ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, U.S. prosecutors stated that they will drop the charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) for illegal campaign contributions, and said that based on treaty obligations to the Bahamas, the U.S. government does not intend to prosecute the campaign contribution charges.

ChainCatcher message, FTX official announcement reminds that all official public communications from FTX debtors come from official company channels, emphasizing that claims.ftx.com is the only customer claims portal, and the website restart time will be determined by the debtors. Please be aware of phishing link attacks from other sources.The deadline for customers to submit claims has been set for September 29, 2023, at 4 PM (Eastern Time), and claims must be submitted before the deadline.This morning, the FTX claims portal was briefly online, but the website is currently unavailable. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to sources from The Wall Street Journal, Manhattan federal prosecutors are investigating whether former FTX executive Ryan Salame and his girlfriend, former congressional candidate Michelle Bond, may have violated campaign finance laws. One source indicated that investigators are looking into whether the two illegally circumvented federal limits on contributions to Bond's 2022 campaign for the Republican primary in New York's 1st congressional district, specifically examining the funds Salame provided to Bond and the loans she made for the campaign. This investigation is separate from the case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the customer claims website launched by FTX went offline about an hour after going live for unknown reasons. Before going offline, the claims website stated that as of November 11, 2022 (the day FTX filed for bankruptcy in the U.S.), users would be able to access their account balances.Previous news, the FTX claims website went live on July 11, and FTT saw a significant short-term increase. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to Nikkei, FTX plans to postpone the sale of its Japanese subsidiary FTX Japan and has communicated its intentions to the Financial Services Agency of Japan through FTX Japan. Among them, an executive from the FTX group stated, "They hope to increase the sale price by selling the entire group rather than selling individual regional subsidiaries." (source link)

ChainCatcher news, CNBC host Ran Neuner tweeted: "If we launch the FTX exchange and issue a new FTT token, distributing the tokens to creditors/depositors and allocating 100% of the profits to token holders, it will become the largest exchange in the world, allowing users to recover more of their losses."SBF responded: "I still believe this would be a productive avenue for all parties to explore, and I hope the existing team will do this." (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to the data from OKLink multi-chain explorer of OK Blockchain, the address "FTX Exchange," which holds the second largest amount of FTT, has transferred in 9,354,900 FTT (approximately 168 million USD) in the last 24 hours, resulting in a change of 19.11%. As of now, there are 21,004 addresses holding FTT, a decrease of 119 compared to yesterday. (Source link)