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Ex-Alameda CEO was trying to prevent ‘AI disaster’ — former FTX employee
I n a letter to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, Leila Clark—a former FTX employee and friend of ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison—claimed the convicted Alameda executive was trying to use her ...
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FTX employees found Alameda’s secret backdoor months before collapse
Months before the collapse of FTX, some of its U.S.-based employees discovered the so-called backdoor that Alameda Research allegedly used to withdraw billions of dollars of customer funds from ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Listen to 1-hour all-hands Alameda Research meeting where Caroline Ellison admitted the crypto firm took FTX customer money
Caroline Ellison held an all-hands meeting with Alameda employees where she admitted to taking FTX customer funds. A few minutes were played at Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial Thursday.
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Secret recording of Caroline Ellison meeting with Alameda staff exposed in SBF criminal trial
In an all-hands meeting on the evening of Nov. 9, 2022, Alameda Research employees gathered in a circle to listen to CEO Caroline Ellison, who was sitting on a beanbag. It was 11 p.m. in Hong Kong ...
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Early Alameda staffers quit after battling Sam Bankman-Fried over risk, compliance concerns
Years before Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire collapsed, a group of employees quit in a power struggle—after becoming concerned about what they say was his cavalier approach to risk ...
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Inside the last moments before FTX collapsed: ‘Holy s–t, the company is probably broke’
A few hours later, Caroline Ellison — CEO of Alameda Research and also Bankman-Fried ... when she staged her now-infamous call with employees. As those in the Hong Kong office sat in a circle ...
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An Alameda employee connected to China objected to Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged bribery scheme. He told her to ‘shut the f*** up’
After months of trying and failing to recover $1 billion in Alameda Research trading funds frozen ... Not all of his employees were on board. The Chinese government had frozen Alameda's accounts ...
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Some Alameda Research staff realised FTX had gone down when they tried to order takeout on a company card and it was declined, ex-employee says
Alameda Research staff tried to order takeout whilst waiting for news about FTX on November 9, 2022. When the transaction was declined employees realized: "Holy shit, the company is probably broke." ...
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Former employee says Sam Bankman-Fried’s firm caused a 90% bitcoin price drop with 'fat finger'
A former engineer at Alameda Research, a crypto hedge fund co-founded by disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, claims that an 87% crash in Bitcoin’s prices on Binance.US in 2021 was sparked ...
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FTX, Alameda Alums Raise $17 Million for Crypto Exchange Startup
A group of former FTX and Alameda Research employees have raised $17 million to build out a crypto exchange called Backpack, joining the ranks of startups seeking to fill a gap left by the ...
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EXCLUSIVE: FTX Employees Found Alameda’s Secret Backdoor Months Before Collapse
Months before the collapse of FTX, some of its U.S.-based employees discovered the so-called backdoor that Alameda Research allegedly used to withdraw billions of dollars of customer funds from ...