats

Musk needs corporations to feel comfortable advertising their products and services on Twitter for the company to avoid bankruptcy, and catering to the internet’s seedy underbelly does not help.

Fortune

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried didn't lose a $16 billion fortune. His 'fortune' was never real

The Greek tragedy unfolding in the financial press over the last week is the story of Sam Bankman-Fried, the would-be cryptocurrency tycoon and political kingmaker whose multibillion-dollar empire has sunk like the Titanic after its encounter with the iceberg.

Fortune

The biggest and fastest net-worth losses of our time

While Sam Bankman-Fried lost his whole fortune last week, he's not the first billionaire to see a dramatic drop in net worth.

Fortune

How is SBF coping with losing $16 billion and the possibility of prison? He’s playing video games and posting cryptic tweets

The disgraced founder of FTX was “surprisingly calm” in a recent interview.

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried's effective altruism may have been his downfall

“I wanted to get rich, not because I like money but because I wanted to give that money to charity,” Sam Bankman-Fried once said.

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Roll Call

FTX failure may strengthen case for more robust crypto regulation - Roll Call

Lawmakers say the collapse of FTX should strengthen the case for Congress to pass legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency industry.

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Inside the $8bn FTX crypto scandal – and its real-world impact

Sam Bankman-Fried was what everyone wanted a crypto billionaire to be – until things began to go very, very wrong

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried was hailed as a crypto wonder child. What happened?

Bankman-Fried promoted himself as an eccentric genius. In reality, his image was a distraction from what was going on inside FTX

Axios

Web3 is in FTX's blast radius

The collapse of a major crypto trading platform will spread mistrust more broadly across blockchain-based projects.

The Guardian - US

China circles El Salvador’s economy as country edges toward crypto plunge

President Nayib Bukele bet on bitcoin and its tumbling value has put the Central American country in a financially precarious spot

WEKU

FTX made a cryptocurrency that brought in millions. Then it brought down the company

The now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX made real money off of its own digital currency, called FTT. That currency is practically worthless now, but investors continue to trade it.

Axios

Bankman-Fried spent millions on Dem campaigns

Sam Bankman-Fried and Ryann Salame spent $56 million on the midterm elections.

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