During a dramatic day in court on Monday, former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried voluntarily agreed to be extradited to the US, the Washington Post reports. The decision comes as the crypto exchange seeks to recoup money spent by Bankman-Fried and his cabal, such as political donations.

A Monday morning court session in which Bankman-Fried was expected to agree to extradition lasted only 10 minutes thanks to a public outburst. Jerome Roberts, a local lawyer representing the curly-haired entrepreneur, said the court session happened without his knowledge — things were moving “prematurely,” he said.

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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who has repeatedly promised transparency, reiterated his vow in the wake of the FTX bankruptcy. However, Reuters this week accused Binance of hiding its liabilities and concealing financial details.

Reuters even questioned whether Binance executives have an interest in market-makers that trade against customers of the exchange — as was the case at BitMEX, FTX, and other exchanges sued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

The outlet cited a comprehensive review of regulatory filings around the world, including interview requests sent to dozens of regulators.

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Bitcoin briefly traded above $24,000 on the Waves blockchain-powered WX Network as holders scrambled to exchange their coins and withdraw their money from the decentralized exchange.

The rush to the exit was sparked after DEX saw a number of its tokens' withdrawal gateways shut down for an upgrade, including those of bitcoin and tether. Traders could deposit crypto to the exchange but couldn't withdraw it. Those who panicked at the news sought to sell their tokens at high prices in order to buy tokens that still had their withdrawal gateways open -- namely the Waves token.

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MPC wallets enable parties to share the responsibility of signing and encrypting data without any single party holding a complete private key. Cryptographic applications use multi-party computation (MPC) to generate digital signatures or decrypt data without sharing private inputs.

Organizations like exchanges, custodians, and other large digital asset businesses often prefer MPC wallets because this technology prevents trust in any single employee with a single key to assets.

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Australian bank Cuscal was listed in FTX’s bankruptcy filings as one of the group’s banking partners. It was listed alongside Omipay, an Australian payments processor that focuses on offering payments to and from China.

Omipay also works with authorized representatives like Bano which provide other payment services, and it operates payment platform Monix/Monixfin. Protos previously reported that FTX used Monix to access banking services in Australia.

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Finder Wallet, the cryptocurrency offshoot of Finder, has been sued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for its Earn product which offered customers a way to earn yield on their cryptocurrency.

They allege that the Australian financial services comparison firm was providing illegal financial advice and was offering Finder Earn without the appropriate licensure.

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MicroStrategy has been a regular favorite stock for short-sellers looking for big drawdowns. The US-based software firm was listed as the eleventh most-shorted stock. Interestingly, just ahead of it in tenth spot is crypto bank, Silvergate Capital Corporation which, in March, lent MicroStrategy $205 million, collateralized with bitcoin, to purchase around 4,000 more bitcoin.

The interest rate for this loan was never published and, bizarrely, MicroStrategy chief Michael Saylor once claimed that the firm holds custody of all of its bitcoin, implying that Silvergate may not have access to the assets against which Saylor borrowed his money.

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Before it filed for bankruptcy in November, crypto exchange FTX was this year’s largest advertiser among crypto companies. Needless to say, it overspent ⏤ but not before hordes of influencers convinced their followers to deposit money into FTX. The exchange then proceeded to “lose” $8 billion of its customers’ money.

Some celebrities backtracked on their endorsements after FTX collapsed, claiming that they were fooled along with the rest. However, FTX investors aren’t buying it. Some have sued big names like Larry David and Tom Brady for the part they played in misleading customers.

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European crypto exchange Bitvavo is part of the so-called creditors’ committee that is trying to wrestle more than $1.8 billion back from Barry Silbert’s Genesis Trading and its parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG). This is according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke directly to Protos.

When Bahamas-based exchange FTX collapsed in November, Genesis was forced to suspend redemptions. As a result, in addition to freezing $175 million of Genesis’ trading assets, it also left Genesis and DCG owing three major creditors — $900 million to the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini, $350 million to a group of investors led by investment firm Eldridge, and $300 million to Bitvavo.

As part of their efforts to claw back their money, Gemini and Bitvavo have formed a creditors’ committee. They have also retained law firm Kirkland & Ellis as legal counsel and global investment bank Houlihan Lokey as financial advisor.

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