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No, FTX creditors will not receive $16 billion today | Protos

One of yesterday’s trending news stories on X was a supposed reminder that today, September 30, would be the day that FTX bankruptcy creditors would receive approximately $16 billion. Like many breaking headlines on X, however, that is entirely untrue. Posts about the supposed payouts and the ostensible distribution of FTT liquidity earned hundreds of thousands of impressions and thousands of likes. Undeterred by fact checks, traders bid up the price of FTX’s proprietary token, FTT, from less than $1.40 on Saturday to a high of $2.71 on Sunday. Although FTX’s bankruptcy estate has announced plans to make distributions during the fourth quarter, there are no distributions happening this week. The next earliest date that distributions could occur would be after the bankruptcy plan confirmation hearing on October 7 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. $FTT pumped 115% in the last 24 hours   The reason behind this pump is that a news started to come that #FTX dist...

US court finalizes mandate for Silk Road’s Bitcoin forfeiture

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The U.S. Court of Appeals has approved a confiscation order for cryptocurrencies associated with the darknet platform Silk Road. The resolution was adopted on Dec. 20. The court approved the confiscation of 69,370 Bitcoins (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies as part of the Silk Road case. The defendants include Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and the U.S. government as plaintiffs. Even though the decision was made in August, it will only come into force after the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling. According to the initial complaint, the U.S. government controlled the cryptocurrency after it was transferred by so-called “Individual X,” who hacked Silk Road and gained control of its funds. You might also like: 10 high-profile crypto fraud cases that aren’t Bankman-Fried’s In 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice seized and began seeking formal confiscation of the cryptocurrency, valued at more than $1 billion (more than $3 billion at current rates). Ulbricht was taken into custody o...

Crypto lender Nexo wants to sue Bulgaria after office raids

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Nexo platform has reportedly experienced massive outflows amid the news on office raids and an ongoing investigation against the firm. Troubled cryptocurrency firm Nexo is planning to sue the Bulgarian Government in the aftermath of massive raids at the company’s office s in Sofia. Nexo has complained about the actions of the law enforcement authorities in response to the investigation against the firm, the Bulgarian News Agency reported on Jan. 13. The company is reportedly preparing to file a lawsuit against the authorities to seek compensation for damages caused by the abrupt police interruption. One report suggested that investigators did not provide a search warrant for hours, while inspectors had never identified themselves. Nexo believes that the raids conducted in its office s yesterday were against the law and demonstrated “total incompetence of those conducting this shameful action.” Nexo also described the actions against the firm as the “local Bulgarian arbitrariness” wh...