Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao says the exchange aims for a ~$1B fund to buy distressed assets and plans to make another bid for bankrupt lender Voyager Digital (Bloomberg)

Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Binance has made a leading bid of about $50M for the assets of bankrupt crypto-lender Voyager Digital, slightly higher than FTX’s competing bid  —  The exchanges both made bids near $50 million.  Voyager’s market cap was $3.9 billion in 2021  —  1x

Ryan Weeks / The Block:
Court filing: Alameda Research plans to repay ~$128M in bitcoin and ~$70M in ether to bankrupt crypto lender Voyager and will reclaim ~$160M in collateral  —  – Crypto trading firm Alameda Research will repay two large loans demoninated in bitcoin and ether.  — Once repaid, Alameda will reclaim some $160 million in collateral.

Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Court records: FTX’s winning bid for Voyager Digital includes a $51M cash payment, and $60M in earnouts and incentives for Voyager users that onboard with FTX  —  – FTX’s winning bid for bankrupt crypto firm Voyager Digital includes a $51 million cash payment, with an additional $60 million in earnouts and incentives.

Bloomberg:
Sources: FTX won the auction for the assets of bankrupt crypto brokerage Voyager Digital with a bid of ~$50M, a price that could climb if certain milestones met  —  FTX, the digital-asset exchange controlled by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, has won the auction for the assets …

Bloomberg:
Sources: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao met with investors in Abu Dhabi last week to raise money for a crypto industry recovery fund  —  Binance Chief Executive Officer Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and several deputies met with investors in Abu Dhabi last week in an effort to raise cash …

CoinDesk:
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao plans to sell the remaining FTT tokens taken on from exiting FTX’s Alameda in 2021; Binance received ~$2.1B from the previous sale  —  Alameda’s CEO offered to buy Binance’s FTT token holdings for $22 apiece.  —  Binance’s CEO, responding to a CoinDesk scoop …