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Sept. 9, 2022

FTX's venture arm, FTX Ventures, plans to buy a 30% stake in Anthony Scaramucci's investment firm SkyBridge Capital, CNBC reports. Scaramucci said in an interview that the firm plans to use about $40 million out of the proceeds to buy cryptocurrencies and hold them on its balance sheet as a long-term investment.

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Scaramucci added that FTX bought SkyBridge's capital stock. None of the firm's partners sold their stocks, including Scaramucci himself. The SkyBridge Capital CEO added:

"Our business has continued to evolve since we founded the firm in 2005. We will remain a diversified asset management firm, while investing heavily in blockchain."

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In July, SkyBridge Capital's affiliated fund with exposure to cryptocurrencies and equities in crypto companies Legion Strategies suspended investor redemptions. The fund had about 10% in cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin (EXANTE: Bitcoin), ether (ETH) and algorand (ALGO), and allocated 20% as private investments, including in FTX.

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