====== FTX ======

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**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:

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  * [[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]]
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