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FTX and Alameda Contagion Fears Tank NFT Markets

Rumors of Alameda liquidating its Solana holdings are sending SOL’s price into free fall; both Solana and Ethereum-based NFT markets are getting hit hard by the news.

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Finance

Hostaged FTX Funds Sold for Pennies on the Dollar in OTC Trades Among Customers

Troubled crypto exchange FTX halted withdrawals on Tuesday, leading panicked customers to offload their bags among themselves at steep discounts.

El ex CEO de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance-FTX Deal Will Bring Regulatory 'Scrutiny’ on Crypto Exchanges: Blockchain Association’s Kristin Smith

The executive director discusses why FTX’s fall from grace is likely to “open up a more robust” debate surrounding regulation for exchanges in future. U.S. Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut weighs in.

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Finance

Alameda Research, FTX Ventures Websites Go Dark

The websites were either taken down or made private only a day after news broke that Binance had signed a letter of intent to purchase its cash-strapped rival exchange.

Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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How NFL Legend Tom Brady Is Caught in FTX Fallout

2022 has been a rough year for seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady: a tarnished record after coming out of retirement, a divorce and now a potential wipeout of a strategic investment in troubled crypto exchange FTX. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest fallout of the proposed FTX-Binance deal and crypto winter at large.

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Binance Unlikely to Complete FTX Takeover After First Glance at Books: Source

CoinDesk reports that cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance is highly unlikely to go through with its proposed acquisition of struggling rival FTX after less than a day of reviewing the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. "The Hash" panel discusses the potential outcomes and regulatory impact worldwide.

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Policy

US Regulators Probing FTX Handling of Customer Funds: Bloomberg

FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried denied customer funds were being re-invested in a now deleted tweet posted on Monday.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

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Blockchain Association's Kristin Smith on Binance's Proof-of-Reserves Pledge

Crypto exchange Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao urged industry players to provide "proof-of-reserves" on the heels of a proposal to acquire rival FTX. Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group, weighs in, saying it's "a good idea... but it's nothing that U.S. exchanges, at least the major ones, aren't already doing."

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Binance-FTX Deal Will Invite 'Scrutiny' Into Regulation of Exchanges: Blockchain Association's Kristin Smith

"What happened with FTX may not be able to be addressed by U.S. regulation," says Blockchain Association Executive Director Kristin Smith. But, she adds that Congress is still very interested in finding a way to regulate the spot markets. The potential Binance-FTX merger "is going to open up more robust debate around exchange regulation."

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Bitcoin Falls to $17K Level on FTX Contagion Fears

"Sam Bankman-Fried was very much the Jamie Dimon of crypto," says Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski. "When you see a major player on what feels like the verge of collapse ... it destroys the confidence of investors," she adds, explaining bitcoin (BTC)'s fall to $17,000 following the news of a potential Binance-FTX merger.

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