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| Sam Bankman-Fried / @sbf_ftx: |
[Thread] FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried apologizes, says he “fucked up” and his priority is “doing right by users”, plans to raise funds and close Alameda, and more — 1) I'm sorry. That's the biggest thing. I fucked up, and should have done better.
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Tweets: @halocrypto, @brian_armstrong, @handlerrich, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @jespow, @genesistrading, @sbf_ftx, @autismcapital, @stoolpresidente, @sbf_ftx, @binance, @cz_binance, @sbf_ftx, @zebulgar, @sbf_ftx, @grdecter, @autismcapital, @tier10k, @jerallaire, @p3b7_, @sbf_ftx, @doombergt, @ercwl, @levie, @teo_leibowitz, @loganbartlett, @dogetoshi, @ianthetechie, @wassielawyer, @noahpinion, @hsakatrades, @cryptohayes, @marionawfal, @ryansadams, @cobie, @danprimack, @felixsalmon, @sbf_ftx, @twobitidiot, @zachxbt, @moorehn, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @henrytheeth, @tree_of_alpha, and @barryfried1
| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: SBF told investors that Alameda owes FTX ~$10B and FTX extended loans to Alameda using customer funds, describing the decision as a poor judgment call — FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried told an investor this week that Alameda owes FTX about $10 billion
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Tweets: @paoloardoino, @cz_binance, @tier10k, @reptomemmer, @unusual_whales, @deitaone, @aeyakovenko, @paoloardoino, @autismcapital, @danielsloeb1, @ercwl, @zhusu, @deitaone, and @tier10k
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
FTX US tells users to close out positions as it may halt trading in days, hours after SBF said FTX US is “100% liquid”; some Tron-linked tokens can be withdrawn — Sam Bankman-Fried said the FTX US entity's users would be able to withdraw all their funds.
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The Block, Bloomberg, Axios, Bloomberg, Blockworks, New York Times, Cointelegraph, The Daily Hodl, SlashGear, Decrypt, Buy Bitcoin/Ethereum, Watcher Guru, and CNBC
Tweets: @justinsuntron, @genesistrading, @justinsuntron, @ftx_official, @tackettzane, @ftx_official, @sbf_ftx, @ftx_official, @lawmaster, @dogetoshi, @ftx_official, @tree_of_alpha, @statelayer, @defiyst, @dogetoshi, @cigawrettepacks, @iamdcinvestor, @simondixontwitt, @dogetoshi, @ki_young_ju, @fiskantes, and @justinsuntron
| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Current and former FTX and Alameda staffers say the Bahamian operation SBF ran with housemates is full of conflicts of interest, nepotism, and lack of oversight — “The whole operation was run by a gang of kids in the Bahamas,” a person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk on condition of anonymity.
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New York Times and Noahpinion
Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @hsakatrades, @astro__magic, @adamscochran, @coindesk, @emergemarkets, and @brianroemmele
| Reuters: |
Sources detail FTX's rise and fall: Changpeng Zhao's ~$100M investment in 2019, the souring Binance relationship, Alameda's series of losses in 2022, and more — On Tuesday morning, Sam Bankman-Fried, owner of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, caught his employees off-guard with a somber message.
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Bloomberg, The Block, The Information, The Verge, CoinDesk, Forbes, Cryptonews, and New York Times
Tweets: @cz_binance, @gainzy222, @snarkyzk, @wublockchain, @hsakatrades, and @cobie
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: SBF invested $500M+ in Paradigm, Altimeter, Multicoin, and other VCs, including committing $200M to Sequoia; Pitchbook shows he committed $300M to K5 — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was not only a tireless fundraiser from venture capital firms including Paradigm and Sequoia Capital …
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Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @edzitron, @longshorttrader, @gwestr, @msuiche, @brianbrackeen, @valuehao, @derekmyoung, and @jetjocko
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
BlockFi pauses withdrawals and asks users not to deposit to its wallet or interest accounts, saying it can't operate normally amid “lack of clarity” around FTX — BlockFi had made a deal with FTX earlier this year. — Crypto Lender BlockFi said it could not conduct business … | Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
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Tweets: @whale_alert, @tier10k, @pentosh1, and @whale_alert
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Twitter's chief privacy officer, CISO, and chief compliance officer have resigned; legal now asks engineers to “self-certify” compliance with FTC rules — Twitter's privacy and security teams are in turmoil after Elon Musk's changes to the service bypassed its standard data governance processes.
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| Washington Post: |
Twitter employees are concerned by the rapid rollout of features without the security reviews required by the FTC's consent decree reached with Twitter in May — Yoel Roth had become the public face of Twitter's efforts to reassure users and advertisers the service would not become a ‘free-for-all’
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| Bloomberg: |
Twitter's head of Trust & Safety Yoel Roth resigned on November 10; sources: head of ad sales Robin Wheeler also resigned, but Elon Musk convinced her to stay — Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter Inc. employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion …
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Bloomberg, Silicon Valley Business …, The Hill, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, The Verge, SlashGear, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @robinw, @kurtwagner8, @caseynewton, @sarahfrier, @sarafischer, @jessicalessin, and @evacide
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Sources: at an all-hands, Elon Musk told staff that Twitter may have a “net negative cash flow” of billions in 2023 and “bankruptcy is not out of the question” — Elon Musk told Twitter employees on Thursday the company may have a “net negative cash flow of several billion dollars” …
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Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Insider, Deadline, SiliconANGLE, and MobileSyrup
Tweets: @parismartineau, @zoeschiffer, @sacca, @mikeisaac, @oneunderscore__, and @zoeschiffer
| The Verge: |
Elon Musk says Twitter will not survive “without significant subscription revenue” and that the company needs roughly half of revenue to come from subscriptions — Elon Musk has sent his first email to Twitter employees, warning them to prepare for a “dire” economy and putting an immediate end to remote work.
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, Big Technology, The Hill, Ars Technica, and CNBC. Tweets: @kantrowitz
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
In his first email to Twitter staff, Elon Musk warns of “difficult times ahead” and bans remote work, saying employees must be in the office 40+ hours per week — New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk emailed his workers for the first time late Wednesday to prepare them for …
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Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @mikeisaac, @techemails, @kurtwagner8, @gergelyorosz, @dril, @sarahfrier, and @louiseridley
| Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: |
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Tweets: @mshannahmurphy, @nandoodles, @justinhendrix, and @oneunderscore__
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon started a monthslong cost-cutting review of its unprofitable businesses, like its devices unit, which had a $5B+ operating loss in recent years — Review takes a close look at devices unit, which includes Alexa and has had an annual operating loss of $5 billion in some recent years, documents show
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Reuters, Financial Times, The Information, Insider, SlashGear, and TechRadar
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple plans to launch Emergency SOS with Satellite in November and pay $450M to US companies enabling the texting feature, with the majority going to Globalstar — - Apple said Thursday that it will spend $450 million with U.S. companies including Globalstar to enable its new emergency satellite texting feature.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
After Twitter labels select accounts as “Official”, Elon Musk says he “killed it” and an executive says the label “is still going out” as part of the new Blue — Update: Well, that was fast. The grey checks have begun to disappear following a tweet … | Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
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