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Nansen’s astute analysts recently unearthed “unusual transactions between FTX and Alameda” in the days preceding FTX’s tumultuous financial downfall. Blockchain data experts from Nansen have delved deep into the events leading up to the catastrophic demise of FTX. This includes the transfer of a staggering $4.1 billion worth of FTT tokens between the exchange and Alameda Research. A comprehensive report from Nansen, shared exclusively with Cointelegraph, unveils an array of remarkable findings from the blockchain analytics firm. It sheds light on the remarkably close-knit relationship between these two entities, both founded by the enigmatic Sam Bankman-Fried, who currently faces a slew of charges linked to the cataclysmic collapse of FTX. The precipitous fall of FTX is widely attributed to initial reports that sounded the alarm regarding Alameda’s hefty 40% stake, totaling $14.6 billion, in FTT tokens as of September 2022. Nansen’s perceptive analyst...

Galaxy’s estimation was based on the rapid uptick of interest in Bitcoin NFTs, currency market infrastructure, and the potential to take some market-share away from Ethereum. In a “base case” scenario, Galaxy Digital's research unit has tipped the burgeoning Bitcoin nonfungible token (NFT) market to hit a $4.5 billion market cap by March 2025. Bitcoin NFTs, or Ordinals, have attracted a significant amount of attention since the Ordinals protocol launched in late January, enabling users to inscribe data such as images, PDFs video and audio onto individual satoshis, or sats that each represent 0.00000001 Bitcoin (BTC). NFT giants such as Yuga Labs have even jumped in on the hype. On Feb. 28, the $4 billion firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club announced a Bitcoin-based NFT project dubbed “TwelveFold,” marking a notable form of recognition of the Ordinals movement. In a new report published on March. 3, Galaxy researchers analyzed the potential growth of Bitcoin NFTs and made esti...