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SBF legal fees, BTC market cap flips Meta and USDC climbs back to $1: Hodler’s Digest, March 12-18
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Sam Bankman-Fried petitions court to prioritize reimbursing his legal fees
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is seeking to use FTX’s corporate insurance policies to cover his legal expenses, according to a court filing on March 15. As per the filing, the policies provide “priority of payment” to insured individuals such as Bankman-Fried. The move would put the former CEO on top of the FTX payout list. Another headline shows that Bankman-Fried’s inner circle received $3.2 billion in payments and loans from FTX-linked entities. The amounts exclude over $240 million used for the purchases of luxury properties in the Bahamas, political and charity donations, as well as “substantial transfers” to non-FTX subsidiaries. In another headline, FTX debtors reported $11.6 billion in claims and $4.8 billion in assets, meaning there’s a $6.8 billion hole in the exchange’s balance sheet.
Signature Bank closed by New York regulators for not providing data
Crypto-friendly Signature Bank was officially closed down and taken over by the New York Department of Financial Services on March 12 for “failing to provide consistent and reliable data.” The bank has been investigated by two United States government bodies over whether it took adequate measures to monitor and detect potential money laundering by its clients. Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Barney Frank suggested that New York regulators closed Signature as part of a seeming show of force against the crypto market.
SBF legal fees, BTC market cap flips Meta and USDC climbs back to $1: Hodler’s Digest, March 12-18
Top Stories This Week
Sam Bankman-Fried petitions court to prioritize reimbursing his legal fees
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is seeking to use FTX’s corporate insurance policies to cover his legal expenses, according to a court filing on March 15. As per the filing, the policies provide “priority of payment” to insured individuals such as Bankman-Fried. The move would put the former CEO on top of the FTX payout list. Another headline shows that Bankman-Fried’s inner circle received $3.2 billion in payments and loans from FTX-linked entities. The amounts exclude over $240 million used for the purchases of luxury properties in the Bahamas, political and charity donations, as well as “substantial transfers” to non-FTX subsidiaries. In another headline, FTX debtors reported $11.6 billion in claims and $4.8 billion in assets, meaning there’s a $6.8 billion hole in the exchange’s balance sheet.
Signature Bank closed by New York regulators for not providing data
Crypto-friendly Signature Bank was officially closed down and taken over by the New York Department of Financial Services on March 12 for “failing to provide consistent and reliable data.” The bank has been investigated by two United States government bodies over whether it took adequate measures to monitor and detect potential money laundering by its clients. Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Barney Frank suggested that New York regulators closed Signature as part of a seeming show of force against the crypto market.
SBF legal fees, BTC market cap flips Meta and USDC climbs back to $1: Hodler’s Digest, March 12-18
Top Stories This Week
Sam Bankman-Fried petitions court to prioritize reimbursing his legal fees
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is seeking to use FTX’s corporate insurance policies to cover his legal expenses, according to a court filing on March 15. As per the filing, the policies provide “priority of payment” to insured individuals such as Bankman-Fried. The move would put the former CEO on top of the FTX payout list. Another headline shows that Bankman-Fried’s inner circle received $3.2 billion in payments and loans from FTX-linked entities. The amounts exclude over $240 million used for the purchases of luxury properties in the Bahamas, political and charity donations, as well as “substantial transfers” to non-FTX subsidiaries. In another headline, FTX debtors reported $11.6 billion in claims and $4.8 billion in assets, meaning there’s a $6.8 billion hole in the exchange’s balance sheet.
Signature Bank closed by New York regulators for not providing data
Crypto-friendly Signature Bank was officially closed down and taken over by the New York Department of Financial Services on March 12 for “failing to provide consistent and reliable data.” The bank has been investigated by two United States government bodies over whether it took adequate measures to monitor and detect potential money laundering by its clients. Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives Barney Frank suggested that New York regulators closed Signature as part of a seeming show of force against the crypto market.
SBF legal fees, BTC market cap flips Meta and USDC climbs back to $1: Hodler’s Digest, March 12-18
Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to use FTX’s corporate insurance, Bitcoin outperforming Wall Street banks in 2023 and USDC repegs after turbulent days.
SBF legal fees, BTC market cap flips Meta and USDC climbs back to $1: Hodler’s Digest, March 12-18
Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to use FTX’s corporate insurance, Bitcoin outperforming Wall Street banks in 2023 and USDC repegs after turbulent days.
SBF legal fees, BTC market cap flips Meta and USDC climbs back to $1: Hodler’s Digest, March 12-18
Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to use FTX’s corporate insurance, Bitcoin outperforming Wall Street banks in 2023 and USDC repegs after turbulent days.
SBF legal fees, BTC market cap flips Meta and USDC climbs back to $1: Hodler’s Digest, March 12-18
Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to use FTX’s corporate insurance, Bitcoin outperforming Wall Street banks in 2023 and USDC repegs after turbulent days.
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Sam Bankman-Fried to propose revised bail package ‘by next week’
The move comes after a judge expressed displeasure about SBF’s use of encrypted-messaging apps and virtual private network services while on bail.
Euler Finance hacker starts returning stolen Ether back to the Foundation
Chances that the hacker will return the entire loot of $197 million remain slim as no more outbound transactions — other than the 3,000 ETH — were recorded at the time of writing.
Bitcoin market cap grows 60% in 2023 as top Wall Street banks lose $100B
Bitcoin has decoupled from stocks and rising ten years after the Cyprus banking crisis coincided with a BTC price boom.
Bitcoin market cap grows 60% in 2023 as top Wall Street banks lose $100B
The market capitalization of Bitcoin (BTC) has added $194 billion in 2023. Its 66% year-to-date (YTD) growth vastly outperforms top Wall Street bank stocks, particularly as fears of a global banking crisis are rising.
BTC market cap daily performance chart. Source: TradingViewMoreover, Bitcoin has decoupled from United States stocks for the first time in a year, with its price rising about 65% versus S&P 500’s 2.5% gains and Nasdaq’s 15% decline in 2023.
SPX and NDAQ YTD performance vs. BTC/USD. Source: TradingViewWall Street banks lose $100B in 2023
The six largest U.S. banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs — have lost nearly $100 billion in market valuation since the year’s start, according to data gathered by CompaniesMarketCap.com.
Bank of America’s stock is the worst performer among the Wall Street banking players, with a nearly 17% YTD drop in valuation. Goldman Sachs trails with an almost 12% YTD decrease, followed by Wells Fargo (9.74%), JPMorgan Chase (6.59%), Citi (3.62%) and Morgan Stanley (0.84%).
Wall Street banks YTD performance. Source: TradingViewU.S. bank valuations have slid amid the ongoing U.S. regional banking collapse. That includes the announcement last week that Silvergate, a crypto-friendly bank, was closing its doors, followed by regulators' subsequent takeover of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank.
Diversified set of guardians required for safe self-custody: Vitalik Buterin
In a Reddit post, Buterin emphasized that having too much of a concentrated grasp of your self-custody wallets can be a bad thing if you get “hacked, coerced, or incapacitated or die.”
Protego’s conditional national bank status expired without approval: Report
In a week when the crypto industry – and the rest of the world – was beset by bad news about banking, one more banking setback has come to light.
Congress announces March 29 hearing into failures of SVB and Signature Bank
According to the House Financial Services Committee, it expects to hold multiple hearings on "getting to the bottom" of the banks' failures.