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- Texas authorities are probing into FTX Trading, FTX US, and the company’s leadership.
- The court has not yet approved the asset acquisition deal.
On Tuesday, 50,000 ETH was sent from FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, to the primary wallet of Voyager Digital, a cryptocurrency lender. Last month, the cryptocurrency exchange purchased Voyager Digital assets worth $1.4 billion, outbidding competitor cryptocurrency exchange Binance in the process. Additionally, Texas authorities are probing into FTX Trading, FTX US, and the company’s leadership, which includes co-founder Sam Benchman-Fried.
On October 18, Alex Svanevik, CEO of blockchain analytics platform Nansen, tweeted that FTX had sent 50,000 ether (ETH) worth $65 million to the primary wallet of defunct cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital.
Court Yet to Approve the Deal
Auction results for the acquisition of Voyager Digital assets were announced on September 26. To finalize the purchase, the cryptocurrency exchange handed over digital assets with a market value of $1.4 billion. Furthermore, on October 19, Voyager Digital will seek the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to approve the asset acquisition deal with FTX US.
Voyager’s assets are being sold to FTX US. However, the Texas State Securities Board and the Texas Department of Banking are opposed to the deal. In actuality, FTX Trading, FTX US, and its officials are under investigation for marketing unregistered securities to people in the United States. As far as Texas authorities are concerned, FTX US is providing yield-bearing accounts comparable to those provided by Voyager Digital.
Even though the court has not yet approved the asset acquisition deal, FTX has already deposited 50,000 ETH to Voyager. Moreover, the extra $51 million cash payment and the $60 million in earn-outs and incentives that came with the $1.4 billion asset purchase are likely connected to the money being transferred.
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