FTX | ForkLog - Part 40

ForkLog 14 24.05.2022

FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried named to TIME’s 2022 100 Most Influential People list

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, has entered TIME's 2022 list of the 100 most influential people.

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ForkLog 12 23.05.2022

FTX in talks to buy one of the online-broker unicorns, CNBC reports

The cryptocurrency platform FTX is in talks to acquire several exchange firms focused on traditional securities.

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ForkLog 17 19.05.2022

FTX opens traditional stock trading to US clients

The US arm of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX has opened access to trading traditional stocks for a limited group of clients, according to Sam Bankman-Fried.

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ForkLog 11 13.05.2022

FTX chief acquires 7.6% stake in Robinhood

The Emergent Fidelity Technologies, the firm linked to FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried, has become the owner of a 7.6% stake in the online broker Robinhood. This follows from the Form 13D filing.

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ForkLog 8 11.05.2022

Marissa McDonald of Fidelity to head FTX Trust Company’s compliance policy in New York

The U.S. arm of the bitcoin exchange FTX has hired Marissa McDonald as chief compliance officer of FTX Trust Company, according to division representatives.

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ForkLog 24 03.05.2022

Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom and Bill Clinton Attended Closed FTX Conference

Last week the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the SALT Forum held a closed conference in the Bahamas. Attendees included Bill Clinton, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom and others, ForkLog organisers said.

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ForkLog 8 30.04.2022

FTX to launch a $1 billion environmental fund to prevent a future pandemic

At the Crypto Bahamas 2022 conference, FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried spoke about plans by the Bitcoin exchange to launch a $1 billion charitable environmental fund.

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ForkLog 10 21.04.2022

Goldman Sachs proposed cooperation with FTX, FT reports.

In March, Goldman Sachs chief David Solomon proposed to FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to help organise an initial public offering for a Bitcoin exchange and dialogue with the CFTC, FT reports, citing sources.

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ForkLog 9 21.04.2022

FTX CEO says he is willing to discuss Twitter’s development with Elon Musk

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried proposed changing the 'broken model' of social media via blockchain. For this, he is ready to discuss with Elon Musk the possibility of interaction between Twitter and a Bitcoin exchange, Bloomberg reports.

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ForkLog 7 05.04.2022

FTX US and IEX to launch platform for trading digital securities

FTX US and the IEX stock exchange operator have signed an agreement to create a platform for trading digital securities, according to a press release.

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ForkLog 28 05.04.2022

Waves founder accuses Alameda Research of manipulating WAVES token

CEO and founder of Waves Platform Alexander Ivanov accused Alameda Research of manipulating WAVES price and organising a FUD campaign to trigger panic selling of the asset. FTX CEO and founder of Alameda Research Sam Bankman-Fried called such claims 'a poorly crafted conspiracy theory'.

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ForkLog 9 24.03.2022

FTX and CoinShares to launch physically backed Solana ETP

Asset-management company CoinShares and the crypto exchange FTX announced plans to list a Solana-based exchange-traded product (ETP) on Xetra.

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