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![FTX Bahamas repayments to start on Feb. 18](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/02/crypto-news-FTX-repaying-option02-880x525.webp)
News
FTX confirmed readiness to begin repayments for Bahamas creditors this month, ahead of larger disbursements expected in Q1 2025.
![Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents want Trump to pardon son: report](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/02/crypto-news-Sam-Bankman-Fried-behind-bars03-880x525.webp)
News
The parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX CEO currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud, are exploring the possibility of securing a pardon for their son from Donald Trump. Stanford Law School professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried…
![FTX payouts are coming: how high can FTT price get?](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/02/crypto-news-FTX-repaying-option03-880x525.webp)
Markets
The FTX Token has performed well this year, significantly outperforming other cryptocurrencies as attention shifts to the impending fund distributions FTX Token (FTT) was trading at $3.50 on Monday, marking a rise of over 245% from its September lows, and…
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![FTX’s Ryan Salame’s prison sentence shortened by over year: report](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/05/crypto-news-Ryan-Salame-option01-880x525.webp)
News
FTX exec Ryan Salame’s prison sentence has been shortened by over a year, with his new release date set for March 2031. Ryan Salame, a former top executive at the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, reported to federal prison in October…
![FTX to begin creditor repayments by March 2025](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/02/crypto-news-FTX-repaying-option04-880x525.webp)
News
FTX has nearly finalized preparations for its court-approved repayment plan two years after the crypto exchange crashed due to bad corporate practices and fraud.
![FTX’s Gary Wang spared prison time in fraud case](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/09/crypto-news-2.5m-of-FTX-customer-deposits-used-for-Sam-Trabuccos-Yacht04-880x525.png)
News
Gary Wang, the last of FTX’s executives to be sentenced, will serve no prison time after aiding prosecutors in decyphering Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraudulent empire.
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Follow-up
FTX co-founder Gary Wang, convicted of misusing funds at a fictitious crypto exchange, may face punishment after his case goes to trial. On Nov. 13, prosecutors in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York filed a…
![Apple and A24 have a Sam Bankman-Fried biopic in the works](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/02/crypto-news-Sam-Bankman-Fried-behind-bars01-880x525.webp)
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Apple Studios and A24 are working on a movie about former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, adapted from the best-selling Michael Lewis book ‘Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.’ According to a Variety report, Apple Studios and…
![Alameda’s Trabucco forfeits Yacht, $70m in claims to FTX estate](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/09/crypto-news-2.5m-of-FTX-customer-deposits-used-for-Sam-Trabuccos-Yacht04-880x525.png)
News
Former Alameda co-CEO Sam Trabucco will forfeit real estate and luxury assets to the FTX, according to a proposed settlement filed in court.
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News
Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive officer of Alameda Research, has begun her two-year prison sentence following her conviction related to the FTX crypto exchange collapse. Ellison, who reached a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors and served as the star…
![FTX co-founder Gary Wang asks judge for no prison time](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/01/crypto-news-FTX-aims-for-full-customer-repayment03-880x525.webp)
News
Sam Bankman-Fried’s college friend and FTX co-founder Gary Wang is asking a federal judge to spare him from a prison sentence a few days after FTX executive Nishad Singh was given no prison time. FTX co-founder Gary Wang is pleading…
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Former FTX executive, Nishad Singh, avoids prison time after being sentenced the Manhattan federal judge. Singh is sentenced to three years of supervised release for his role in FTX’s collapse. According to NBC News’ report, Singh was spared from spending…
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News
Former FTX head of engineering, Nishad Singh, urged a Manhattan federal judge to exempt him from a prison sentence for his role in the fall of the cryptocurrency exchange platform. As reported by Bloomberg on Oct. 16 lawyers representing Nishad…
![Trust issues: Can crypto regulation stop those who ‘bamboozle and defraud’?](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/09/crypto-news-white-house-US-option02-880x523.webp)
Feature
Crypto cons are frequent, and the sector’s loudest and most well-known leaders have faced substantial legal trouble in recent years. You know the names: Crypto.news collected some commentary about whether the crypto industry has a serious leadership problem, or simply…
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News
Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, has requested a delay in starting his prison sentence, citing medical needs. Salame’s defense team has asked the court to push his self-surrender date from Oct. 11 to Dec. 7, allowing…
![FTX cash repayment plan approved by bankruptcy judge](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/02/crypto-news-FTX-repaying-option04-880x525.webp)
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FTX’s bankruptcy plan to repay customers in cash plus interest was approved by a Delaware judge, despite a push for in-kind reimbursements. Judge John Dorsey of the U.S. District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court ruled in favor of FTX’s repayment, which…