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Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, said in a New York Times interview that the collapse of his exchange was caused by a number of mistakes on his part, rather than fraudulent activity, as FTX faces allegations it wrongly used billions of dollars in customer funds in a
Sam Bankman-Fried was the CEO of FTX at the time. The photo was taken by Alex Wong.
Bankman-Fried admitted he didn't do a good job as head of FTX, but he insisted he didn't try to commit fraud and was shocked by the exchange's collapse.
He insisted that he wasn't running Alameda and didn't know what was going on, even though Bankman-Fried co- founded Alameda.
The disgraced CEO said he was not nearly cautious enough in evaluating the risk of lending to Alameda.
The company failed on both risk management and conflict of interest risk, he said.
The newly appointed FTX CEO said in a recent court filing that he had never seen such a complete failure of corporate controls.
The suspicious transfer of $515 million of FTX funds may have been the result of improper access of assets according to Bankman- Fried.
Bankman-Fried claimed that he gave to both Republicans and Democrats because he wanted to prevent the spread of disease.
In his first public comments since FTX filed for bankruptcy, Bankman-Fried spoke via video conference at the Dealbook Summit.
He said he appeared at the conference even though his lawyers discouraged him from doing so.
Even though he acted as a "marketer" who may have exaggerated the company's well, Bankman-Fried hesitated when asked if he had been completely honest about the FTX collapse.
Bankman-Fried insisted FTX.US should be able to handle customer withdrawals even though it was part of FTX's bankruptcy filing.
Bankman- Fried was excited about the prospects of FTX a month ago.
Bankman- Fried said that FTX's culture was not dominated by drug use, but by having people over for dinner and board games. Even though he was never asked about alcohol use, he claimed to only have half a glass of alcohol annually.
Bankman-Fried said he has nothing left in his personal wealth after he reinvested his money in the company, and that he only has a bank account with $100,000 left in it.
Bankman-Fried's wealth peaked at $26.5 billion, which was almost solely tied up in FTX and FTT.
Bankman- Fried was hailed by some as a leader at the forefront of an industry that would change the world of finance. FTX was known for its high-profile endorsements that included partnerships with A-list celebrities and superstars. FTX and its sister trading firm, Alameda Research, would not be able to take out billions of dollars in loans due to the collapse in the price of cryptocurrencies. FTX decided to bail out the struggling firm by lending it billions of dollars of customer assets. The ties between the two firms became public knowledge in a November 2 report that showed a large portion of Alameda's balance sheet was made up of FTT. Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO of the exchange after customers rushed to take out money, leading to the exchange becoming insolvent and filing for bankruptcy on November 11. The financial situation of FTX is the worst that John Ray has seen in his career. The Texas-based energy company filed for Chapter 11 in 2001.
The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating FTX.
$3 Billion. That's how much FTX claims it owes, but there are more than one million other people who are also owed money.
Sam Bankman-Fried's cult of genius fooled everyone.
The guide to the crash was written by FTX and Bankman- Fried.
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