====== Alameda Research ====== {{ ::alameda_research.jpg?200|}} **Alameda Research** was a [[cryptocurrency]] trading firm based in [[china:Hong Kong]]. ===== History ===== ==== 2020 election ==== During the [[2020 United States Presidential Election]], Alameda gave $5 million to [[Future Forward USA]], a liberal [[political action committee]] (PAC) in support of President [[Joe Biden]].((Schwartz, B. (2022, December 19). //How former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and friends quietly donated to political groups and relatives.// CNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201107/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/how-ftx-founder-sbf-and-friends-quietly-donated-to-political-groups-and-relatives.html)) ==== 2022 election ==== Alameda reportedly donated $5 million to [[Guarding Against Pandemics]] in 2022.((Schwartz, B. (2022, December 19). //How former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and friends quietly donated to political groups and relatives.// CNBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201107/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/how-ftx-founder-sbf-and-friends-quietly-donated-to-political-groups-and-relatives.html)) ===== Organization ===== ==== Personnel ==== ^ Alameda Research - Team((//The Team.// Alameda Research. Retrieved January 15, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220115073000/https://www.alameda-research.com/the-team)) ((//The Team.// Alameda Research. Retrieved July 8, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200708200456/https://www.alameda-research.com/the-team)) ((//The Team.// Alameda Research. Retrieved April 23, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210423022000/https://www.alameda-research.com/the-team)) ^^^ ^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ | [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] | Founder | [[Jane Street Capital]] | | [[Caroline Ellison]] | Co-CEO | [[Jane Street Capital]] | | [[Sam Trabucco]] | Co-CEO | [[Susquehanna International Group]] (SIG) | | [[Nate Parke]] | Chief Technical Officer | [[RISELab]] | | [[Tony Qian]] | Trader | - | | [[Christian Drappi]] | Developer | - | | [[Handi Yang]] | Trader | [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]] | | [[Charlie Tsang]] | Trader | [[Genesis Block]] | | [[Oliver Hamilton]] | Developer | [[Vanderbilt University]] | | [[Aravind Menon]] | Trader | [[Susquehanna International Group]] (SIG) | | [[Ryan Salame]] | Head of OTC | [[Ernst & Young]], [[Circle]] | | [[Elwin Sim]] | - | [[Flow Traders]] | | [[Troy Tsui]] | - | [[Susquehanna International Group]] (SIG) | ==== Venture portfolio ==== Alameda invested in a large number of [[cryptocurrency]] ventures through Alameda Research Ventures (ARV). Portfolio companies included:((//Ventures.// Alameda Research. Retrieved July 28, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210728111447/https://www.alameda-research.com/ventures)) ((Shubber, K., & Elder, B. (2022, December 6). //Revealed: the Alameda venture capital portfolio.// Financial Times. http://archive.today/2022.12.12-024608/https://www.ft.com/content/aaa4a42c-efcc-4c60-9dc6-ba6cccb599e6)) ((Ashworth, L. (2022, December 19). //How to spend a million dollars, by Sam Bankman-Fried.