NEW YORK, November 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) is investigating possible claims related to cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX Trading LTD d/b/a FTX, FTX US , its founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and Alameda Research, a related-party cryptocurrency trading firm.
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As of November 2, 2022, news emerged that Alameda Research was facing a liquidity crisis after Alameda’s balance sheet was leaked. According to a Coindesk article, one industry insider observed: “It is fascinating to see that the majority of the net capital in the Alameda business is actually the centrally controlled FTX token printed out of thin air.”
It was then revealed that FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried told an investor this week that Alameda owes FTX about $10 billion. FTX reportedly made loans to Alameda using money customers had deposited with the exchange for business purposes. FTX reportedly had $16 billion in client assets and lent more than half of its client funds to Alameda.
FTX halted customer withdrawals earlier this week after it received approximately $5 billion worth of withdrawal requests, according to a tweet from Bankman-Fried. The crisis forced FTX to seek an emergency investment. “We spent the week doing everything we can to increase liquidity,” FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said in a tweet. As of this afternoon, the FTX website for US users says that it is currently unable to process withdrawals and “strongly discourages” making deposits.
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