By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Lawyers for BlockFi, the first direct casualty of crypto exchange FTX’s collapse, made their initial appearance in U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday, emphasizing that the U.S. cryptocurrency lender was “the antithesis of FTX.” BlockFi attorney Joshua Sussberg told the court in Trenton, New Jersey, that the company’s bankruptcy stemmed from its substantial exposure to FTX, which filed for Chapter 11 protection earlier this month after traders pulled $6 billion from the platform, and from broader turmoil in crypto markets. FTX had extended a $400 million lifeline to…