Solana cofounders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal scramble to move past FTX’s stain on their token, down 96% from November 2021; FTX and Alameda bought 58M+ SOL (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)

Stephen Graves / Decrypt:
Google Cloud says it is running a Solana validator and is indexing Solana data for BigQuery, will add Solana support to Blockchain Node Engine in 2023, and more  —  Solana ( SOL) rose 12% on the news, changing hands at around $36.80 at time of publication.

Ian Allison / CoinDesk:
A financial document details some ties between Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Research; Alameda’s biggest asset is $3.66B of unlocked FTT, an FTX token  —  Alameda had $14.6 billion of assets as of June 30, according to a private document CoinDesk reviewed.

Nansen:
An in-depth look at FTX and Alameda shows UST’s collapse in May increased their reliance on FTT, leading to $4B outflows from Alameda to FTX in June and July  —  mins  —  Nansen’s research team dives into the collapse of Alameda and FTX using blockchain analytics  —  Key Takeaways

CNBC:
Sam Bankman-Fried agrees voluntarily to be extradited to the US, where he faces criminal and civil charges including conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering  —  – Sam Bankman-Fried is set to fly to the U.S., where he faces multiple criminal charges tied to the collapse of his crypto exchange FTX.

Andrew Rummer / The Block:
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried insists the exchange is “fine” after Binance begins selling FTX’s FTT; a recently leaked Alameda balance sheet showed $8B in liabilities  —  – FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried insisted his crypto exchange is “fine” after rival Binance announced it would start selling its holdings of FTX’s FTT token.

Helen Partz / Cointelegraph:
Hours after announcing an emergency deal with Binance, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried deletes a Twitter thread saying the exchange and assets were “fine”  —  Sam Bankman-Fried has deleted a Twitter thread where he tried to assure customers that FTX and the assets on the platform were “fine.”