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FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

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Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

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Yes, it explicitly mentions that FTX US is included: > FTX Trading Ltd. (d.b.a. FTX.com), announced today that it, West Realm Shires Services Inc. (d.b.a. FTX US), Alameda Research Ltd. and approximately 130 additional affiliated companies (together, the "FTX Group"'), have commenced voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware in order to begin an orderly pr…

130 companies? What did they for a living? Collect companies each time a new month began?

Gaze on the beauty of this chart and despair:

https://i.redd.it/078p4g7m6cz91.jpg

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

#92
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it explicitly mentions that FTX US is included: > FTX Trading Ltd. (d.b.a. FTX.com), announced today that it, West Realm Shires Services Inc. (d.b.a. FTX US), Alameda Research Ltd. and approximately 130 additional affiliated companies (together, the "FTX Group"'), have commenced voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware in order to begin an orderly pr…

130 companies? What did they for a living? Collect companies each time a new month began?

Heard of invoice carousels? It’s a thing :)

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

#93

Is this the same FTX US that is the #3 donor to political parties? 2/3 (D) 1/3 (R) https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/top-organizat...

$70,099,115

70 million in one year. Yikes. Seems like the company was full of bad decisions.

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

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You really think it was necessary to set up a totally fraudulent multi billion dollar crypto company in order to raise money for Biden? You realize they could have just gone to any of a few dozen left leaning billionaires and gotten the money far easier? Occam's Razor.

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

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Why are they filing in the US? I thought they were Bahamas or Hong Kong besides ftx.us

I can guess: The US has Chapter 11 bankruptcy, while Antigua and Barbuda might only have something more closer to the US's Chapter 7.

You can't really pick and choose where to have your bankruptcy. This filing is for FTX's US entities, those in Antigua will be wound up with Antigua's rules.

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

#96

What of the rumour that Bahamians are allowed to access their funds for legal reasons while everyone else can not? Most of the FTX employees including SBF are based in Bahama? Isn't this just insiders cashing out before creditors/users? https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1590800210200256513 https://twitter.com/StackerSatoshi/status/159097223797656780... https://twitter.com/statelayer/status/1590939767205920769…

There are 130 (!) companies in the FTX group, across a whole slew of jurisdictions: https://i.redd.it/078p4g7m6cz91.jpg The Chapter 11 filing is for the ones in the US, working out what this means for the rest is going to keep a whole lot of lawyers very busy for years.

The Chapter 11 filing is for pretty much the entire group including ex-US companies.

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

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That thread is completely deranged and uses a lot of tweets to say nothing of substance. Barely above Qanon level here. Well connected kids with successful well connect parents make lots of money, news at 11...

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

#98
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Had it been going on behind the doors, the VCs would have pumped more money in to the scam. Since it became too public to hurt their brand they will no more fund it. It happens all the time. The VCs know how their portfolio companies operate and still keep supporting them.

Ding ding, winner winner chicken dinner. Quick reminder that we're on a VC board that has participated in this shell game; this fraud that has stolen money from naive people. And before I get downvoted to oblivion or moderated by @dang I hope a few people read this comment and realize how much was stolen from you so the sand hill gang can play monopoly ... it was a lot.

StableGains literally committed fraud and YC still invested in them. But talking about it here gets the YC apologists out en masse.

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

#99

Is this the same FTX US that is the #3 donor to political parties? 2/3 (D) 1/3 (R) https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/top-organizat...

$70,099,115 70 million in one year. Yikes. Seems like the company was full of bad decisions.

Less bad decisions and more making sure they had political cover for their Ponzi and no one investigated them too hard.

Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns

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you cannot make up this shit https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/ys4lmo/she_... gold

It's funny. Banks are widely perceived as corrupt; and lo and behold, the alternative systems to replace banking have been dragged by their heels through Banking 101. Edit: Also funny, was the unrelated Matt Damon TV ads about how "Fortune Favors the Brave." Obviously it comes from Caesar, but it was also used in Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit by a character encouraging what later turned out a Ponzi scheme...

Projection. It's always projection.
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