{"id":487814,"date":"2022-08-26T00:25:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/alameda-research-and-ftx-merge-vc-operations-report\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T00:25:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T21:25:05","slug":"alameda-research-and-ftx-merge-vc-operations-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alameda-research-and-ftx-merge-vc-operations-report\/","title":{"rendered":"# Alameda Research and FTX merge VC operations: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a304518a0da2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a304518a0da2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alameda-research-and-ftx-merge-vc-operations-report\/#%E2%80%9D_Alameda_Research_and_FTX_merge_VC_operations_Report_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Alameda Research and FTX merge VC operations: Report &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Alameda_Research_and_FTX_merge_VC_operations_Report_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Alameda Research and FTX merge VC operations: Report &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDgvNjk5NjY5NzktMmFhMi00NTRhLTljYzAtZTQ2OTI0OTQ1NmM3LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-28d77a7a>The investment arm of\u00a0Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, has reportedly absorbed the venture capital operations of Alameda Research in response to the ongoing crypto bear market.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Thursday Bloomberg report, Alameda&#8217;s Caroline Ellison <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-08-25\/sam-bankman-fried-s-ftx-and-alameda-merge-their-vc-operations\">said<\/a> in an interview that the merger had h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened prior to former co-CEO Sam Trabucco announcing his resignation on Wednesday, leaving Ellison as the firm\u2019s sole CEO. The investment arm of the crypto exchange, FTX Ventures, launched in January \u2014 when the absorption of Alameda reportedly began \u2014 with $2 billion in assets under management. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s FTX and Alameda merged their VC operations as the billionaire copes with a prolonged crypto winter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5bXiTHphzs\">https:\/\/t.co\/5bXiTHphzs<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EYUSa2bItG\">pic.twitter.com\/EYUSa2bItG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crypto\/status\/1562894166040129536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAmy Wu, who runs the VC fund, reportedly said there were no payments made as part of the deal, and Alameda\u2019s investment arm was entirely under FTX Ventures, with the two operating independently from each other and the crypto exchange. According to Wu, the two firms were still running at \u201carm\u2019s length,\u201d with the Alameda team not \u201cworking too much on the venture side day-to-day.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>SBF and Alameda step in to prevent crypto collapse contagion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July, Voyager Digital rejected a joint offer from FTX and Alameda to buy out its crypto assets and outstanding loans as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. The firm\u2019s legal team said, at the time, that the proposed acquisition could \u201charm customers.\u201d Alameda has made its own offerings, including backing crypto custody firm Anchorage Digital.<\/p>\n<p>Ellison reportedly said Alameda would consider continuing to offer bailouts to crypto firms hurting for liquidity amid a bear market. 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According to a Thursday Bloomberg report, Alameda&#8217;s Caroline Ellison said in an interview that the merger had happened prior&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":487815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDgvNjk5NjY5NzktMmFhMi00NTRhLTljYzAtZTQ2OTI0OTQ1NmM3LmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74863,117,73711,71745],"class_list":["post-487814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-business","tag-investments","tag-venture-capital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}