The Ledger

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Opinion
Armstrong: Sam Bankman-Fried likely committed fraud and lied to FTX investors
“I mean, that that's the moment in my mind where he crossed the line into probably committing fraud. And I think he probably lied to users lied to investors.”
Brian Armstrong Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 25:23 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Ellison and Wang engineered an FTX backdoor for Alameda
“They flipped, but it turns out that they actually did engineer a backdoor into FTX and Alameda has been doing this for years.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 1:56:41 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ
Assertion Supported
Palihapitiya: SBF owned 90% of Alameda while dating CEO Caroline Ellison
“He was dating the CEO of the business that he owned 90% in. There are all these other random shell companies that he owned a hundred percent of where they were lending back and forth hundreds of millions to billions of dollars.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 3, 2022 ▶ 18:50 E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
Assertion Contradicted
Palihapitiya: No FTX or Alameda insider spoke out as a whistleblower
“Here where there was billions of dollars being made by tens of people, not a single person who felt on the outs said anything.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 3, 2022 ▶ 23:13 E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: Coinbase had no material exposure to FTX, Alameda, or FTT
“And I again, just for the sake of clarity, I should say that Coinbase did not have any material exposure to Alameda FTX or FTT token.”
Brian Armstrong Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 29:20 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
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