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Eighteen leading venture capital (VC) investment firms, including Temasek, Sequoia Capital, Sino Global and Softbank, have been named as defendants in a class-action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for their links to the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.The lawsuit, filed on Aug.7, alleged
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According to Temasek, despite the absence of any misconduct, both its senior management team and investment body assumed collective accountability and accepted a reduction in their compensation. Executives of Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings who oversaw the company’s investment in FTX will have their compensation slashed. According to reports, the
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"Although there was no misconduct by the investment team in reaching their investment recommendation, the investment team and senior management, who are ultimately responsible for investment decisions made, took collective accountability and had their compensation reduced," Temasek Chairman Lim Boon Heng said in a statement posted to its website. Original Source
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Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings has reduced compensation for the execs responsible for the firm’s investment into the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX. Temasek was once the second-largest outside investor of FTX, with 7 million shares, according to Forbes. The firm however was forced to answer for its investment play after the
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Singapore's government-owned investment firm Temasek continues investing in cryptocurrency projects even after losing hundreds of millions of dollars to the collapsed FTX crypto exchange.Temasek has invested $10 million in Array, the developer of an algorithmic currency system based on smart contracts and artificial intelligence.Announcing the news on May 1, Array
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Singapore government’s Temasek has written down the full value of its $275 million investment in the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. “Our belief in the actions, judgment, and leadership of Sam Bankman-Fried … would appear to have been misplaced,” Temasek admitted. Temasek’s Investments in FTX Now Worth $0 The Singapore government’s Temasek Holdings
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Singapore's state-owned investment firm Temasek revealed despite eight months of due diligence in 2021, it didn't find any significant red flags in FTXs financials before deciding to invest $275 million into the now-bankrupt crypto exchange.Like many of FTX's more than one million creditors, the Singapore-based firm has been left blindsided
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“It is apparent from this investment that perhaps our belief in the actions, judgment and leadership of Sam Bankman-Fried, formed from our interactions with him and views expressed in our discussions with others, would appear to have been misplaced,” Temasek said. "While this write down of our investment in FTX
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It will remain to be seen to what extent having to write off $200 million to 300 million on the back of FTX's dramatic collapse will dampen Temasek's appetite for the digital assets industry. Temasek managed $294 billion in assets as of the end of March, according to Bloomberg. Original Source
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According to a report published on Nov. 9, 2022, Temasek Holdings, the Singaporean state holding company owned by the government of Singapore is allegedly engaging with FTX amid Binance’s plans to bail out the crypto trading firm. Singapore’s state investor has been known to have invested in the cryptocurrency and
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