Did FTX steal $473 million?

“There are initial indications that $473 million in cryptoassets were stolen from FTX late last night,” the crypto research firm Elliptic said in a blog post. Ryne Miller, an FTX attorney, backed that assertion up on Twitter, asserting that there had been “unauthorized transactions.” The company was looking into “abnormalities,” he added.

What is the DOJ's most recent asset seizure?

The most recent asset seizure reported by the DOJ took place on Thursday, when prosecutors seized $94.5 million in cash from an account at Silvergate Bank which was associated with FTX Digital Markets, FTX's subsidiary in the Bahamas. The DOJ seized more than $7 million from other Silvergate accounts associated with Bankman-Fried and FTX.

What is the FTX lawsuit?

The lawsuit is the latest legal effort to lay claim to the dwindling assets of FTX, which is already feuding with liquidators in the Bahamas and Antigua as well as the bankruptcy estate of Blockfi, another failed crypto company.

How much did the DOJ seized from Silvergate?

The DOJ seized more than $7 million from other Silvergate accounts associated with Bankman-Fried and FTX. The DOJ previously seized nearly $50 million from an FTX Digital Markets account at Moonstone Bank, a small bank in Washington state.