Texas investigates FTX for securities violations after objecting to Voyager a...
The Texas State Securities Board enforcement director downloaded an FTX Trading app – not an FTX US app – in Texas using his own information and was able to earn interest on it. The Texas State Securities Board (SSB) and the Texas Department of Banking (DOB) filed a supplemental declaration Oct. 14 in the Voyager Digital case in which it stated that the SSB is investigating FTX Trading, FTX US and their principals, including co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, for allegedly offering unregistered securities in the United States. FTX US won the auction for the remaining Voyager Digital....
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Regulators from the state of Texas and the state’s attorney general are objecting to FTX purchasing Voyager Digital, as the state’s securities commissioner needs to “determine whether FTX US is complying with the law.” Texas State Securities Board, Department of Banking, and Attorney General File Objection Against FTX Buying Voyager Digital According to a bankruptcy court document filed on October 14, 2022, the Texas State Securities Board (SSB), the Texas Department of Banking, and the Texas attorney general are objecting to FTX’s solicitation of Voyager Digital. FTX, the exchange led by....
The Texas state authorities, SSB and DOB, argued that Voyager fails to explain the methodology used to calculate the average coin prices, among others. The Texas State Securities Board (SSB) and the Texas Department of Banking (DOB) raised an objection in court against Voyager Digital’s disclosure statement, questioning the various methodologies and calculations used to estimate the fair market value of the bankrupt exchange’s crypto assets.In a pleading filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the attorneys for the SSB and DOB objected to the....
Stephen Ehrlich, the co-founder of Voyager Digital, is reportedly under investigation by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for alleged violations of derivatives regulations. Bloomberg has revealed that the CFTC’s enforcement division staff conducted a probe into Ehrlich’s conduct, concluding that he misled customers regarding the safety of their assets. Voyager Co-founder Found In […]
Security regulators in Texas and Alabama have intensified investigations into crypto lender Voyager following the recent slump witnessed by the platform. Soon after the information emerged regarding the loans and the credit status of the borrowers, regulators expanded the investigation into the collapsed crypto lender platform. Not just Voyager, even Celsius Network Ltd which also […]
A key concern is that the firm hasn’t explicitly outlined what it will do with the stablecoin sale proceeds. State regulators from Texas and Vermont have filed a motion objecting to embattled crypto lender Celsius’ plans to sell off its stablecoin holdings. Separate motions from both regulators filed on Sept. 29 argue that there’s a risk the firm could use the capital to resume operating in violation of state laws. The filings come after a Sept. 15 notice from Celsius' legal team asking the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York for permission to sell its....