US Gov Lost $4.7 Billion By Selling FTX’s Anthropic Shares Early
US Marshals sold Anthropic shares seized from FTX executives in 2025. The stake could now be worth $5 billion.
US Marshals sold Anthropic shares seized from FTX executives in 2025. The stake could now be worth $5 billion.

Former FTX executives Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang have finalized CFTC consent orders that impose permanent trading and registration bans, adding another...

The CFTC ordered a trading ban for former Alameda and FTX executives, and US prosecutors opposed a motion from a US soldier accused of profiting from the removal of Nicolas Maduro.

Cooperation helped Ellison and Wang avoid new CFTC fines as the regulator formally wrapped up its civil cases against the former FTX executives.

A U.S. federal court has resolved the CFTC’s cases against Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang by imposing five-year trading bans and registration bans of up to 10 years. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Aug. 19 that the U.S.…

Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang received multiyear CFTC bans under final orders resolving their FTX-related civil cases. The regulator cited extensive cooperation and declined to seek restitution, disgorgement or civil penalties at this time. CFTC Finalizes Multiyear Restrictions The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Aug. 19 that former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and […]

Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang have received a five-year trading ban from the CFTC.

The consent orders ended the CFTC’s case against two former crypto executives after FTX and Alameda agreed to $12.7 billion in disgorgement and restitution payments in August 2024.
The CFTC ends its FTX fraud cases against Ellison and Wang, giving the FTX insiders trading bans but no new fines.

The resolution underscores heightened regulatory scrutiny in crypto, signaling potential for stricter enforcement and increased accountability.
One customer fights to reopen his FTX claim after missing a KYC deadline, as most other bankruptcy matters go quiet.

A customer opens an exchange account, copies a string of numbers and follows a path through a Merkle tree. The page processes the request and returns a reassuring result: the customer’s balance was included in the exchange’s proof of reserves. The verification is most likely technically sound, establishing that the account appeared in a dataset […]

As the chairman of the Reform UK calls for an investigation into a FTX-linked political donation, the party’s leader prepares to face voters amid his own crypto-related scandal.

FTX's collapse highlights the urgent need for robust regulatory frameworks like the CLARITY Act to prevent future crypto market failures.


A federal appeals court has issued its mandate affirming Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction, 25-year prison sentence and $11 billion forfeiture order. Second Circuit closes Bankman-Fried appeal The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit filed its mandate on Aug.…

Three circuit judges disputed the former FTX CEO’s claims that the defunct crypto exchange’s investors could have been made whole and wouldn’t have experienced any losses.

A man organizing legal actions for Coldcard victims was previously removed as a bankruptcy receiver by Delaware’s Chancery court.

Glassnode confirmed that its aggregate BTC price cycle tool was in its coldest phase since the collapse of FTX in late 2022.
The Second Circuit issued its official judgment mandate on August 4, 2026, formally closing Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal. The short document affirms the June 12 ruling that upheld his FTX fraud convictions and 25-year prison sentence. This procedural step matters to crypto markets and investors because it removes the last circuit-court uncertainty surrounding one of the