Sam Bankman Fried news and trends

FTX Sues Anthony Scaramucci to Recover Creditor Funds
Legal // November 10, 2024

FTX has reportedly sued former Trump administration official Anthony Scaramucci to recover creditor funds. The suit was one of several filed by the bankrupt cryptocurrency company in its efforts to claw back money owed to its creditors, TechCrunch reported Saturday (Nov. 9). In addition to...

FTX Star Witness Caroline Ellison Begins 2-Year Prison Sentence
Legal // November 07, 2024

Cryptocurrency-executive-turned-government-witness Caroline Ellison’s stint in prison is officially underway. Ellison, whose testimony helped convict FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud last year, arrived at a Connecticut low-security federal prison Thursday (Nov. 7), CNBC reported, citing a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. Ellison was sentenced in September...

FTX Engineering Chief Gets Probation in Crypto Fraud Case
Legal // October 30, 2024

One-time FTX executive Nishad Singh was sentenced to three years of supervised release — with no prison time — Wednesday (Oct. 30) afternoon. Before announcing the sentence, a federal judge noted Singh’s cooperation with prosecutors, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Singh, former chief engineer at...

FTX Creditors Will Earn 119% Profit in Bankruptcy Settlement
Legal // October 08, 2024

Most of FTX’s creditors will profit from their investments in the failed cryptocurrency exchange. That’s according to a bankruptcy agreement approved Monday (Oct. 7) by a federal court, giving 98% of FTX’s creditors approximately 119% of their claim. “Looking ahead, we are poised to return...

Interviews & Exclusives
SBF May Be 57 When He Finishes Serving Time

March 28, 2024
When the facts are crystal clear, often the only recourse is to appeal to emotion. That’s the tack that convicted crypto criminal and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal defense hewed to on Thursday (March 28) during the fallen wunderkind’s sentencing hearing — but, as it turned out, all the hot air in the world can’t fill the sails of […]

Tale of 2 Crypto Exchanges: Binance’s Money Laundering vs FTX’s Misappropriation

November 22, 2023
Cryptocurrency exchanges play a vital role in the digital asset ecosystem. They facilitate the buying, selling, trading, transferring, and storing of both individual and institutional holdings of the more than...

Gary Wang Details FTX’s 3-Year Journey From Trusted to Busted

October 06, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly lied about many things over the course of his cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse.  But when the since-indicted FTX co-founder first heard about the $8 billion deficit that would...

From Crypto Fame to Courtroom Shame: Bankman-Fried’s Rise, Fall, and Reckoning

September 26, 2023
The customer claims portal for failed crypto exchange FTX closes this Friday (Sept. 29). Next Tuesday (Oct. 3), Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s co-founder and former CEO, heads to trial where...

Quick Reads
FTX Blasts Binance’s ‘Campaign to Destroy’ in $1.8 Billion Lawsuit

November 11, 2024
FTX is suing cryptocurrency giant Binance and its former CEO for $1.8 billion. The lawsuit, filed Sunday (Nov. 10) by the FTX bankruptcy estate, centers around what FTX labeled a “fraudulent” share deal. It also accuses ex-Binance chief executive Chanpeng Zhao of orchestrating a “campaign to destroy” his one-time rival crypto exchange. The share deal happened in July of […]

FTX Sues Anthony Scaramucci to Recover Creditor Funds

November 10, 2024
FTX has reportedly sued former Trump administration official Anthony Scaramucci to recover creditor funds. The suit was one of several filed by the bankrupt cryptocurrency company in its efforts to...

FTX Star Witness Caroline Ellison Begins 2-Year Prison Sentence

November 07, 2024
Cryptocurrency-executive-turned-government-witness Caroline Ellison’s stint in prison is officially underway. Ellison, whose testimony helped convict FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud last year, arrived at a Connecticut low-security federal prison Thursday...

FTX Engineering Chief Gets Probation in Crypto Fraud Case

October 30, 2024
One-time FTX executive Nishad Singh was sentenced to three years of supervised release — with no prison time — Wednesday (Oct. 30) afternoon. Before announcing the sentence, a federal judge noted...