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Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy says the Near Foundation reneged on an offer to convert $11m million worth of its stablecoin. The NEAR Foundation and Aurora allegedly reneged on an offer to convert $11 million worth of USN stablecoin s, Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy has claimed. In a Nov. 7 X (Twitter) post, Gaevoy claimed NEAR refused to honor a commitment to facilitate the sale of $11.2 million worth of its stablecoin USN for the FTX estate. 3. Summary To reiterate, I see this situation very clearly as: - NF committed to backstop USN and earmarked money for it - Aurora accepted the redemption in August (and only last week backtracked on it) - NF decided they have the power to keep the $11M to themselves instead of… — wishful cynic (@EvgenyGaevoy) November 7, 2023 Gaevoy said Wintermute was working with FTX to liquidate its assets for creditors which included the sale of $11.2 million worth of USN. Gaevoy claimed Wintermute executed the transaction — whi...

In the letter, SBF denies stealing funds and stashing billions of dollars away. The crypto community has voiced their opinions on former FTX CEO Sam “SBF’ Bankman-Fried’s “pre-mortem overview” of the collapse of FTX he published on Jan. 12 as a letter on Substack.  https://t.co/XVd0BPHxEU — SBF (@SBF_FTX) January 12, 2023 As previously reported by Cointelegraph, SBF denied the allegations made against him in the lengthy letter and maintained that FTX US had been “fully solvent” at the time the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with approximately $350 million in cash available. Bankman-Fried further stated that FTX International had a substantial amount of assets (approximately $8 billion) when John Ray became CEO. According to Bankman-Fried, “No funds were stolen. Alameda lost money due to a market crash it was not adequately hedged for–as Three Arrows and others have this year.” Unfortunately for him, the crypto community seemed unimpressed by SBFs “pre-mortem overview....