Lawyers, Crypto, and a $54M Oopsie – The Great FTX Fiasco Unravels!

According to court filings, as gleefully reported by Reuters, Fenwick & West played the role of lead outside counsel during FTX’s meteoric rise to crypto stardom. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit claim the firm was knee-deep in crafting strategies that turned FTX into a financial black hole, allegedly helping with regulatory and operational structures that later proved as useful as a chocolate teapot. “We just thought they were into innovative finance,” the lawyers might as well have said, while counting their settlement checks.

