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Crypto Lender BlockFi Had $1.8B in Open Loans at End of June and $600M of Exposure

The company has released a quarter-end snapshot of a number of operating statistics.

Publicidad de BlockFi en Union Station, Washington D. C. (Archivo de CoinDesk)

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FTX’s Bankman-Fried Says It’s Worth Losing Money to Prop Up Crypto Industry

FTX co-founder and CEO Sam-Bankman Fried said he isn’t bothered by losing some money if his bailouts keep the crypto infrastructure humming. “It’s OK to do a deal that is moderately bad in bailing out a place,” the outspoken industry leader said at the Bloomberg Crypto Summit in New York on Tuesday.

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FTX's Bankman-Fried Says It’s Worth Losing Money to Prop Up Crypto Industry

The crypto exchange's CEO is also willing to buy bitcoin for his company depending on the price.

FTX co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says he's willing to lose money to help the crypto industry. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Bankruptcy Filing Reveals Biggest Celsius Creditors

Celsius Network's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing reveals the extended influence of crypto billionaire and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, according to Bloomberg. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Markets

Celsius Sends $500M of Bitcoin Derivative to Crypto Exchange After Debt Payoff

The move comes just after the crypto lender reclaimed $450 million of collateral in WBTC, closing its loan from DeFi lending protocol Maker, blockchain data shows.

The Celsius booth at Bitcoin Miami 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Winter Hits NFTs; 3AC Files for Bankruptcy

Monthly NFT sales fall below US$1 billion for the first time in a year. Three Arrows Capital files for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US. Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX doubles down on BlockFi bailout. Experts weigh in on the future of stablecoins. Those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Says He’d Consider Acquiring Troubled Crypto Miners Next

The FTX CEO said helping bail out crypto miners might help mitigate the credit contagion in the crypto sector.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO de FTX. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Ledn Makes Competing Bid for Troubled Crypto Lender BlockFi: Report

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince denied a story that his company had agreed to a sale to FTX for just $25 million.

BlockFi advertisement in Washington D.C.'s Union Station (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

El exchange FTX está cerca de comprar BlockFi por solo $25 millones

La plataforma de préstamos cripto valía $1000 millones a principios de mes, según fue reportado.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO de FTX. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

FTX Close to Buying BlockFi for Just $25M

The beleaguered crypto lender was reportedly close to finalizing a down round valuing it at $1 billion earlier this month.

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO de FTX. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)