Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gaze on the beauty of this chart and despair: https://i.redd.it/078p4g7m6cz91.jpg
To be fair, any billion-dollar multinational will have an organizational chart that looks very similar to this. Companies like EY exist, almost purely, to create 'tax effective' structures with hybrid debt instruments and service agreements.
FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
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Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
#422I've seen some comments saying that this is all delayed fallout from the Luna/Terra collapse last spring, it's just that FTX had the means (its own token that it could pump and move around its own entities) to paper over the hole in its balance sheet until now. Can anyone more familiar with the situation elaborate? How much further will the contagion spread?
Is Coinbase just not cool anymore, or is there some advantage to using exchanges like FTX until they go belly-up?
Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
#423Was this a fraud that got out of control, or premeditated? If it was premeditated, what was the exit plan?
Did he expect to be able to gamble with customer funds indefinitely?
Were the Effective Altruism intimations genuine?
Why, if Alameda was a market maker, and they therefore presumably have some form of insight into the markets, did they then decide to take a huge directional bet on Crypto [source?]? This is contrary to market making principles.
What was the purpose of encouraging employees to invest? Was it to buy their silence/cooperation ('you have to stay employed and invested if you ever want your money back') if they found out about the fraud, or did Bankman-Fried genuinely believe it was to their benefit?
Why were there so many puff pieces in the media, without any journalist questioning the narrative?
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#424Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
#425I've seen some comments saying that this is all delayed fallout from the Luna/Terra collapse last spring, it's just that FTX had the means (its own token that it could pump and move around its own entities) to paper over the hole in its balance sheet until now. Can anyone more familiar with the situation elaborate? How much further will the contagion spread?
For someone that only dabbles in crypto - what are the reasons people choose to use high-risk exchanges like FTX, and buy even higher risk "sh*t coins" on them? Especially the exchange-created-and-owned coins - of which I have yet to see one actually do what it promised. Is Coinbase just not cool anymore, or is there some advantage to using exchanges like FTX until they go belly-up?
Larry David + Steph Curry "endorsed" television commercials?
Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
#426Larry David was right all along.
Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
#427I've seen some comments saying that this is all delayed fallout from the Luna/Terra collapse last spring, it's just that FTX had the means (its own token that it could pump and move around its own entities) to paper over the hole in its balance sheet until now. Can anyone more familiar with the situation elaborate? How much further will the contagion spread?
https://twitter.com/westiecapital/status/1591089073468280832...
Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
#428Dumb question: so if you stored digital assets in a FTX wallet, does that mean you just lost all of your $$$? If so, wow'zer.
Based on previous exchange bankruptcies, you're now a creditor: so you'll get something at some time , but not a lot and not soon. (Did the mtgox payout happen yet?)
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#429Dumb question, but what happens to stuff like Miami Heat’s FTX Arena etc in situations like this? Should we expect a name change for the arena at some point soon?
At least Larry David got paid.
Re: FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
#430Can anyone speculate what Bankman-Fried's exit plan was? Was this a fraud that got out of control, or premeditated? If it was premeditated, what was the exit plan? Did he expect to be able to gamble with customer funds indefinitely? Were the Effective Altruism intimations genuine? Why, if Alameda was a market maker, and they therefore presumably have some form of insight into the markets, did they then decide to take…