Crypto exchange FTX lent about $10 billion to sister company and trading firm Alameda Research, according to The Wall Street Journal.
raportează, citing a conversation with CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and an investor, said FTX had more than $16 billion in customer assets.
Joi mai devreme, Reuters a raportat that FTX transferred at least $4 billion to Alameda. -Bankman Fried didn’t inform other executives about the transfer of funds to Alameda, Reuters also said.
Alameda is now shutting down, according to a tweet thread posted by Bankman-Fried. The CEO also said FTX will be “spending the week doing everything we can to raise liquidity” in order to repay customers.
For the last few days, FTX has been the focal point of a financial storm roiling the crypto industry.
Earlier in the week, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, said the exchange would begin selling off holdings of FTX’s token, FTT. Then, amid a flood of client withdrawals, FTX announced on Tuesday it planned to sell its non-U.S. assets to Binance.
Intelegerea ultimately collapsed after Binance walked away, citing due diligence issues.
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