
FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. 11: Bankman-Fried steps down as FTX CEO, is replaced by a court-appointed CEO with restructuring experience. businesses’ liquidity crisis, says affiliate Alameda Research to wind down. 10: The Bahamas freezes assets of FTX’s subsidiary there Bankman-Fried admits non-U.S. 9: Binance walks away from FTX acquisition after conducting due diligence. 8: Binance says it will buy FTX’s non-U.S. 7: FTX announces liquidity crisis, seeks bailout from venture capitalists, then Binance. 6: Rival exchange Binance sells all FTT tokens.

2 scoop by crypto news site CoinDesk that revealed that Alameda Research, the quantitative trading firm also run by Bankman-Fried, held a position valued at $5 billion in FTT, the native token of FTX. 3, 2023.įTX’s collapse took place over a 10-day period in November 2022.

He pleaded innocent to all criminal charges on Jan. FTX founder and ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in The Bahamas and extradited to the United States in late December.In the hours following, FTX experienced a possible hack in which hundreds of millions worth of tokens were stolen.11, 2022, FTX’s CEO stepped down and the company filed for bankruptcy.

