GBTC shares keep getting cheaper versus Bitcoin — an ideal reason to buy for ARK Invest and Lawrence Lepard. The largest Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investment vehicle is coming under suspicion as it trades at a record discount. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is the latest Bitcoin industry entity to feel the heat from the debacle...Continue Reading

Initial investigations revealed that all crypto exchanges performed lawful operations across South Korea. However, Flata Exchange is suspected of listing its in-house token, FLAT, in January 2020. Native cryptocurrencies turned out to be the biggest factor contributing to the demise of numerous exchanges and ecosystems this year, most recently during the FTX collapse. Korea’s financial...Continue Reading

FTX debtors are in talks with finserv firm Perella Weinberg Partners for various sale or reorganization attempts. However, the engagement of PWP is subject to the bankruptcy court’s approval. As part of the recent bankruptcy filing, the defunct crypto exchange FTX, along with 101 of the 130 affiliated companies, announced the launch of a strategic...Continue Reading

The SEC instituted administrative proceedings against American CryptoFed to determine the issuance of a stop order which would retract its registration and bar sales of in-house tokens, Ducat and Locke. American CryptoFed DAO, the first decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to get legal recognition in the United States, is at risk of losing its registration after...Continue Reading

Crypto exchanges are actively releasing proof-of-reserves audits in order to build transparency but experts believe it would take more than that to regain investor trust. In the wake of the FTX collapse that came about as a result of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange funneling user funds to mitigate its own risks, crypto exchanges came up...Continue Reading

The fall of FTX undoubtedly hurt investor sentiment toward crypto, but it won’t change its popularity as a means for cross-border transactions. The crumbling of the FTX crypto empire may have damaged Brazilian retail and institutional sentiment toward crypto. However, its impact won’t affect everyday citizens — who will still use crypto for cross-border transactions....Continue Reading

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, said the company would be interested in companies owned by FTX that serve business customers. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is reportedly interested in buying certain parts of collapsed crypto exchange FTX. On the sidelines of Ripple’s Swell conference in London — was held on Nov. 16 and 17 — Garlinghouse...Continue Reading

Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week SBF received $1B in personal loans from Alameda: FTX bankruptcy filing...Continue Reading

Banks should embrace crypto as a way to mitigate risk and prevent losses that consumers at the hands of rogue crypto exchanges. FTX — the three letters on everyone’s lips in recent days. For those active in the crypto space, it has been a shattering blow as a tumultuous year for crypto nears an end. ...Continue Reading

The crypto community has criticized Forbes magazine for dubbing Caroline Ellison “Queen Caroline” and “a new darling of the alt-right.” The crypto community on Twitter is heavily criticizing the mainstream media for its poor and biased coverage of the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.  In a piece published on Nov. 18 by Forbes Magazine, the...Continue Reading