The Collapse of FTX

The Collapse of FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)…his name may not mean much to you, but he has become extremely popular within the cryptocurrency space… and not for good reasons. Until this last month, Sam was a crypto juggernaut. He began by his crypto fame by co-founding a crypto trading firm called Alameda Research back in 2017. In 2019, Sam stepped down from his CEO role at Alameda Research to found FTX, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange. FTX experienced immense success and was valued at $32 billion earlier this year. As the title of the article suggests, this success came to a drastic halt. On Nov. 11th, 2022, FTX filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in which 130 affiliated companies are included in the proceedings.

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