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Tangentially relevant to AI safety as the FTX collapse intersects with the effective altruism community, which has historically funded AI safety research; useful background for understanding broader institutional trust and governance failures.

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This article provides a chronological timeline of the collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, covering key events from its rise to its bankruptcy filing and subsequent legal proceedings. It documents the rapid unraveling of one of the largest crypto exchanges and the fraud that underpinned it. The piece contextualizes the collapse within the broader crypto industry and regulatory landscape.

Key Points

•FTX was once one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, valued at $32 billion, before its sudden collapse in November 2022.
•The collapse was triggered by revelations that FTX customer funds had been misappropriated by its sister trading firm Alameda Research.
•Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested, tried, and convicted of multiple fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse.
•The FTX failure prompted renewed calls for stricter cryptocurrency regulation and oversight globally.
•The timeline illustrates systemic governance failures, lack of oversight, and ethical misconduct at the highest levels of the organization.

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Published on 09/05/2024 - 10:54 GMT+2•Updated
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