Bahamas

Sam Bankman-Fried at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Top US Lawmaker Says FTX Hearing Will Continue Without Sam Bankman-Fried
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters said she was 'surprised' and 'disappointed' to hear of SBF's arrest.
Sam Bankman-Fried at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Sam Bankman-Fried at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas
U.S. authorities filed criminal charges against Bankman-Fried, and the Bahamas intends to extradite him once U.S. officials request it.
Sam Bankman-Fried at Consensus 2022 (Suzanne Cordiero/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Sam Bankman-Fried Addresses Withdrawals, FTX Collapse in Newly Released Audio Interview
The FTX founder said he unpaused Bahamian FTX withdrawals to “appease” local customers and added his lawyers to the groups of people he said can “go f**k themselves.”
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

The Bahamas’ Attorney General Defends Country’s Regulatory Framework Amid FTX ‘Debacle’
The Bahamas’ Attorney General Defends Country’s Regulatory Framework Amid FTX ‘Debacle’
During a pre-taped speech, The Bahamas’ Attorney General Ryan Pinder summarized the collapse of FTX and stated that the country’s regulatory regime was sufficient to oversee c...
The Bahamas’ Attorney General Defends Country’s Regulatory Framework Amid FTX ‘Debacle’

Does The Bahamas Have Enough Resources to Investigate FTX?
Does The Bahamas Have Enough Resources to Investigate FTX?
CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses whether The Bahamas has enough resources to investigate the collapse of FTX, with reference to the p...
Does The Bahamas Have Enough Resources to Investigate FTX?

Bahamas' attorney general is on defense after FTX, whose headquarters are in the country, imploded. (Laurie Chamberlain/Getty Images)
First Mover Americas: Bahamas on Defense After FTX's Collapse
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 28, 2022.
Bahamas' attorney general is on defense after FTX, whose headquarters are in the country, imploded. (Laurie Chamberlain/Getty Images)

Ryan Pinder, attorney general of the Bahamas (The Office of the Prime Minister The Bahamas)
Bahamas' Attorney General Defends Country's Regulatory Regime Amid FTX 'Debacle'
Ryan Pinder disputed the notion that FTX moved to the country because it didn't want to "submit to regulatory scrutiny."
Ryan Pinder, attorney general of the Bahamas (The Office of the Prime Minister The Bahamas)

(Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)
Bahamas Securities Regulator Blasts 'Inaccurate' Accusations Made by FTX
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas said FTX misrepresented the regulator's move to secure the embattled exchange's assets against hacks in bankruptcy court filings in th...
(Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

FTX Bahamas Liquidators Greenlight Bankruptcy Case Transfer to Delaware
FTX Bahamas Liquidators Greenlight Bankruptcy Case Transfer to Delaware
Court-appointed liquidators overseeing collapsed crypto exchange FTX's assets in the Bahamas have agreed to transfer a related case they'd filed in New York to Delaware, where...
FTX Bahamas Liquidators Greenlight Bankruptcy Case Transfer to Delaware

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
FTX Must Pay Expenses Incurred by Bahamas Regulator for Holding the Exchange's Digital Assets
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas last week ordered the contents of FTX's crypto wallets to be transferred to government-controlled wallets.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)