FTX Hurtles Mus Rau Kev Txhaum Cai Nrog $ 8 Billion Qhov, Asmeskas Kev Tshawb Fawb

(Bloomberg) - Qhov teeb meem cuam tshuam rau Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX.com yog qhov hnyav zuj zus, nrog rau ib zaug crypto wunderkind ceeb toom ntawm kev lag luam yog tias nws lub tuam txhab tsis tuaj yeem lav nyiaj los them rau qhov tsis txaus ntawm ntau txog $ 8 nphom.

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Bankman-Fried qhia cov tub ua lag luam ntawm qhov sib txawv rau hnub Wednesday, tsis ntev ua ntej tus neeg sib tw sib pauv Binance sai sai tshem tawm qhov kev lees paub. Nws tau hais tias FTX.com xav tau $ 4 nphom kom nyob twj ywm hnyav thiab tab tom sim nce nyiaj txiag cawm hauv daim ntawv ntawm cov nuj nqis, kev ncaj ncees, lossis kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ob, raws li tus neeg paub ncaj qha txog qhov teeb meem.

"Kuv f-ed up," Bankman-Fried hais rau cov tub ua lag luam ntawm kev hu xov tooj, raws li cov neeg paub txog kev sib tham. Nws hais tias nws yuav yog "zoo kawg nkaus, tsis txaus ntseeg ua tsaug" yog tias cov tub ua lag luam tuaj yeem pab tau.

Tus neeg sawv cev FTX tsis kam tawm tswv yim.

Kev lees paub ntawm nws lub tuam txhab muaj teeb meem tob zuj zus thiab kev xaiv txwv tsis pub dhau yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau Bankman-Fried, uas yog ib zaug muaj nqis txog $ 26 billion thiab zoo li John Pierpont Morgan. Nws kuj tseem qhia txog qhov tsis paub tseeb dai ntawm FTX, nws cov neeg siv khoom thiab kev lag luam cryptocurrency.

Tsoomfwv Meskas cov tub ceev xwm tab tom tshawb xyuas FTX, feem ntau ntawm Bankman-Fried cov nyiaj tau los tau ploj mus thiab cov neeg sib tw tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm nws txoj kev txom nyem. Robinhood Markets Inc. tau pom nws qhov kev lag luam crypto loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv ob hnub dhau los, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Vlad Tenev tau hais rau hnub Thursday. Binance thiab Coinbase Ntiaj Teb Inc. kuj tau pom cov dej ntws loj, cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm CryptoQuant qhia.

Investor Sequoia Capital tau sau tag nrho tus nqi ntawm nws cov kev tuav pov hwm hauv FTX.com thiab FTX.us, ib qho qhia tias lub tuam txhab pom tsis muaj txoj hauv kev meej rau recouping nws cov peev.

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Kev dai ntawm qhov sib npaug raws li kev sib pauv teeters tsis yog txoj hmoo ntawm nws cov tub ua lag luam thiab cov qiv nyiaj xwb tab sis leej twg tsis tuaj yeem khaws cov neeg siv khoom muaj nqis txij li nws tau tso tseg qee qhov kev rho tawm ua ntej lub lim tiam. Qhov tsis ua tiav ntawm crypto tuam txhab Celsius thiab Voyager pom ntau lab nyiaj hauv cov neeg siv nyiaj khi rau hauv kev ua lag luam poob nyiaj.

FTX muaj cov npe tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg txhawb nqa xws li Sequoia Capital, BlackRock Inc., Tiger Global Management thiab SoftBank Group Corp.

Tseem, Bankman-Fried tseem tawm tsam thaum lub sijhawm muaj kev ntxhov siab ntawm kwv yees li 24 teev uas suav nrog kev nce siab uas Binance yuav tsis mus nrog qhov kev pom zoo.

Nws rov hais dua rau cov tub ua lag luam thaum lub rooj sib tham hu rau hnub Wednesday yav tav su tias nws tsis yog qhov tseeb tias Changpeng Zhao tab tom taug kev deb ntawm kev tuav, tus neeg hais.

Txog ib teev tom qab ntawd, Binance tau hais tias nws tau rov qab tawm tiag tiag.

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"Peb qhov kev cia siab yuav tuaj yeem txhawb nqa FTX cov neeg siv khoom los muab cov nyiaj tau los, tab sis cov teeb meem dhau ntawm peb txoj kev tswj hwm lossis muaj peev xwm pab tau," Binance, crypto pauv tsim los ntawm Zhao, tau hais hauv nqe lus.

Ntxiv nrog rau cov nyiaj txiag, FTX tau txais kev saib xyuas los ntawm Asmeskas cov tub ceev xwm.

Lub Securities thiab Exchange Commission thiab Cov Khoom Muag Yav Tom Ntej Trading Commission tab tom tshawb xyuas seb lub tuam txhab puas tswj hwm cov neeg siv khoom zoo, nrog rau nws txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog lwm qhov ntawm Bankman-Fried's crypto Empire, suav nrog nws lub tsev lag luam Alameda Research, Bloomberg Xov Xwm tshaj tawm hnub Wednesday. Cov thawj coj ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees kuj tseem ua haujlwm nrog SEC kws lij choj, ib tus neeg hais.

Zhao tau hais hauv tsab ntawv sau ua ntej hnub Wednesday tias tsis muaj "tus tswv txoj kev npaj" los tuav FTX, thiab tias "cov neeg siv kev ntseeg siab tau tshee hnyav heev."

Kev txhawj xeeb ntxiv txog kev pheej hmoo kis mob tau tshwm sim hauv cov nqi poob qis ntawm cov cuab tam digital. Bitcoin poob qis dua $ 16,000, qhov qis tshaj hauv ob xyoos, tom qab Binance tshaj tawm.

Coinbase Tus Thawj Coj Brian Armstrong tau hais rau hnub Tuesday hauv Bloomberg TV kev sib tham tias yog tias qhov kev pom zoo nrog Binance poob dhau, nws yuav txhais tau tias cov neeg siv khoom FTX yuav poob.

Nws tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov zoo rau leej twg," nws hais.

Rau cov nqi lag luam crypto: {CRYP}; rau cov xov xwm crypto saum toj kawg nkaus: {TOP CRYPTO}.

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