According to @StockMKTNewz, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has officially filed a request for a new trial on the charges tied to his current 25-year prison sentence. This development could have significant implications for the cryptocurrency sector, particularly amid ongoing legal scrutiny of industry leaders.

According to Altcoin Daily, Sam Bankman-Fried has formally requested a retrial in his FTX fraud case. This development could have significant implications for ongoing legal proceedings and the cryptocurrency market, particularly for FTX-related assets. Traders should monitor the case closely as decisions could influence investor sentiment and market activity.

According to the source, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly claimed to have discovered new evidence that might support his defense and potentially lead to a jury acquittal in his ongoing legal case. This development could significantly impact the legal proceedings and the broader cryptocurrency market, especially given FTX's prior influence in the industry.

According to @cz_binance, a recent in-depth interview with Chamath Palihapitiya revealed insights into CZ's journey from discovering Bitcoin to founding Binance and navigating challenges like the FTX collapse and regulatory pressures. The discussion also touched on his all-in approach to crypto and his vision for future ventures, providing key takeaways for crypto traders and investors.

According to @AltcoinDaily, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison has been released after serving 440 days in federal custody. According to @AltcoinDaily, Bitcoin (BTC) is up 18% since the date she reported to prison. According to @AltcoinDaily, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) still has 19 years remaining on his sentence.

According to @OnchainLens, FTX/Alameda unstaked 195,669 SOL valued at $27.98M, with the activity visible on Solscan at address HoBeML5zvsmNGn5fXXKADEdSKK9G7qSBFxVFwoRQsyMx. Source: Onchain Lens on X, Jan 12, 2026; Solscan solscan.io/account/HoBeML5zvsmNGn5fXXKADEdSKK9G7qSBFxVFwoRQsyMx Unstaking deactivates staked SOL and makes it withdrawable and transferable under Solana protocol rules once the deactivation and withdrawal complete. Source: Solana Docs Staking and Unstaking; Solscan The alert mentions only the unstake and does not cite any exchange deposit or sale, so traders can monitor subsequent movements from the cited address for any liquidity changes in SOL markets. Source: Onchain Lens on X; Solscan

According to @timnitGebru, she criticized Effective Altruism figure William MacAskill in a Jan 9, 2026 X post, framing the discussion in the aftermath of Sam Bankman-Fried and referencing prior controversies within the EA community, source: @timnitGebru on X, Jan 9, 2026. She alleges MacAskill introduced SBF to "Muskrat" to pursue a joint purchase of the platform and cites a $15M castle and articles about sexual harassment and abuse within EA as context, source: @timnitGebru on X, Jan 9, 2026. In the linked thread, William MacAskill proposes a "viatopia" for a post-superintelligence world emphasizing material abundance, technological progress, coordination to avoid conflict, low catastrophic risk, preserving optionality, cultivating reflection, and structuring deliberation so better ideas win, source: William MacAskill on X, Jan 9, 2026. Neither post includes any crypto asset mentions, price data, or regulatory filings, indicating no direct market-moving disclosure, source: @timnitGebru on X, Jan 9, 2026; William MacAskill on X, Jan 9, 2026. For trading context, the posts publicly reconnect EA leadership, SBF, and AI governance narratives relevant to thematic AI-crypto and governance-token sentiment tracking; traders can monitor social-volume spikes around Effective Altruism, SBF, superintelligence, and viatopia on X to gauge narrative momentum, source: @timnitGebru on X, Jan 9, 2026; William MacAskill on X, Jan 9, 2026.

According to the source, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed settlement agreements for key members of FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle. Per the source, these are proposals rather than finalized deals, indicating further regulatory steps are required before any resolution. According to the source post, individual names and settlement terms were not specified.

According to the source, U.S. authorities will bar certain former FTX and Alameda executives from holding Wall Street roles for up to 10 years, as reported in a public X post dated Dec 19, 2025 (source: public X post, Dec 19, 2025). Traders should monitor for official orders or court documents that specify the names, scope, and effective dates to validate the report before acting (source: public X post, Dec 19, 2025). The source did not include token tickers or price data, so avoid trading solely on the headline until an official notice is published (source: public X post, Dec 19, 2025).

