{"id":69998,"date":"2022-11-14T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T08:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=69998"},"modified":"2025-09-07T23:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T20:28:21","slug":"kraken-freezes-accounts-linked-to-ftx-and-alameda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/kraken-freezes-accounts-linked-to-ftx-and-alameda\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken freezes accounts linked to FTX and Alameda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, at the request of law enforcement, blocked accounts belonging to the bankrupt FTX Group, including Alameda Research, and their executives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kraken has spoken with law enforcement regarding a handful of accounts owned by the bankrupt FTX Group, Alameda Research and their executives. Those accounts have been frozen to protect their creditors.<\/p>\n<p>Other Kraken clients are not affected. Kraken maintains full reserves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx\/status\/1591678095840641025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Funds of other users were not affected.<\/p>\n<p>The platform described the decision as &#8220;creditor protection&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a conversation with<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-exchange-kraken-freezes-accounts-related-to-ftx-and-alameda\"> Cointelegraph<\/a> representatives of the exchange said that the blocked funds could be linked to &#8220;fraud, negligence or improper conduct in FTX&#8217;s activities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On November 12, an unknown<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/unknown-actors-moved-more-than-400-million-from-ftx-wallets\"> user<\/a> used Kraken, among others, to withdraw $400 million from FTX wallets. The security chief of the latter, Nick Percoco, wrote that the identity of the user was known to the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;FTX will issue a statement regarding the situation&#8221;<\/em>, the specialist promised.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: I\u2019ve been told that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTX_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FTX_Official<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBF_FTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SBF_FTX<\/a> will be making a public statement regarding the sweeping of the Tron wallet in question and them utilizing funds from their verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@krakenfx<\/a> account to complete this transaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Percoco (@c7five) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/c7five\/status\/1591498142578515971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on November 11, the FTX Group <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ftx-group-files-for-bankruptcy-sam-bankman-fried-resigns-as-ceo\"> filed for bankruptcy<\/a> under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code. Sam Bankman-Fried stepped down as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, Tether Limited <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/tether-freezes-46-37-million-usdt-held-for-ftx-at-authorities-request\"> blocked<\/a> 46,370,701 USDT on the Tron blockchain belonging to FTX.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Kraken<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kraken-reports-no-dealings-with-alameda-research\"> said<\/a> there were no dealings with Alameda Research.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\u201d\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, at the request of law enforcement, blocked accounts belonging to the bankrupt FTX Group, including Alameda Research, and their executives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1236,193,36],"class_list":["post-69998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ftx","tag-kraken","tag-regulation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70000,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69998\/revisions\/70000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}