Bankrupt Crypto Firm BlockFi Sues FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried For $580 Million
Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi is suing FTX's founder Sam Bankman-Fried to seize shares in the US trading platform Robinhood, allegedly pledged as collateral by the former FTX CEO just days before the exchange notoriousl...
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FTX declared bankruptcy on November 11, and BlockFi did so this Monday. BlockFi blamed FTX for its fall, adding that FTX's parent company Alameda Research had defaulted on some $680 million of collateralized loans in early November....
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