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This is a weekly feature that will look back at the week that was in crypto, blockchain and Web3, and offer insights and analysis. Check out our previous column here.

Normally the beginning of the year can be sluggish for news, but the crypto industry has never followed traditional trends.

On Tuesday, disgraced founder pleaded not guilty to eight criminal counts involving FTX鈥檚 and 鈥檚 collapse in a New York federal court.

Of course, that is only one aspect of the myriad of legal issues Bankman-Fried finds himself facing now, as both the and the also wait their turns.

While Bankman-Fried鈥檚 plight in a courtroom likely will continue to make most of the headlines involving FTX鈥檚 dramatic fall, another intriguing 鈥� albeit likely less newsworthy 鈥� drama is playing out in the Bahamas.

Through the past few weeks, both Bahamian regulators and FTX鈥檚 new management issued releases disputing each other鈥檚 take on the company鈥檚 assets, among other interesting issues.

The main issue of contention centers on money transferred to the Securities Commission of The Bahamas after FTX declared bankruptcy in November.

The commission said it received $3.5 billion worth of FTX鈥檚 assets at that time (obviously it would be a lesser number now considering the state of the crypto market).

However, FTX management , saying the assets seized were worth about $296 million at the time.

The commission already has accused new FTX CEO of 鈥渒ey misstatements鈥� as he attempts to clean up the exchange鈥檚 mess for debtors.

In the commission鈥檚 most , it accused FTX鈥檚 new management of a 鈥渓ack of diligence鈥� when making public statements and having 鈥渁 cavalier attitude towards the truth and towards the Bahamas.鈥�

The release also disputed what it said were public statements made by Ray alleging the commission gave instructions to FTX to mint as much as $300 million in FTT tokens.

While it鈥檚 true no one knows for sure what this new year will bring, it鈥檚 a near lock to have a lot of FTX-related headlines, intrigue and lawsuits.

Further reading:

• FTX Collapse Will Reverberate Throughout The VC World For A Long Time
• Mergers & Money: FTX-Induced Crypto Contagion Likely Only Starting
• BlockFi Files For Bankruptcy As FTX Contagion Spreads
• Circle Nixes $9B SPAC Deal With Crypto Market In Tumult
• Crypto Exchange Kraken Cuts Workforce; U.S. Pushing More Industry Regulation
• How VCs Invest In Crypto Will Be Changed By FTX鈥檚 Spectacular Fall

Illustration: Dom Guzman