When money flows and lies blow.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, is seeking access to crypto assets associated with FTX and Alameda Research, according to a letter written by his attorney, Mark Cohen. Cohen insists that the existing bail conditions “related to crypto asset transfers should be removed.”

Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried have argued he should be allowed access to assets and crypto held by his former company FTX, saying there's no evidence he's responsible for previous alleged unauthorized transactions.

Federal prosecutors have requested that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's (SBF) bail conditions are modified to prevent further alleged attempts at influencing witnesses’ testimonies. 

Federal prosecutors allege FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried used the encrypted messaging app Signal to influence a witness in his fraud crime case. Prosecutors asked a judge to ban Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting current and former employees of FTX or Alameda Research and using encrypted call or messaging applications, including the Signal app. In a court filing on January 27, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York alleges that Sam Bankman-Fried sent messages over email and the encrypted messaging app Signal to Ryne Miller, General Counsel of FTX US. (coingape)

U.S. Attorneys want to restrict FTX founder and ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s access to encrypted messaging services and bar communication with former FTX and Alameda employees, after prosecutors suggested he was trying to influence witnesses, according to court documents.

According to court documents in the FTX bankruptcy case, the company’s attorneys seek to subpoena FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, his brother Gabriel Bankman-Fried, and his parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried. Additionally, the attorneys intend to question some of Bankman-Fried’s top deputies, including FTX co-founder Gary Wang, ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, the former chief operating officer Constance Wang, and the exchange’s former director of engineering Nishad Singh.

Documents filed Wednesday in Delaware’s US Bankruptcy Court list thousands of potential FTX creditors, though lawyers said the names within the documents are not necessarily significantly tied to the company.

According to a filing, certain individuals are “currently cooperating” to provide “important information,” while others are not. As such, FTX and its creditor committee aim to have those individuals subpoenaed and compelled to provide documents and information.

FTX’s lawyers requested Judge John Dorsey in the District of Delaware allow them to question Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, and Gabriel Bankman-Fried — the father, mother, and brother of SBF, respectively — under oath about any financial benefits they may have received from the exchange. Other FTX executives could reportedly be subject to the same line of questioning in an effort to track down assets tied to the bankrupt crypto exchange.

At least some of immediate family of Sam Bankman-Fried aren’t cooperating in the probe into the collapsed crypto exchange FTX and should be cross-questioned in court, the company’s lawyers have said in a legal filing made Wednesday.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla refused to offload any more Bitcoin (BTC) during the latter half of 2022 despite selling off 75% of its holdings in the second quarter.

The now-bankrupt crypto lending firm BlockFi has more than $1.2 billion in assets linked to FTX and Alameda Research, the two companies founded by the fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried.

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried held just under $50 million in an account with a little known bank located in rural Washington state, according to a court filing published Friday.

Binance CEO Changpeng (CZ) Zhao alleged during a Twitter space talk that FTX paid $43 million to a crypto news outlet that regularly publishes negative articles on Binance,

A Washington, D.C., townhome tied to FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been listed on the market for roughly $3.28 million. The property was purchased by Bankman-Fried’s brother’s nonprofit, Guarding Against Pandemics, for the same price it is selling for today.

The Washington DC townhome linked to disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has hit the market for $3.28 million.

Coinbase exits Japan citing “market conditions”; the FTX drama continues; Binance is now fully compliant in Poland; Hong-Kong investment fund raises $500M.

“I didn’t realise it would ask for contributions”, Sam Bankman-Fried responded as a Twitter user (@Compound248) pointed out the paywall to the embattled FTX founder’s newly opened Substack.

The collapse of FTX took an allegedly dangerous turn this week, as attorneys for founder Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that a driver crashed a car into the barricade at his parents' home—and that the car's occupants made threatening statements.