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Committee Chair Maxine Waters last week invited Bankman-Fried to participate in the panel's hearing on Dec. 13.

FTX, which had been among the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is headquartered in the Bahamas.

In a recent letter to employees, CEO of failed crypto exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried said he buckled under pressure reluctantly even though he should have known better. 

In the highest-profile crypto blowup to date, FTX filed for protection in the United States after traders pulled $6 billion from the platform in three days and rival exchange Binance abandoned a rescue deal

"In view of FTX's financial position, we have decided to write down our full investment in FTX, irrespective of the outcome of FTX's bankruptcy protection filing," Temasek said in a detailed statement on Thursday.

The implosion of FTX, once a darling of the crypto industry with a $32 billion valuation as of January, has spurred investigations by the US Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a source with knowledge of the investigations said.

At least $1 billion of client funds are missing at failed crypto firm FTX, Reuters sources revealed.

FTX Chief Executive Officer Sam Bankman-Fried told employees he was exploring all options for his firm after a deal with cryptocurrency exchange Binance collapsed on Wednesday.