What If FTX Never Collapsed?

Описание: In November 2022, FTX went from a roughly $32 billion valuation to bankruptcy in about nine days. A leaked balance sheet, a rival exchange's announcement, and a run on withdrawals exposed a hole of around $8 billion. A jury later convicted founder Sam Bankman-Fried on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy, and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

This video walks through what actually happened: the CoinDesk report on Alameda Research's balance sheet, Binance's decision to sell its FTT tokens, the run, and the bankruptcy that followed. Then it asks the what-if: what if the run never started? Does FTX survive? The honest answer is more uncomfortable than a yes or no, because the missing money was already gone before the run began. So this video looks at what a world without the collapse would really mean: a bigger hole, more victims, and a reckoning that only arrives later.

Everything here comes from court records, the trial, and contemporary reporting. No speculation about anyone's motives.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Why FTX not collapsing wouldn't mean FTX was safe
0:20 The nine days that ended a $32 billion exchange
2:10 What if the run never started?
3:00 The cascade: a bigger hole, more victims, a later reckoning
6:30 What we got vs. what we almost got
7:50 Your turn: pick the next divergence

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