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✉️ (monitored): Samuel Bankman-Fried 37244-510, FCI Terminal Island, PO Box 3007, San Pedro, CA 90733
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Feb 25 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1) I have a lot of sympathy for gov’t employees: I, too, have not checked my email for the past few (hundred) days
And I can confirm that being unemployed is a lot less relaxing than it looks
2) Firing people is one of the hardest things to do in the world. It sucks for everyone involved.
My experience:
a) it is usually not the employee’s fault that they got fired
b) it is usually correct to let them go anyway
Nov 14, 2022 • 32 tweets • 4 min read
1) What
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Nov 11, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1) Hi all:
Today, I filed FTX, FTX US, and Alameda for voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the US.
2) I'm really sorry, again, that we ended up here.
Hopefully things can find a way to recover. Hopefully this can bring some amount of transparency, trust, and governance to them.
Ultimately hopefully it can be better for customers.
Nov 10, 2022 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
1) I'm sorry. That's the biggest thing.
I fucked up, and should have done better.
2) I also should have been communicating more very recently.
Transparently--my hands were tied during the duration of the possible Binance deal; I wasn't particularly allowed to say much publicly. But of course it's on me that we ended up there in the first place.
Nov 8, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1) Hey all: I have a few announcements to make.
Things have come full circle, and FTX.com’s first, and last, investors are the same: we have come to an agreement on a strategic transaction with Binance for https://t.co/DWPOotRHcX (pending DD etc.).
2) Our teams are working on clearing out the withdrawal backlog as is. This will clear out liquidity crunches; all assets will be covered 1:1. This is one of the main reasons we’ve asked Binance to come in. It may take a bit to settle etc. -- we apologize for that.
Nov 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1) A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us--we're excited to keep climbing together.
And especially to those who stay level headed during crazy times. We deeply appreciate it.
2) A bunch of unfounded rumors have been circulating. You can see
FTX keeps audited financials etc. And, though it slows us down sometimes on product, we're highly regulated.
Nov 6, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1) Posting about what everything wants to know more about:
SEND! 2) Seriously SEND is awesome.
It's the omni box for money (soon we'll merge blockchain into the same box!)
Right now, sending money internationally is a pain in the ass. People are paying 10's of percent's, waiting weeks, and hoping that it lands.
Crypto can do better.
Nov 5, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1) I was a significant donor in both D and R primaries.
Supporting constructive candidates across the aisle to prevent pandemics and bring a bipartisan climate to DC.
And working with them to support permissionless finance.
2) As part of this, @rsalame7926 and I signed up campaigns to accept crypto; and gave some, including millions to Senate & House Republicans.
a) positive interest rates --> more revenue for stablecoins
b) by now they've all learned the core lesson: NEVER EVER BLOCK REDEMPTIONS or your stablecoin will no longer be stable
Oct 20, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
3) Speaking of that, a new Markets tab on the left hand side is on the Beta UI; and a fully live new header on ftx.com/wallet: 4) We rolled out a feature last night that should take potential throughput on the exchange up by 20%+!
A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to our newly re-written order matcher.
4) We rolled out a feature last night that should take potential throughput on the exchange up by 20%+!
