====== FTX ====== {{ ::ftx.png?200|}} **FTX** was a [[cryptocurrency]] trading platform founded by [[Sam Bankman-Fried]]. ===== History ===== ==== Founding ==== FTX was launched in May 2019.((//FTX Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary.// (2021, May 10). PR Newsire. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ftx-celebrates-two-year-anniversary-301288001.html)) On May 13, 2021, FTX announced the appointment of [[Brett Harrison]] as President operations in the [[United States]].((West Realm Shires Services Inc. (2021, May 13). //FTX.US Appoints Brett Harrison As President.// PR Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20230324010936/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ftxus-appoints-brett-harrison-as-president-301291096.html)) In February 2022, FTX launched the [[Future Fund]] under the [[FTX Foundation]] banner.((Salvo, M. D. (2022, February 28). //FTX Pledges Up to $1 Billion for Philanthropic Fund to “Improve Humanity.”// Decrypt. https://decrypt.co/94045/ftx-1-billion-philanthropic-future-fund-improve-humanity)) ===== Organization ===== ==== Personnel ==== ^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ | [[Noah Dummett]] | Trader((McMahon, K., & Huang, V. G. (2021, December 28). //Here are 10 of the most surprising little-known facts we learned about the 29-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried after months speaking to his closest friends, family, and colleagues.// Business Insider. http://archive.today/2021.12.29-014820/https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-trading-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-alameda-surprising-facts-2021-12)) | - | | [[Brett Harrison]] | President of FTX.US | Met [[Sam Bankman-Fried]] as a co-worker at [[Jane Street Capital]]((Rennison, J., Yaffe-Bellany, D., & Goldstein, M. (2023, February 21). //“Effective Altruism” Led Bankman-Fried to a Little-Known Wall St. Firm.// The New York Times. http://archive.today/2023.02.22-010711/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/business/bankman-fried-altruism-jane-street.html)) | ==== Investors ==== Investors in FTX include:((McMahon, K., & Huang, V. G. (2021, December 28). //Here are 10 of the most surprising little-known facts we learned about the 29-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried after months speaking to his closest friends, family, and colleagues.// Business Insider. http://archive.today/2021.12.29-014820/https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-trading-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-alameda-surprising-facts-2021-12)) ((//Our Companies.// Race Capital. Retrieved June 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/8ZbLb)) * [[Buck Stash]]((//Buck Stash - Investments, Portfolio & Company Exits.// Crunchbase. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/buck-stash/recent_investments)) * [[Lightspeed Venture Partners]] * [[Race Capital]] * [[SoftBank Vision Fund]]((//Portfolio.// SoftBank Vision Fund. Retrieved May 5, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230505171511/https://visionfund.com/portfolio)) ==== Subsidiaries ==== FTX's corporate structure was complex, with a vast network of over 100 corporate entities.((Nover, S., Shendruk, A., & DiCamillo, N. (2022, November 17). //The scrollable, annotated, incredibly complex org chart of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen empire.// Quartz. https://archive.ph/ly5CW)) Those subsidiaries include: * [[Alameda Research]] * Alameda Global Services * Alameda Research Holdings * [[Allston Way]] * [[Analisya]] * [[Atlantis Technology]] * [[Bancroft Way]] * [[Blockfolio]] * [[Blue Ridge]] * [[Cardinal Ventures]] * [[Cedar Bay]] * [[Cedar Grove Technology Services]] * [[Clifton Bay Investments]] * [[Cottonwood Grove]] * [[Cottonwood Technologies]] * [[Crypto Bahamas]] * [[DAAG Trading]] * [[Deck Technologies]] * [[Deep Creek]] * [[Digital Custody]] * [[Euclid Way]] * FTX * FTX Canada * FTX Certificates * FTX Crypto Services * FTX Digital Assets * FTX Digital Holdings Singapore * FTX EMEA * FTX Equity Record Holdings * FTX EU * FTX Europe * FTX Exchange * FTX Gibraltar * FTX Hong Kong * FTX Japan * FTX Lend * FTX Marketplace * FTX Products Singapore * FTX Property Holdings * FTX Services Solutions * FTX Structured Products * FTX Switzerland * FTX Trading * FTX Turkey * FTX US Services * FTX US Trading * [[FTX Ventures]] * FTX Zuma * [[GG Trading Terminal]] * [[Global Compass Dynamics]] * [[Good Luck Games]] * [[Goodman Investments]] * [[Hannam Group]] * [[Hawaii Digital Assets]] * [[Hilltop Technology Services]] * [[Hive Empire Trading]] * [[Innovatia]] * [[Island Bay Ventures]] * [[Killarney Lake Investments]] * [[Ledger Holdings]] * [[LedgerPrime]] * LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund * LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Master Fund * LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Fund * LedgerPrime Digital Asset Master Fund * LedgerPrime Ventures * [[Liquid Financial USA]] * [[Liquid Securities Singapore]] * [[LiquidEX]] * [[LT Baskets]] * [[Maclaurin Investments]] * [[Mangrove Cay]] * [[North Dimension]] * [[North Wireless Dimension]] * [[Paper Bird]] * [[Pioneer Street]] * [[Quoine]] * Quoine India * Quoine Vietnam * [[SNG Investments]] * [[Strategy Ark Collective]] * [[Technology Services Bahamas]] * [[Verdant Canyon Capital]] * [[West Innovative Barista]] * [[West Realm Shires]] * West Realm Shires Financial Services * West Realm Shires Services * [[Western Concord Enterprises]] * [[Zubr Exchange]]