FTX won’t be getting a bailout from Tether who confirmed it isn’t planning to provide a cash injection despite the CEO reportedly reaching out to multiple firms for help. Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has lost at least one potential rescuer as it battles to fill a reported multi-billion dollar hole in its balance sheet. The CTO...Continue Reading

Nearly all major stablecoins lost their dollar pegs amid the FTX saga, but most have recovered again as markets stabilize. Plunging cryptocurrency prices are not the only consequence of this week’s FTX-induced crypto contagion.  Significant market volatility this week induced by the collapse of the FTX exchange has impacted stablecoins with many of them de-pegging...Continue Reading

The JST token in particular is trading for a premium of around 1,200%, while BTT and TRX have inflated at least 500% apiece. Tron-based tokens such as JUST (JST) have surged as much as 1000% on FTX, as users scramble to find ways of extracting locked-up liquidity from the beleaguered exchange.  At the time of...Continue Reading

Ark Investments topped up its Coinbase stock shortly after FTX’s liquidity issues were revealed, which came after Coinbase stated that it had “minimal exposure” to the troubled trading platform. Amid the FTX and crypto market chaos, Cathie Wood-led Ark Investments has increased its Coinbase (COIN) holdings with a purchase of 237,675 COIN shares worth about...Continue Reading

“We intend to communicate as frequently as possible […] but anticipate that this will be less frequent than what our clients and other stakeholders are used to.” Crypto lender BlockFi has halted client withdrawals on its platform as part of a broader limit to activity in the wake of FTX’s collapse. pic.twitter.com/zNF1uP6evl — BlockFi (@BlockFi)...Continue Reading

Genesis Trading is the latest firm to declare exposure to FTX and may look to its parent company for help as it did after the 3AC bankruptcy. In what it hails as an effort to be transparent, Digital Currency Group’s market maker and lending subsidiary, Genesis Trading, revealed that its derivatives business has around $175...Continue Reading

Contrary to what you might believe, monetary rewards in gaming are bad for player retention. Developers need to take player psychology and game design into account. When I worked for Riot Games as its head of player acquisition in the European Union, I learned about player onboarding and long-term retention. Both are crucial to the...Continue Reading

The Bahamas Securities Commission said FTX’s assets could not be moved without the approval of a Supreme Court-appointed liquidator. The Bahamas Securities Commission (BSC) has frozen the assets of FTX Digital Markets (FDM) and “related parties” on Nov. 10, it also suspended FTX’s registration in the country and the Bahamian Supreme Court appointed a provisional...Continue Reading

The company claimed its PoR product can restore trust in crypto exchanges through greater transparency, but not everyone is convinced. Chainlink Labs offered its Proof of Reserve product as a solution to future trust issues in the crypto exchange market on Nov. 10. In a tweet thread, Chainlink Labs asked “Will crypto continue to repeat the...Continue Reading

Exciting times lead to exciting posts, many of which bring up valid questions, and maybe some less valuable answers. Events are unfolding fast as the cryptocurrency market is rocked again, this time by FTX. Facts and non-facts are hard to sort out under these conditions, especially since both seem to be depegged from believability at...Continue Reading