According to the source, the SEC’s enforcement actions against associates of Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX have reached a final step, with Caroline Ellison receiving a 10-year ban from company roles, source: provided social media post dated December 19, 2025. No additional terms, timelines, or market-impact details were disclosed in the post, source: provided social media post.

According to @EmberCN, FTX/Alameda redeemed 194,800 SOL worth about $25.52 million from staking and distributed the tokens to 26 addresses roughly four hours before the report. According to @EmberCN, most of the receiving wallets subsequently send SOL to Coinbase or Binance, indicating a recurring exchange inflow pattern that traders track for supply dynamics. According to @EmberCN, this action follows a mid-month routine observed since November 2023 where the FTX/Alameda staking address repeatedly redeems and transfers SOL using the same process.

According to @OnchainLens, the U.S. Government transferred 1,934 WETH (about $6.43M) and $13.58M BUSD from FTX/Alameda seized funds to a new wallet, based on Nansen on-chain data. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen. According to @OnchainLens, the destination addresses flagged are 0x9359ecf077186d4543bd53bc3528da4a80938c79 and 0x9aca546f3bc7de864a1df20f4c6b516434105cb0, per Nansen labels. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen. According to @OnchainLens, these movements reflect on-chain relocation of seized assets linked to FTX/Alameda, with tokens impacting ETH/WETH and BUSD liquidity tracking. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen. According to @OnchainLens, traders should monitor the two addresses for any follow-on transfers to exchanges or bridges as potential signals for short-term ETH/WETH and BUSD order flow. Source: @OnchainLens; data: Nansen.

According to @CryptoMichNL, BTC is at the most oversold levels in history, with similar extremes last seen at the 2018 bottom and during the 2022 FTX and LUNA capitulation, source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Nov 27, 2025. According to @CryptoMichNL, the probability of a fast market recovery from these conditions is significantly higher when looking at the overall data, source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Nov 27, 2025. According to @CryptoMichNL, sentiment has flipped, noting that buyers who wanted exposure near 120K are now waiting for 60K despite current oversold readings, source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Nov 27, 2025. According to @CryptoMichNL, these historically oversold signals align with capitulation and potential bottoming zones that traders monitor, source: @CryptoMichNL on X, Nov 27, 2025.

According to the source, Vitalik Buterin said on Monday that Ethereum (ETH) is decentralized, "can't be evil," and is a community, contrasting it with FTX (source). The source reported no accompanying price data, on-chain metrics, or implementation changes, indicating the remarks were presented as a narrative contrast rather than an immediate, actionable protocol update for ETH traders (source).

According to @EmberCN, FTX/Alameda redeemed 193,800 SOL (~$30.69M) from staking and distributed it to 28 addresses roughly three hours ago; source: @EmberCN (X) and Solscan address H4yiPhdSsmSMJTznXzmZvdqWuhxDRzzkoQMEWXZ6agFZ. Since November 2023, these wallets have cumulatively redeemed and transferred 9.367 million SOL (~$1.27B) at an average transfer price of $135.8; source: @EmberCN (X). The FTX/Alameda staking address still has 4.048 million SOL (~$620M) staked, indicating remaining supply that could be unlocked; source: @EmberCN (X) and Solscan address H4yiPhdSsmSMJTznXzmZvdqWuhxDRzzkoQMEWXZ6agFZ. Many recipient wallets subsequently send SOL to Coinbase or Binance, making exchange inflow monitoring relevant for trading execution; source: @EmberCN (X). Traders can track the referenced Solana address and downstream exchange-labeled wallets to anticipate on-chain movements before order-book impact; source: Solscan and @EmberCN (X).

