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Aptos Labs Raises $150M in Funding Round Led by FTX Ventures

Aptos Labs, a layer 1 blockchain from Meta Platforms’ former employees, has raised $150 million in a Series A funding round led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for the fate of Diem and whether the Facebook-funded project could come back to life.

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Market Bottom Being Tested? Zipmex In Buyout Talks

Silvergate CEO warns crypto market pain will continue, but still bullish on Bitcoin lending. DeFi total value locked plunged 67% in Q2. Zipmex in talks with potential buyers. FTX proposes liquidity plan for Voyager Digital customers. FTX reportedly in talks to buy South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb.

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Voyager: ‘No Customer Will be Made Whole’ Under FTX Proposal

507 Capital Partner Thomas Braziel discusses his take on FTX's proposal to offer early liquidity to customers of crypto lender Voyager, saying their best bet is to "be patient and let the bankruptcy court process run a full auction." Plus, insights into Mt. Gox's bankruptcy case of 2014 and how it differs from Voyager's, citing the benefits of the American court system.

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Failed Lender Voyager: ‘No Customer Will Be Made Whole’ Under FTX Proposal

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said his firm's offer would give Voyager customers back 100% of the remaining assets, while Voyager’s lawyers argue that it only benefits FTX.

Sam Bankman-Fried on CoinDesk TV (CoinDesk TV screenshot)

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FTX to Offer Early Liquidity to Customers of Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager

The crypto exchange will allow the customers to create accounts funded by an early distribution of a part of their bankruptcy claims.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

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Trading Firm Susquehanna Plots Bahamas Crypto Expansion: Sources

Call it the "SBF Effect": Crypto traders and market makers are opening outposts on FTX's home island en masse.

Bart Smith, Susquehanna global head of digital assets strategy, speaking at a conference in the Bahamas in May. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Lender BlockFi Had $1.8B in Open Loans at End of June and $600M of Exposure

The company has released a quarter-end snapshot of a number of operating statistics.

Publicidad de BlockFi en Union Station, Washington D. C. (Archivo de CoinDesk)

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FTX’s Bankman-Fried Says It’s Worth Losing Money to Prop Up Crypto Industry

FTX co-founder and CEO Sam-Bankman Fried said he isn’t bothered by losing some money if his bailouts keep the crypto infrastructure humming. “It’s OK to do a deal that is moderately bad in bailing out a place,” the outspoken industry leader said at the Bloomberg Crypto Summit in New York on Tuesday.

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FTX's Bankman-Fried Says It’s Worth Losing Money to Prop Up Crypto Industry

The crypto exchange's CEO is also willing to buy bitcoin for his company depending on the price.

FTX co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says he's willing to lose money to help the crypto industry. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Bankruptcy Filing Reveals Biggest Celsius Creditors

Celsius Network's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing reveals the extended influence of crypto billionaire and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, according to Bloomberg. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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