SkyBridge Capital’s fund suspends withdrawals because of stocks, crypto decline

Former White House Communication Director Anthony Scaramucci’s fund management firm SkyBridge Capital suspended withdrawals in one of its funds with exposure to crypto assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), Bloomberg News reported. According to the report, the affected fund is Legion Strategies. The decision was made because of the sharp decline in the values…

Voyager users unlikely to recover 100% of funds

Voyager users might not get all of their funds back because the crypto lending company has declared bankruptcy, Bloomberg News reported. According to the filing, Voyager expects its users’ funds to be impaired during bankruptcy. Account holders are unlikely to get a full refund of their deposits because the company could be restructured or sold….

Binance CEO says bailouts for bad projects ‘don’t make sense’

👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao said bad projects should be allowed to fail and Binance has no intention of offering “bailouts” to such projects. In the blog post titled “A Note on Bailouts and Crypto Leverage,” CZ said that Binance has…

Robinhood stock surges after SBF acquires 7.6% stake in retail trading giant

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX and Alameda Research, has acquired a 7.6% stake in Robinhood. SBF’s acquisition triggered an aggressive market response, with Robinhood’s shares jumping as much as 36% in extended trading. And while prices have pulled back since Thursday evening, they’re still up around 25%. Struggling Robinhood stocks see surge after SBF’s…

Binance CZ’s $65B networth makes him almost 3x richer than FTX SBF

With a market cap of over $2 trillion, crypto has given birth to several billionaires since the first Bitcoin was mined. Although anonymity makes it difficult to determine who has what, a new report from Forbes has revealed some of the richest people in crypto and what they are worth. Topping the list is Binance…