Timeline of FTX
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | SBF graduates. | ||
| 2015 | Gary Wang graduates. | ||
| 2017 | June | Nishad Singh graduates from University of California, Berkeley. | |
| 2017 | November | Alameda Research is founded in Berkeley, California by SBF and Gary Wang as a crypto hedge fund. | |
| 2019 | April | Dotcom Silo is founded in Hong Kong by SBF, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh. | |
| 2019 | May | FTX is founded by SBF as a centralized crypto exchange that specializes in derivatives and leveraged products. FTX is an abbreviation of "Futures Exchange". | |
| 2019 | July | FTT token is launched. | |
| 2019 | November | Series A. Binance invests in FTX. SBF states that “the investment will help accelerate the growth of FTX with support and strategic advisory from Binance while FTX maintains its independent operations.” | |
| 2020 | January | WRS (FTX US) is founded by SBF, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh. | |
| 2020 | August | Acquisition | FTX acquires cryptocurrency portfolio tracking app Blockfolio, for $150 million.[1] |
| 2020 | November | The DARE Act is passed in The Bahamas. | |
| 2020 | Year round | According to financial statements, FTX manages to generate an operating profit of $14.4 million on revenue of $89.9 million in the year, its first full year in business.[2] | |
| 2021 | June | FTX takes over the rights of what was formerly known as the American Airlines Arena.[3] | |
| 2021 | July | FTX Digital Markets is formed in Bahamas. | |
| 2021 | July | FTX receives $1 Billion in Series B financing. Investors include Sequoia, Paradigm, and Thoma Bravo. Binance divests its entire equity stake. | |
| 2021 | September | Golden State Warriors and three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry becomes a global ambassador for FTX. He also receives an equity stake in FTX Trading Limited as part of the agreement. FTX US and its NFT marketplace become the Warriors’ official cryptocurrency platform.[3] | |
| 2021 | September | SBF in Bahamas announces FTX DM registration with SCB. | |
| 2021 | October | FTX receives $420 million in Series B-1 funding, reaching a valuation of $25 billion. Investors include the OTPPB, Tiger Global, and BlackRock. | |
| 2022 | January | FTX receives $500 million in Series C funding round. Investors include Paradigm, SoftBank and Temasek. | |
| 2022 | January | West Realm Shires Services Inc. ("FTX US") receives $400 million in Series A funding round, reaching a valuation of $8 billion. Investors include Multicoin, Paradigm and Sequoia. | |
| 2022 | April | The Golden State Warriors drops its second NFT collection on the FTX NFT marketplace, commemorating its 2022 NBA playoffs performance.[3] | |
| 2022 | May | WRS moves headquarters to Chicago. | |
| 2022 | May | SBF testifies to the United States Congress during a hearing titled “Changing Market Roles.”[4] | |
| 2022 | June 6 | SBF tweets: Zig Zag and hiring:Later that month, FTX would lay off around 20 people, mostly in the Bahamas, according to people familiar with the matter, as "FTX required some to sign nondisclosure agreements."[2] | |
| 2022 | August 24 | Resignation | Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco announces his resignation on Twitter, leaving co-CEO Caroline Ellison as the sole CEO, and announces he will remain in the capacity of adviser. Trabucco tweets: I guess that's about it. My time at Alameda has been the most formative of my life. I've learned how to think, I've found out how far I can push myself, and I've been gifted the incredible experience of being in the trenches with lifelong friends -- and *winning*.[6] |
| 2022 | September | WRS starts moving headquarters to Miami. | |
| 2022 | September 21 | FTX negotiates with potential investors to raise up to US$1 billion in new funding that would keep the company’s valuation at roughly $32 billion. Investors include Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tiger Global Management.[7] | |
| 2022 | October | It is reported that FTX was under investigation in Texas for allegedly selling unregistered securities. | |
| 2022 | November 2 | Crypto website CoinDesk publishes an article with details from a leaked copy of Alameda Research financials. |
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What the timeline is still missing
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D5PcagsgDQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWq77i9mIRE
- Now-deleted Sequoia profile of FTX covers a lot of details about how it was founded
- https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KBw6wKDbvmqacbB5M/crypto-markets-ea-funding-and-optics
- https://80000hours.org/stories/sam-bankman-fried/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc5HXxxwMrg&t=945
- https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam-bankman-fried/
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References
- ↑ Dillet, Romain (26 August 2020). "Cryptocurrency exchange FTX acquires portfolio tracker Blockfolio". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Grossman, Alexander Osipovich, Caitlin Ostroff, Patricia Kowsmann, Angel Au-Yeung and Matt. "They Lived Together, Worked Together and Lost Billions Together: Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's Doomed FTX Empire". WSJ. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Golden State Warriors and Miami Heat Axe FTX Deals". Blockworks. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ↑ "Binance Backs Out of FTX Acquisition (Updated)". Gizmodo. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ↑ "why FTX is going to keep growing as others cut jobs". Twitter. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ Sam Trabucco. "I guess that's about it". Twitter. Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ Rooney, Kate. "FTX in talks to raise up to $1 billion at valuation of about $32 billion, in-line with prior round". CNBC. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
