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Finance

New FTX EU Owner Backpack Initiates Customer Claims Process

Backpack, which purchased FTX EU for $32.7 million in January, directed customers to complete the first step of KYC verification.

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Markets

FTX to Begin $11.4B Creditor Payouts in May After Years-Long Bankruptcy Battle


Payments to FTX’s largest creditors will start May 30, nearly three years after the exchange collapsed.

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Policy

Trump's Pick to Run SEC Paul Atkins Promises New Crypto Stance, Gets Few Questions

Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins testified in a confirmation hearing beside Trump's OCC nominee, Jonathan Gould, though crypto wasn't a central topic.

Paul Atkins (Senate Banking Committee)

Policy

FTT Briefly Spikes After Sam Bankman-Fried Tweets for First Time in 2 Years

Bankman-Fried is currently in the Metropolitan Detention Center, serving a 25-year prison sentence.

Sam Bankman-Fried (right) exits the courtroom in Manhattan after a hearing on July 26, 2023. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX’s Initial $1.2B Payout Process to Creditors Is Underway

The payments are being distributed in U.S. dollars through BitGo and Kraken.

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Policy

AI Fake May Have Scammed Firms for Millions in FTX Claims: Report

Inca Digital has built a case against a shadowy figure cheating trading firms for more than $5 million in claims from the liquidation of the FTX exchange.

Inca Digital theft of FTX claims using AI deep fake

Videos

Bitcoin Breaches New Record Above $98K as MicroStrategy Soars and Trump Considers 'Crypto Czar'

Bitcoin rally continues as the largest crypto by market cap surged above $98,000 heading into the U.S. morning Thursday. This comes as MicroStrategy and other companies holding corporate bitcoin treasuries soar and president-elect Trump reportedly talks with the crypto industry about a new White House post dedicated to crypto policy. Plus, former FTX executive Gary Wang was spared prison time by a judge. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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Policy

Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Won’t Have to Serve Prison Time, Judge Rules

Wang was one of the key cooperating witnesses with U.S. prosecutors in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, earning him a “world of credit,” a judge said on Wednesday.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang, center, near the federal courthouse in Manhattan as he was set to testify again on Oct. 10, 2023 (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Videos

Bitcoin Nears $90K; FTX Sues Binance, CZ For $1.8B

Bitcoin recorded its largest daily gain in history with $8,400 added on Veterans Day. Could the largest crypto by market cap hit the $90,000 level? Plus, updates from Ethereum's Devcon conference and FTX takes legal action against Binance and former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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Policy

Former Alameda Co-CEO Sam Trabucco Agrees to Forfeit $70M, Yacht, Apartments to FTX Creditors

Trabucco agreed to forfeit apartments worth $8.7 million and a 53-foot yacht as well as the rights to claims filed against FTX for about $70 million, a filing shows.

Former Alameda Research co-CEO, Sam Trabucco (Alameda Research)