According to the source, SBF’s X account stated on Oct 31, 2025 that FTX was never insolvent and that FTT would be worth $22 billion today, based on a post attributed to Sam Bankman-Fried’s X handle (@SBF_FTX; Oct 31, 2025). This claim conflicts with FTX Debtors’ court filings that reported a large asset-liability shortfall at petition and later projected full repayment to allowed customer and creditor claims due to asset recoveries, while proposing to cancel FTT under the reorganization plan (source: FTX Debtors, case no. 22-11068, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; Debtors’ plan update and disclosure filed May 7, 2024). Traders considering exposure to FTT should note that the proposed plan treats FTT as having no bankruptcy recovery, limiting fundamental catalysts tied to the estate’s distributions (source: FTX Debtors’ proposed plan treatment of FTT, case no. 22-11068). Given this discrepancy, any price action in FTT driven by the Oct 31 post should be treated as headline risk and cross-checked against primary court documents before positioning (sources: SBF’s X post on Oct 31, 2025; FTX Debtors’ filings in case no. 22-11068).

According to @PANewsCN, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried shared a report titled FTX: Where Did The Money Go? asserting that more than 7 million customers deposited about $20 billion into FTX in November 2022, the exchange filed for bankruptcy while owing customers $8 billion, and that the funds never disappeared (source: @PANewsCN on X, Oct 31, 2025; @SBF_FTX on X, Oct 31, 2025). The report claims all customers are set to receive 119%-143% recovery, about 98% of creditors have already received 120%, and even after paying $8 billion in claims and $1 billion in legal fees, the estate still shows an $8 billion surplus; it characterizes the episode as a liquidity crunch rather than insolvency (source: @SBF_FTX on X, Oct 31, 2025; @PANewsCN on X, Oct 31, 2025). For trading context, the FTX Debtors’ May 2024 plan projected cash repayments of roughly up to 118% for most customers and outlined distributions in cash rather than in-kind crypto, which means repayments do not require on-exchange crypto selling by the estate and reduces immediate market impact relative to large spot crypto liquidations (source: FTX Debtors plan and court filings, May 2024).

According to Lookonchain, FTX/Alameda unlocked 192,936 SOL worth about $39.32 million on Oct 15, 2025, based on Arkham Intelligence on-chain data. According to Lookonchain, 88,131 SOL worth about $17.64 million was deposited to Coinbase Prime the same day, with the transfer visible on Arkham Intelligence. According to Lookonchain’s reported figures, the Coinbase Prime deposit equals roughly 45.7% of the unlocked amount.

According to @EmberCN, FTX/Alameda redeemed 192,900 SOL worth about $39.41 million roughly 4 hours ago and dispersed the tokens to 28 addresses, source: @EmberCN on X Oct 15, 2025. The same source notes that most of these recipient wallets subsequently transfer SOL into Coinbase or Binance, indicating observable exchange inflows to monitor, source: @EmberCN on X Oct 15, 2025. Since November 2023, the FTX/Alameda staking address has cumulatively redeemed and transferred out 9.173 million SOL valued around $1.85 billion, with an average transfer price of $135, source: @EmberCN on X Oct 15, 2025. The staking address still holds 4.41 million SOL, approximately $890 million, in staking as of the latest update, source: @EmberCN on X Oct 15, 2025. This transfer activity has tended to recur around the 10th of each month, forming a regular window traders can track, source: @EmberCN on X Oct 15, 2025. The referenced staking account and movements can be verified on-chain at solscan.io/account/H4yiPhdSsmSMJTznXzmZvdqWuhxDRzzkoQMEWXZ6agFZ, source: Solscan.

According to @KookCapitalLLC, an Oct 11, 2025 post on X alleges that Backpack does not know how to run a legal or solvent exchange and references the founder’s background at FTX with SBF (source: @KookCapitalLLC on X, Oct 11, 2025). The allegation is unverified and the post provides no supporting evidence, so traders should treat it as a claim while reassessing counterparty risk and custody concentration (source: @KookCapitalLLC on X, Oct 11, 2025; U.S. SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Investor Alert on crypto asset accounts, 2022). During exchange stress events, liquidity can thin and spreads can widen, increasing slippage and execution risk for spot and derivatives traders (source: Bank for International Settlements, reports on crypto market liquidity and amplification mechanisms, 2022–2023). Practical checks include monitoring on-chain flows from exchange-labeled wallets and observing order book depth, stablecoin pegs, basis, and funding rates for dislocations (source: Nansen documentation on exchange wallet tracking, 2023; CFTC advisory on crypto derivatives risks and leverage, 2022).