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According to SBF, Ellison’s failure to hedge Alameda’s financial positions was a major contributing factor in the FTX’s financial troubles. In a dramatic turn of events at the ongoing criminal trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, the renowned crypto entrepreneur pointed fingers at his former close associates, especially Caroline Ellison, his
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testified before Judge Kaplan and a jury in a New York federal court claiming his team sometimes made decisions out of his purview and against his instructions. Following a fraught mock testimony for Bankman-Fried, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of New York ruled to
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On Oct. 11, Caroline Ellison, the former head of the now-defunct Alameda Research, informed a U.S. court that she received instructions from FTX's co-founder and CEO, Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried, to sell Bitcoin (BTC) if its price remained above $20,000. This admission came as a shock to the entire crypto industry, but
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Last week, the FTX court saga had elements of a TV drama, with Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s former business associate and girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, sharing some shocking stories about SBF’s rule over the company. Ellison admitted to fraud during her time as CEO at Alameda under Bankman-Fried’s direction. However, she blamed
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Top Stories This Week Caroline Ellison wanted to step down but feared a bank run on FTX Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, testified for over 10 hours this week at Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, offering deeper details on the
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Ellison spent over ten hours testifying during Bankman-Fried's trial this week, notably entering through the front doors of the federal court in Manhattan, joined by her attorneys. According to Ellison, she had not seen Bankman-Fried since the crypto empire failed in November last year. But their communication eroded even months
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According to former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, a single tweet from Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) contributed to the failure of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.Testifying in Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial on Oct. 12, Ellison reportedly placed part of the blame for the collapse of FTX on CZ’s social media
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"Bankman-Fried relied on Ellison and he trusted her to act as the CEO and manage the day-to-day," Cohen said in his opening statement last week. "... As the majority owner of Alameda, he spoke to Ms. Ellison, the CEO, and he urged her to put on a hedge, something that
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Ultimately the truth did come out, killing FTX, Alameda, their lenders, investors and customers, and sparking criminal investigations into Caroline and the other members of Sam’s inner circle. She said her house was raided by the FBI before she began cooperating with prosecutors – a contrast to the quiet coder
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Ellison told the New York court that SBF ordered her to lie about the state of financial statements for Alameda Research to secure more loans against customers’ deposits at FTX. Details of how former crypto empire FTX and Alameda Research have emerged through the testimony from Caroline Ellison, former Sam Bankman-Fried’s
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