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A group of former FTX executives have joined forces to establish a new crypto trading platform based in Dubai. 

The FTX bankruptcy estate, headed by CEO John J. Ray III, has filed a lawsuit against ByBit, its investment arm Mirana, and various executives. The aim is to recover funds and digital assets that ByBit withdrew from FTX just before its collapse, with the current value close to $1 billion.

FTX’s bankruptcy advisers have filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Bybit Fintech and its two affiliated companies.

Several former FTX executives have teamed up to help build a new cryptocurrency exchange in Dubai with a specific focus on what FTX failed to do — secure customer funds.

The price of Solana (SOL), the cryptocurrency that powers the high-performance, smart-contract-enabled Solana layer 1 blockchain protocol, continues to melt higher on Saturday, taking its rally since the start of the week 44% as the price tests $60.

The price of Solana (SOL) has soared 40% this week to establish a new 2023 high at around $58. 

Solana’s native token, SOL (SOL), experienced an impressive 22% surge on Nov. 10, breaking past the $54 mark for the first time since May 2022. Notably, this surge occurred amid the continuous selling of SOL tokens by FTX’s bankruptcy estate. The Delaware Bankruptcy Court approved the sale of the failed exchange’s assets, which included 55.75 million SOL, in September 2023.

The United States securities regulator chief has hinted he would be open to a rebooted crypto exchange FTX — as long as its new leadership stays within the bounds of the law.

The NEAR Foundation and Aurora allegedly reneged on an offer to convert $11 million worth of USN stablecoins, Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy has claimed.

Lawyers handling the FTX bankruptcy case are considering offers that could eventually lead to a relaunch of the troubled exchange.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire, one of the blockchain projects most associated with the now disgraced entrepreneur is emerging from under the cloud his downfall cast over the digital-asset world. Solana’s SOL token has surged about 340% to $41 in 2023, outdoing the 114% rally in market bellwether Bitcoin and becoming the best performing token among the largest cryptocurrencies tracked by Bloomberg. That follows a 94% drop last year as Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Research — two major backers of the project — collapsed into bankruptcy. The token has doubled over the last 30-days amid the launch of a software solution dubbed Firedancer and the broader rally in the crypto market. Testing of the Firedancer network was announced this week at a Solana-themed Breakpoint conference in Amsterdam that attracted developers, investors and users of the blockchain. Solana is among the blockchains competing with Ethereum, crypto’s key commercial highway, for a bigger share of digital-asset activity. It differentiates itself by offering lower transaction costs and faster processing speeds. VanEck Associates wrote in a recent report that the Firedancer update “promises to exceed Solana’s current capacity by a factor of 10.”

Solana (SOL) experienced a notable 36.6% increase in value between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. However, SOL’s failure to breach the $44.50 mark resulted in a 10% correction down to $40 on Nov. 6. This movement has left many investors pondering whether the ecosystem growth and network activity support Solana’s present $16.9 billion market capitalization.

Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s public trial in a New York court ended with the jury finding him guilty on all seven charges on Nov. 3, including two counts of wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of securities fraud, one count of commodities fraud conspiracy and one count of money laundering conspiracy. He will return to court for sentencing by Judge Lewis Kaplan on March 28, 2024. Government prosecutors will recommend a sentence, but Kaplan will have the final say.

For an extended period, centralized exchanges (CEXs) have played a pivotal role in cryptocurrency trading, offering traders dependability and robust liquidity. These platforms have been the go-to choice, with users trusting CEXs to safeguard their assets, appreciating user-friendly interfaces, and benefiting from an ever-evolving array of innovative features.

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has requested the bankruptcy court in Delaware allow it to sell certain key trust fund assets, including from crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments and custody service provider Bitwise, valued at around $744 million.

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTXand its debtors have sought approval from the bankruptcy court of Delaware to sell select trust assets, including funds from Grayscale and Bitwise, with an estimated value of $744 million.

With Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted founder of FTX, facing the prospect of spending decades in a federal prison, some are wondering what lies ahead for his former colleagues and co-defendants.

Advisers for bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have been disclosing data from customers’ transactions and accounts with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according to court documents seen by Bloomberg. 

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud in the late hours of Nov. 2. The jury delivered its verdict in less than 10 minutes after nearly four hours of deliberation, leaving his parents to fall silent in the crowded courtroom at the Southern District Court of New York. 

The current claim pricing of FTX has reached a maximum of 57%, according to data from Claims Market. The increase in FTX’s claim pricing is attributed to the valuation of artificial intelligence (AI) companies that the now-bankrupt crypto exchange previously invested in. 

The current claim pricing of FTX has seen a major surge, reaching a maximum of 55%, compared to as low as 6% in November last year.