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Large buy and sell orders in FTT now appear evenly balanced (Kaiko Research)

FTT Order Flow Fairly Balanced After 150% Rally, but Liquidity Remains Thin

Price "takers" have been placing large market buy orders at the same pace as market sell orders, data from Kaiko Research shows.

By Omkar Godbole

Jan 23, 2023 at 2:09 p.m. UTC

Jan 23, 2023

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OKX Publishes Proof-of-Reserves Report Showing $7.5B in ‘Clean Assets’

The report shows reserves are largely spread among bitcoin, ether and USDT.

By Sam Reynolds

Jan 19, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Jan 19, 2023

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Beaten-Down FTT, Serum Tokens Lead Altcoin Rally, Triggering Short Squeeze

Traders liquidated some $245 million worth of short positions, according to Coinglass.

By Krisztian Sandor

Jan 9, 2023 at 10:09 p.m. UTC

Jan 9, 2023

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FTX's Blockfolio Stake Was Paid for Mostly in FTT: Bloomberg

Around 94% of the $84 million FTX paid for its majority stake in Blockfolio was in the FTT token it invented.

By Jamie Crawley

Dec 22, 2022 at 9:23 a.m. UTC

Dec 22, 2022

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SEC Calls FTT Exchange Token a Security

The complaint against Alameda's Caroline Ellison and FTX's Gary Wang contains allegations that FTX's exchange token, FTT, constitutes an investment contract.

By Sam Reynolds

Dec 22, 2022 at 4:25 a.m. UTC

Dec 22, 2022

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FTT tokens surged Dec. 9 to highest since Nov. 16

FTX Revival Proposal Supported by Sam Bankman-Fried Lifts FTT Token

The crypto exchange's founder tweeted his support for influencer Ran Neuner's revival idea, sending the battered tokens as much as 47% higher.

By Omkar Godbole

Dec 9, 2022 at 11:33 a.m. UTC

Dec 9, 2022

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Weekend Story: What Is a Crypto Exchange Token and How Did It Help Blow up FTX?

On today’s show we’re taking a look at exchange tokens, what they are, and how their mis-use looks to have driven the collapse of FTX, courtesy of CoinDesk’s Chief Insights Columnist, David Z. Morris.

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Dec 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Dec 3, 2022

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FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident

Sam Bankman-Fried is a con man and fraudster of historic proportions. But you might not learn that from the New York Times, CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes.

By David Z. Morris

Nov 30, 2022 at 7:15 p.m. UTC

Nov 30, 2022

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Crypto's Ugly November Draws to Close With ‘Sam Coins’ in Gutter, Bitcoin Down 18%

The FTT token, along with Serum's SRM and Solana's SOL, plunged amid the dramatic collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX exchange. Bitcoin had its worst loss in five months.

By Jocelyn Yang

Nov 30, 2022 at 7:06 p.m. UTC

Nov 30, 2022

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