{"id":1519,"date":"2022-11-11T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T11:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2022-11-15T07:41:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:41:58","slug":"securities-regulators-freeze-ftx-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/securities-regulators-freeze-ftx-assets","title":{"rendered":"Securities regulators in the Bahamas freeze FTX assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">According to the Securities Commission of The Bahamas, a Supreme Court-appointed liquidator must approve the transfer of FTX&#8217;s assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/coins\/ftx-token\/exchanges\"><b>FTX Digital Markets<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> (FDM) and &#8220;related parties&#8221; have been frozen by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) since November 10 and suspended FTX&#8217;s enrollment in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In this whole matter, one verdict came in trending. The big investors said that the &#8220;client&#8217;s assets abused by the FTX exchange, mishandled or used in Alameda Research.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Alameda is a well-known trading firm funded by Sam Bankman-Fried, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/tether-has-frozen-a-48-million-usdt-asset\"><b>FTX CEO<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">. He even leaked the balance sheet and displayed considerable healded FTX native tokens. There is also a rumour that it was funding training by the FTX users funds that led to a &#8220;bank-run&#8221; on FTX, causing the exchange to lose liquidity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Also Read:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/microsoft-bringing-office-365-apps-the-metaverse\"><b>In partnership with Meta, Microsoft is bringing Office 365 apps to the Metaverse<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">According to the SCB (Sam Bankman-Fried), FTX&#8217;s directors have been stripped of their powers and are being placed in provisional liquidation in order to preserve its assets and stabilize the company.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">A provisional liquidator has been appointed by the Bahamian Supreme Court, which said, &#8220;no assets of FDM, client assets, or trust acquisitions held by FDM can be transferred, assigned, or otherwise dealt with, without the written permission of the provisional liquidator.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">As the Bahamas-based exchange branch, FTX Digital Markets operates alongside FTX US, the US-based subsidiary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">For the benefit of FTX customers and other stakeholders, the SCB will work with the liquidator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Also Read<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/few-months-twitter-will-do-dumb-things\"><b>Throughout the next few months, Twitter will do lots of dumb things: Elon Musk<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">A greater level of oversight of cryptocurrency trading platforms has been called for by Maxine Waters, the chair of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">FTX&#8217;s liquidity crisis, which highlighted the importance of careful regulation of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/coins\/ftx-token\"><b>cryptocurrencies<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">, was also mentioned as an example of why U.S. President Joe Biden was aware of the crypto market situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Also Read<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/blog\/despite-a-12-reduction-in-crypto-revenue-in-q3-robinhood-remains-committed-to-crypto\"><b>Despite a 12% reduction in crypto revenue in Q3, Robinhood remains committed to the crypto<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is the experts&#8217; own opinions, views, and suggestions that are presented. These do not represent the views of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcoinprice.com\/\"><b>DigitalCoinPrice<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Securities Commission of The Bahamas, a Supreme Court-appointed liquidator must approve the transfer of FTX&#8217;s assets. FTX Digital Markets (FDM) and &#8220;related parties&#8221; have been frozen by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) since November 10 and suspended FTX&#8217;s enrollment in the country. 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