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Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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I haven't been following coinbase too closely, is there any visibility into their finances?

They are a public company traded on NASDAQ, so there's more visibility than just about anyone else.

That's good to hear. I don't invest in crypto, and it sucks that some unreputable companies are impacting the space, but at least there is a relatively safe haven where people that do invest can avoid scams.

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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I want that XLSX file. I want to print out that spreadsheet for my bedsheet. It's a work of art; it should be hung in every office in the country as a reminder.

Here it is! https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c...

"A chance of Typos"

That's exactly the kind of financial detail I like to see from a multi-billion dollar company.

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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The new CEO of FTX states that FTX had no accounting department. lol. > “The Debtors do not have an accounting department,” Ray wrote, stating he expected it would be “some time” before reliable financial statements could be prepared.

I guess I’m not that surprised after seeing that balance sheet from FTX floating around.

It's not floating around, that makes it sound like it maybe wasn't real. It was published by the financial times. It's real. He's trying to sell that tire fire to investors.

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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This whole mess makes me wonder, what if they did everything right, with proper accounting and compliance practices etc.? Would we have ended up with a successful crypto business that would advance the whole field forward? Perhaps Coinbase is an example of that, though maybe not as well known due to less drama?

Even a well-run exchange would not make the magic beans worth anything.

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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Here it is! https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c...

Exhibit A of the incompetence defense.

Think it'd be Exhibit A for the prosecution tbh. They were a financial services company run by ex-traders, not a mum and pop shop that might genuinely be running a legitimate business on napkin math

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Can't make this stuff up. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/11/meet-the-metave...

Wait... is this the same Prager-prefix as the PragerU folks? My goodness this stupidity is a conglomerate industry if so.

What a bizarre conclusion-jump. More than one person in the world is named Prager, you know.

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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The new CEO of FTX states that FTX had no accounting department. lol. > “The Debtors do not have an accounting department,” Ray wrote, stating he expected it would be “some time” before reliable financial statements could be prepared.

This shouldn’t be surprising at all after seeing their balance sheet with round numbers like $5,000,000,000 in assets and $12,000,000,000 in liabilities. It looked like SBF made it in Excel while his LoL game was loading.

Throwback to when HN was praising FTX for running so 'lean' and 'efficiently,' only hiring the bare minimum to be successful.
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