Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and cryptocurrency-linked stocks like MicroStrategy are seeing a sharp downturn after news broke that FTX announced filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Sam Bankman-Fried stepping down as CEO. Crypto-linked stocks decline MicroStrategy (MSTR), led by the outspoken advocate of Bitcoin Michael Saylor, is down 32.57% on Nov. 11 in a 5-day period. MicroStrategy holds about 130,000 Bitcoin and, therefore, its stock price is heavily correlated with BTC/USD. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy NASDAQ has gained 0.79%. Mining stocks have seen losses today, with the Hashrate Index Crypto Mining Stock Index showing a 0.14% loss at midday Nov. 11. …

The repercussions of the cataclysmic FTX downfall are going to be broader than the crypto markets, as they will accelerate downward moves in stocks and commodity markets, according to Mike McGlone, senior marco analyst at Bloomberg. “Bitcoin has been one of the leading indicators on the way up, and it's a leading indicator and way down and it's just broken down. So expect most dominoes to fall.”, McGlone pointed out in a recent interview with Cointelegraph. McGlone expects traditional stocks to continue falling as the Federal Reserve keeps raising interest rates in an attempt to curb inflation. According to the …

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cyprus, or CySEC, reportedly issued a statement amid FTX filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States that the regulator requested the exchange halt operations for its Europe arm. According to a Nov. 11 Reuters report, the CySEC said it had asked FTX Europe to “suspend its operations and to proceed immediately with a number of actions for the protection of the investors” on Nov. 9. It’s unclear why the financial regulator chose to reiterate its call to the crypto exchange, given FTX Europe was one of roughly 130 companies in FTX Group …

Who would’ve thought that the implosion of Terra, the collapse of Three Arrows Capital and the bankruptcies of Celsius and Voyager wouldn’t be the most terrible crypto stories of 2022? In retrospect, crypto’s day of reckoning — and the new low for the cycle — hadn’t arrived even after all these tumultuous events. The industry’s cyclical execution occurred this week when FTX — the world’s second-largest crypto exchange — was feared to be insolvent and on the brink of collapse. Those fears stemmed from FTX’s incestuous relationship with Alameda Research, a trading firm founded by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried — …

Within a week, crypto exchange FTX has gone from proposing an acquisition by Binance to sort out its liquidity issues to filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in the District of Delaware. In a Nov. 11 tweet, FTX said roughly 130 companies in FTX Group including FTX Trading, FTX US — under West Realm Shire Services — and Alameda Research had started proceedings to file for bankruptcy in the United States. FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has also resigned his position, and will be succeeded by John Ray. Press Release pic.twitter.com/rgxq3QSBqm — FTX (@FTX_Official) November 11, 2022 "The immediate relief of …

As the FTX crisis continues its outpour, users of the platform try various ways to bypass the official process of withdrawing their funds from the collapsing exchange. On Nov. 10, the exchange announced that it will begin withdrawals of funds based in the Bahamas. According to the exchange, the move aims to have its comply Bahamian headquarters with the demands of regulators within the country. 1) Per our Bahamian HQ's regulation and regulators, we have begun to facilitate withdrawals of Bahamian funds. As such, you may have seen some withdrawals processed by FTX recently as we complied with the regulators. …

Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency may “take years to recover” from the FTX scandal, one industry analyst warns. In a Twitter thread on Nov. 11, Filbfilb, co-founder of trading suite Decentrader, said that the Terra LUNA debacle was itself still playing out. Filbfilb: "I've never seen such a debacle" The crypto industry is experiencing “a clear case of what goes up must come down,” Filbfilb summarizes. As the fallout from FTX and Alameda Research only begins to become apparent, many industry businesses and associated tokens have been left reduced to a shadow of their former selves. Amid bankruptcy concerns from those …

The world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, started the year with a $400 million Series C funding round, taking its valuation to over $32 billion. Ten months later, the crypto exchange is staring down the possibility of bankruptcy after its bid to be acquired by Binance failed. FTX was seen as one of the largest global crypto players as it established itself with multiple mainstream brand and sponsorship partnerships and billions in fundraising. The crypto exchange’s finances were never in question, given it bailed out multiple lending firms during the crypto contagion in the second quarter of 2022. However, things took …

The annual supply rate of Ether (ETH) slipped below zero for the first time since Ethereum's transition to proof-of-stake via the Merge in September. The reason? A spike in on-chain activity amid a massive cryptocurrency market crash. Ethereum turns deflationary for real As of Nov. 9, more Ether tokens are being burned than created as a part of Ethereum's fee-burning mechanism. Simply put, the more on-chain transactions, the more ETH transaction fees get burned. On a 30-day timeframe, the Ethereum network has been burning ETH at an annual rate of 773,000 tokens against the issuance of 603,000 tokens. In other …

With Solana (SOL) being heavily affected by the FTX debacle, crypto Twitter expressed sympathy and hopes that its community can make a comeback. Being one of many coins that FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) supported, SOL has been hit heavily amid the FTX collapse. On Nov. 10, the total value locked on the Solana chain has fallen by 32.4%. The SOL token lost almost half of its value, dropping in value from $38 on Nov. 5 to $17 at the time of writing. Because of the devastating things happening to Solana, crypto community members took to Twitter to offer encouragement …

Ether (ETH) price shed roughly 33% between Nov. 7 and Nov. 9 after an impressive $260 million in future contracts longs (buyers) were liquidated. Traders using leverage were surprised as the price swing caused the largest impact since Aug. 18 at derivatives exchanges. The $1,070 price level traded on Nov. 9 was the lowest since July 14, marking a 44% correction in three months. This adverse price move was attributed to the FTX exchange’s insolvency on Nov. 8 after clients' withdrawals were halted. It is worth highlighting that a 10.3% pump in 1 hour happened on Nov. 8, immediately preceding …

The founder of the Chain blockchain infrastructure company, who goes by the internet pseudonym Deepak.eth, took to Twitter to announce the sale of their nonfungible token (NFT) collection. Deepak.eth tweeted that the collection will either be sold to the highest bidder, or else placed in a “fractional DAO” in which they would sell 80% of the ownership. According to the Chain founder the collection is going for 8,000 (ETH), which is roughly $10, 258,720 million at the time of writing. My NFT Collection is now available. It will either be sold to the highest bidder or be placed in a …