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FTX reportedly in talks to recoup $400M investment in Modulo Capital

Following FTX's bankruptcy, SBF's $400 million investment in Modulo Capital was converted into cash and kept in an interest-bearing account at JPMorgan.

3 years ago

Mining BTC -1.04%

HIVE Blockchain delays financial filings till Feb. 28

HIVE moved to delay the interim filing to enable the firm buy time to access the impact of a tax notice issued to a European subsidiary.

3 years ago

NFTs ATOM -2.13%

Cosmos ecosystem to launch interchain NFTs via $270K incentivized testnet

Registration for 20,000 ATOM prize pool for incentivized testnet of Interchain NFTs goes live

3 years ago

Tokenization

Access Protocol to go live Feb. 15 with ACS airdrop for CoinGecko Candies

Digital content monetization platform Access Protocol is set to launch on Solana blockchain with the ACS token.

3 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update: Dogecoin leads top 10 assets bullish market sentiment

The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.

3 years ago

Exchanges ADA +0.40%

Hoskinson: SEC had justified concerns about Kraken staking

Staking directly on a protocol and staking with Kraken are different things — the latter introducing further risk, according to Hoskinson.

3 years ago

Price Watch FTM -0.71%

Fantom price pumps despite $260M FTM whale selloff

The total value of assets (TVL) locked in Fantom rose by 5% to $506.28 million in the last 24 hours, according to DeFillama data.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

FTX creditors issue subpoena to SBF, other FTX insiders

FTX's committee of unsecured creditors has subpoenaed FTX insiders including Sam Bankman-Fried, Zixiao Wang, Caroline Ellison, and more.

3 years ago

Investments

GBTC discount widens to highest point in 2023

GBTC's discount has widened to over 47% following the struggles of its parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG).

3 years ago

NFTs BLUR -1.31%

BLUR plummets 84% following 360M token airdrop

Early BLUR users — including traders, care package holders, and creators — have claimed up to 86% of the airdrops.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy CEL -5.64%

Celsius prepares to reopen partial withdrawals for eligible users

Eligible Celsius users will be able to withdraw 94% of their assets from the platform after updating their KYC and other account information.

3 years ago

Memecoins DOGE -1.25%

Elon Musk tweet pumps FLOKI over 40%

FLOKI pumped over 40% in price alongside a DOGE and SHIB pump of over 5% following Elon Musk's meme about his dog Floki.

3 years ago

Regulation BUSD -0.01%

Binance snags former Gemini compliance officer amidst scrutiny over BUSD

Binance has hired a compliance executive who formerly worked for its competitor Gemini, according to a Feb. 14 WSJ report.

3 years ago

Regulation

Senate Banking Committee holds Valentine’s Day hearing on 2022 crypto crash

Several individuals spoke on the matter and urged for greater regulation.

3 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped: CZ tackles Paxos, BUSD issues; Circle denies getting Wells notice from SEC

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao addressed issues around Paxos and Binance USD, and Circle denied that it has received notice of an SEC investigation. These and other stories in today's edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped.

3 years ago