In a recent social media exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, found himself amidst a whirlpool of questions regarding the potential risk transfer from Alameda Research to FTX. The core issue revolved around the use of FTX customer funds to settle the debts of Alameda’s lenders, a move seen by some as transferring risk onto FTX customers.
The Social Media Confrontation
On October 31, 2023, a tweet from BitMEX Research illustrated a back-and-forth between an interviewer and Bankman-Fried. The interviewer probed into the risks assumed by FTX when it was agreed to use its resources to pay off Alameda’s lenders. Despite the straightforward questions, Bankman-Fried’s responses were noted to be evasive, especially when queried about his understanding of the risks at the time of the decision back in June 2022.
Bankman-Fried, when questioned about his awareness of the risks this arrangement posed to FTX, veered the…
