BlockFi CEO points finger at Alameda, FTX for collapse of crypto lender during testimony at SBF trial | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap

10/13/2023 23:27
BlockFi CEO points finger at Alameda, FTX for collapse of crypto lender during testimony at SBF trial | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince blamed the collapsed FTX crypto exchange and its sister trading firm Alameda Research for his own firm's bankruptcy while …

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince blamed the collapsed FTX crypto exchange and its sister trading firm Alameda Research for his own firm's bankruptcy while testifying in court at Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial, stating he would have never have dolled out funds had he known false balance sheets were being used.

Prince told prosecutors that BlockFi had a total of $1.1 billion on the exchange. When prosecutors then asked Prince why BlockFi declared bankruptcy, he attributed it to Alameda and FTX, according to Inner City Press

When asked if BlockFi would have lent funds to Alameda had it known it was using FTX customer funds, Prince responded by saying, "No. That is not appropriate," Inner City Press said. Prince said that BlockFi called some of the loans, but that there had been $650 …

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