Crypto Futures ETFs Raise More Than $73 Million Ahead of Hong Kong Launch

Hong Kong’s first crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have attracted over $73 million ahead of their debut on the region’s stock exchange. The launch of the two ETFs tracking cryptocurrency futures listed in the United States comes despite the industry’s current troubles. Hong Kong Debuts Bitcoin and Ether Futures ETFs Amid Crypto Winter Two ETFs tracking … Read more

Report: Alameda’s Caroline Ellison Retains SEC’s Former Enforcement Division Chief

After more attention has been cast on the former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, a report details that Ellison has hired Wilmerhale partner Stephanie Avakian, an attorney that worked for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The news follows leaked documentation of Ellison’s alleged margin position, and the ex-Alameda executive reportedly being spotted at … Read more

Bankruptcy Lawyers Say FTX Was Operated by ‘Inexperienced and Unsophisticated Individuals’

On Tuesday, the attorneys representing FTX told the court that a “substantial amount of assets have either been stolen or are missing” and further stressed to the bankruptcy court that FTX executives left the lawyers James Bromley and Sullivan Cromwell with limited information. Bromley further likened the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) crypto empire … Read more