// Financial Times. http://archive.today/2023.01.11-055404/https://www.ft.com/content/9a3b4b78-b18b-4d1f-b28b-05a73525aa61)) * [[1inch]] * [[3Commas]] * [[6529 Capital]] * [[AladdinDAO]] * [[Alethea AI]] * [[Aligned AI]] * [[Altimeter Capital]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Alvea]] * [[Ancient8]] * [[Anysphere]] * [[Archax]] * [[Arnac Software]] * [[Asymmetric Technologies]] * [[Atomic Vaults]] * [[Automata]] * [[ATTN]] * [[Aurigami]] * [[Aurory]] * [[Automata Network]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:AVECRIS]] * [[Aver Protocol]] * [[Axelar Network]] * [[AZA Finance]] * [[BetDEX]] * [[BiLira]] * [[Bitnob]] * [[BitOasis]] * [[The Block]] * [[Blockchain Space]] * [[Blockfolio]] * [[Blockto]] * [[Bluebook Cities]] * [[Browder Capital]] * [[Canonical Crypto]] * [[Cega]] * [[Chillchat]] * [[Chingari]] * [[Chipper Cash]] * [[Circle]] * [[CM-Equity]] * [[Coin98]] * [[Coinmara]] * [[CoinMena]] * [[Coinshift]] * [[Compound Financial]] * [[Confirm Solutions]] * [[Consensys]] * [[Cryowar]] * [[Cyberprep]] * [[DAOSquare]] * [[DarkFi]] * [[Defi Alliance]] * [[DeFi Lan]] * [[Delysium]] * [[DLTx]] * [[DODO]] * [[DoinGud]] * [[DoNotPay]] * [[DriveWealth]] * [[Dropp]] * [[dTrade]] * [[Dune Analytics]] * [[Earth From Another Sun]] (EFAS) * [[Edge Tradeworks]] * [[Efficient Frontier]] * [[Eizper Chain]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Equator Therapeutics]] * [[Ethereal Ventures]] * [[Exponent Founders Capital]] * [[Exponential DeFi]] * [[EquiLibre Technologies]] * [[FairSide]] * [[FBH]] * [[Figma]] * [[Float Capital]] * [[Fluence Labs]] * [[Friktion]] * [[FYI.FYI]] * [[Galaxy Protocol]] * [[GamesPad]] * [[Genesis Digital Assets]] * [[Genopets]] * [[The Giving Block]] * [[Global Illumination]] * [[Guild of Guardians]] * [[GuildFi]] * [[Hashflow]] * [[Hawku]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:HelixNano]] * [[HiveEx]] * [[HODL Media]] * [[Hypernative]] * [[Immutable]] * [[Impossible Finance]] * [[IOSG Ventures]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Ivy Natal]] * [[Jambo]] * [[Jet Protocol]] * [[Jito Labs]] * [[Juiced]] * [[Jumbo Exchange]] * [[K5]] * [[Katana Labs]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Kos Therapeutics]] * [[Kraken Ventures]] * [[Krane Ventures]] * [[Kresus]] * [[Lake Nona Fund]] * [[LayerZero Labs]] * [[Lido]] * [[Lifelike Capital]] * [[Limit Break]] * [[Liquality]] * [[Liquid Value Fund]] * [[Liquity]] * [[LiveArtX]] * [[Magic Eden]] * [[Manifold Markets]] * [[Mask Network]] * [[Math Wallet]] * [[Mavia]] * [[MCDEX]] * [[Messari]] * [[Metatheory]] * [[Mirror World]] * [[Mobilecoin]] * [[Modulo Capital]] * [[Multicoin Capital]] * [[Mythical Games]] * [[NEAR Protocol]] * [[Nextcoin]] * [[NFTBank]] * [[Nifty Island]] * [[Node Guardians]] * [[Nural Capital]] * [[O'Daily News]] * [[Offchain Labs]] * [[Only1]] * [[OVEX]] * [[Owner]] * [[Paradigm]] * [[Parallel Finance]] * [[ParaState]] * [[ParaSwap]] * [[Paxos]] * [[Pixelnyx]] * [[Polygon Network]] * [[Pontem Network]] * [[Port Finance]] * [[pSTAKE]] * [[PsyOptions]] * [[Questbook]] * [[Race Capital]] * [[Ratio Finance]] * [[Resonant Health]] * [[Revault]] * [[ROCO Finance]] * [[ROK Capital]] * [[Router Protocol]] * [[Saddle Finance]] * [[Sahicoin]] * [[Salad Ventures]] * [[Satori Research]] * [[Scopely]] * [[SEBA Bank]] * [[Sequoia Capital]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sherlock Biosciences]] * [[Sifchain]] * [[Signum Capital]] * [[Sky Mavis]] * [[Snickerdoodle Labs]] * [[Solana]] * [[Solcial]] * [[Solend]] * [[Solfarm]] * [[Solidus]] * [[Solrise]] * [[Solscan]] * [[Solstanter]] * [[Soteria]] * [[Space Metaverse]] * [[Sperax]] * [[Spruce Systems]] * [[Starkware Industries]] * [[Step Finance]] * [[STEPN]] * [[StockTwits]] * [[Subspace Network]] * [[Sundaeswap]] * [[Syndica]] * [[Synthetify]] * [[Taki]] * [[TaxBit]] * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Telis Bioscience]] * [[TipLink]] * [[Tools for Humanity]] * [[Toy Ventures]] * [[TrueFi]] * [[Trustless Media]] * [[TSM]] * [[Umee]] * [[UXD Protocol]] * [[VALR]] * [[Volmex]] * [[VolumeFi]] * [[Voyager Digital]] * [[Vy Capital]] * [[Vybe Network]] * [[Wave Mobile Management]] * [[Whop]] * [[WonderFi]] * [[Worldspark Studios]] * [[X-Margin]] * [[XDefi]] * [[Zebec]] * [[ZenlinK]] * [[Zeta]] * [[zkLend]] * [[ZKX]]