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After FTX collapse, cryptocurrency sector fights back
16Nov By adminNo Comments
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After FTX collapse, cryptocurrency sector fights back

[ad_1] The failure of the FTX platform has undermined investor confidence and threatened the young cryptocurrency sector, pushing its main players to mobilise to save it. The failure of the FTX platform has undermined investor confidence and threatened the young cryptocurrency sector, pushing its main players to mobilise to save it.The boss of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance, did everything to reassure investors on Tuesday. "The projects that survive this difficult time will be much stronger later on," said Changpeng Zhao in response to questions from Internet users on Twitter. But for now, the market is shaken.Cryptocurrencies are valued at $870 billion, according to data from Coingecko, a site that lists more than 13,000 of them through 600 exchanges.Less than ...
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Solana Leads Crypto Slump With FTX’s Serum Project In Distress
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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Solana Leads Crypto Slump With FTX’s Serum Project In Distress

[ad_1] A four-day slump for crypto altcoin Solana deepened, while developers spun off one of the blockchain network’s most prominent and FTX-affiliated projects. A four-day slump for crypto altcoin Solana deepened, while developers spun off one of the blockchain network's most prominent and FTX-affiliated projects. Solana fell as much as 11% to $12.11 on Monday in Asia's morning. Crypto bellwethers Bitcoin and Ether also slumped, with Bitcoin at one point dropping below $16,000. Other altcoins, including Polkadot and Avalanche, typically more volatile than larger cryptocurrencies due to lower liquidity levels, fell as well.  The crypto market has lost about $200 billion in value in the past week itself, as the collapse of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire took its toll on inve...
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EXPLAINER: What’s happening at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX?
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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EXPLAINER: What’s happening at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX?

[ad_1] The imploding cryptocurrency trading firm FTX is now short billions of dollars after experiencing the crypto equivalent of a bank run. The imploding cryptocurrency trading firm FTX is now short billions of dollars after experiencing the crypto equivalent of a bank run.The exchange, formerly one of the world's largest, sought bankruptcy protection last week, and its CEO and founder resigned. Hours later, the trading firm said there had been “unauthorised access” and that funds had disappeared. Analysts say hundreds of millions of dollars may have vanished. The unravelling of the once-giant exchange is sending shockwaves through the industry. Here's a look at the company's collapse so far:WHY DID FTX GO BANKRUPT?Customers fled the exchange over fears about whether FTX had suffici...
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TIMELINE-Rise and fall of crypto exchange FTX
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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TIMELINE-Rise and fall of crypto exchange FTX

[ad_1] FTX was commencing bankruptcy proceedings in the United States and its Chief Executive Officer Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned. FTX was commencing bankruptcy proceedings in the United States and its Chief Executive Officer Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned, the crypto exchange said on Friday, in a spectacular collapse that has sent shivers through the industry. Here is a history of FTX since its foundation in 2019:  2019: May - Former Wall Street trader Sam Bankman-Fried and ex-Google employee Gary Wang founded FTX, the owner and operator of FTX.COM cryptocurrency exchange.  2021: July - A $900 million funding round valued FTX at $18 billion. September - FTX signed a sponsorship deal with Mercedes' Formula 1 team. October - FTX raised capital at a valuation of $25 billion from inve...
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Beware! What Have We Really Learned From the FTX-Binance Debacle?
11Nov By adminNo Comments
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Beware! What Have We Really Learned From the FTX-Binance Debacle?

[ad_1] Instead of revolutionizing finance, crypto is largely repeating its mistakes. Let the buyer beware. Cryptocurrencies were supposed to usher in a new and better era of finance. Instead of relying on fragile, stodgy and often discriminatory banks for deposits, loans and the like, people could transact directly through platforms brilliantly designed to obviate the need for trust. If further evidence was required, the travails of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.com this week have demonstrated just how far from that ideal crypto remains. Most of the millions of people who have piled into Bitcoin, Ether and other digital tokens make little to no use of the underlying technology. On the contrary, they blindly put their trust in a panoply of intermediaries. These are strikingly simila...
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