A Gibraltar court has ordered Binance, Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Kraken to freeze wallets or identify owners linked to the collapsed crypto trader.

A Gibraltar court has ordered several crypto exchanges to cooperate with the liquidators of crypto trader Globix, who are seeking to track $43 million that went astray, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Kraken have been ordered to identify the owners of suspect wallets, and Binance to freeze transfers, said the report, which cited the April 13 court order and talks with a person familiar with the search.

Gibraltar has sought to become a crypto hub, housing spot trading services for the Huobi exchange and ZUBR, a subsidiary of collapsed crypto exchange FTX.

The crypto trader stopped receiving investments in June amid crypto market turmoil, and filed for liquidation last month. Damian Carerras, its owner and director, who is from Gibraltar, told the FT the company it had tried to recover funds, but had been the victim of cyber crime and theft.

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Graftieaux previously served as the company’s CCO and Europe CEO.

Bitstamp, Europe’s largest crypto exchange, has appointed former chief compliance officer (CCO) and Europe CEO JB Graftieaux as its new global CEO following the departure of former CEO Julian Sawyer.

Sawyer, who joined Bitstamp in October 2020, had left the firm to “pursue other opportunities”, Bitstamp announced on Monday.

Graftieaux served as Bitstamp’s CCO from November 2014 to February 2016. He also enjoyed five-year spells at PayPal from 2009 to 2014 and eBay from 2016 to 2021.

Bitstamp credits Graftieaux with obtaining regulatory licenses for its EU-based operations while he was CCO, as well as accelerating the firm’s growth in Europe over the last year.

Last month Bitstamp also revealed its plans to spur growth in the U.S., with the extension of its “Bitstamp-as-a-Service” offering to stateside banks and fintechs, enabling them to provide digital asset services to their customers.

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