FTX collapse was not a liquidity crisis

Discussion in 'Crypto Assets' started by BMK, Nov 19, 2022.

  1. Baron

    Baron ET Founder

    I had some Bitcoin in Mt. Gox when it collapsed in 2014, and since then I'll occasionally get a postcard in the mail written in Japanese and broken English updating me on the situation. What's crazy is that it's 2022 and they are STILL working on reimbursing those who were affected.

    I can't even imagine how long this FTX mess will take to fully sort out?
     
    #11     Nov 19, 2022
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  2. taowave

    taowave

    Spending the rest of his life in prison may be his safest bet..Its one thing to embezzle from a state teachers/pension fund, God only knows who he fooked over in the Crypto space..

    That crowd may not be as forgiving




     
    #12     Nov 19, 2022
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  3. Baron

    Baron ET Founder

    From the perspective of regular customers, you're right. FTX did function well.

    However, Alameda created the FTT token out of thin air and then used their own FTX exchange to trade FTT amongst themselves to establish a bullshit value for the token. Then they went out and borrowed billions from institutions using a massive treasure chest of FTT tokens they created out of nothing for themselves as collateral for those loans. So FTX still has plenty of liability for being an integral part of that manipulative scheme.
     
    #13     Nov 19, 2022
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  4. No argument here!
    short version:
    Great Platform, corrupt business!
     
    #14     Nov 19, 2022
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  5. M.W.

    M.W.

    Are you kidding me? Which person with a wealth of more than 100 million have you EVER seen to have spent a life long sentence in prison? I don't know of a single one. They have get out of jail free cards because the system was designed by them, for them. He will at most spent 8 years is my prediction. Investors operated in a completely grey and unregulated area of the market. Their fault. They should have known the risks.

     
    #16     Nov 19, 2022
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  6. M.W.

    M.W.

    Just a month ago you ripped everyone a new one for criticizing anything crypto related. All of a sudden you are a short seller and informed critic? And now the government is behind all this? You are a true nutcase my friend.

     
    #17     Nov 19, 2022
  7. BMK

    BMK

    That report is from Ben Swann.

    According to Wikipedia, Ben Swann

    reported on conspiracy theories about the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting, questioned the truth of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, presented 9/11 conspiracy theories, and the false claims of a cover-up by the CDC of data related to the MMR vaccine and autism. He has also questioned the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War, whether United States had a role in the development of the Islamic State, and other controversial topics.

    In 2017, after his employer, CBS affiliate 46 in Atlanta, aired a Reality Check which presented the false Pizzagate conspiracy theory as potentially true, Swann was forced by WGCL to bring down his Truth in Media website and all of his social media. About a year later, he was fired when WGCL learned that Swann was planning to relaunch Truth in Media.

    I think I'll look elsewhere for news about FTX.
     
    #18     Nov 19, 2022
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  8. M.W.

    M.W.

    So you honestly believe there was nothing wrong with the performance of their major market maker that it received an illegal and undisclosed cash infusion in the billions? My bet is that when all comes to light that some bets in the billions have been placed by the market making arm that went sour and had to be covered.

     
    #19     Nov 19, 2022
  9. RedDuke

    RedDuke

    Elizabeth Holmes will spend 11 years in jail. Look up Martha Stuart or Al Taubman. Plenty of others. Enron Ken Lay died in prison. Wordcom CEO got like 25 years. Rich people do go to jail for long periods as well.
     
    #20     Nov 19, 2022
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