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Alameda Research

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A $65B FTX credit line granted to Alameda became central evidence in the fraud case that ended with Sam Bankman-Fried's conviction and 25-year sentence.

Who they are

Alameda Research appears in this coverage as the trading firm at the center of the FTX collapse: closely linked to FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried, led by former CEO Caroline Ellison, and repeatedly described in testimony and regulatory allegations as the recipient of FTX customer funds and exceptional exchange privileges.

The recent arc

Coverage peaked during FTX's late-2022 implosion, when the SEC alleged that Bankman-Fried diverted customer funds to Alameda and charged Ellison and FTX CTO Gary Wang. Reporting then followed Alameda-linked wallet activity and Ellison's plea-hearing account that she and Bankman-Fried had misled investors, lenders, and customers about Alameda's borrowing from FTX.

The focus shifted in 2023 from collapse reporting to the criminal trial. Gary Wang's testimony that Alameda had a $65B line of credit and ultimately withdrew $8B, along with Ellison's testimony about alternative balance sheets intended to conceal debts and customer borrowing, made Alameda a factual core of the prosecution's case. The subsequent conviction and Bankman-Fried's 2024 sentencing closed that major phase, while later coverage has surfaced discrete follow-ons, including a Florida filing alleging a Deltec Bank credit line used to buy Tether and Ellison's 2026 release from prison.

The tension

The central tension is the boundary that allegedly failed between FTX's customer-facing exchange and Alameda's proprietary trading operation. Testimony and enforcement actions portray special credit access, customer-fund borrowing, and concealed liabilities as mechanisms that favored Alameda, while Bankman-Fried's defense-era accounts of limited understanding of the companies' finances sit against the detailed accounts from Ellison and Wang.

Why it matters

Alameda's coverage arc makes it a durable reference point for the risks of affiliated trading firms operating alongside customer-custody platforms: access, internal credit, and balance-sheet reporting can become governance issues rather than merely operational ones. The convictions and testimony establish the public record around FTX, but allegations involving counterparties such as Deltec and unresolved asset-return reporting involving KuCoin show that financial and recovery questions may continue to generate scrutiny.

Alameda Research has appeared in 55 articles since 2021-01. Coverage peaked in 2022Q4 with 23 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside FTX, Alameda, Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison.

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Coverage Timeline

2023-12-13
New York Times

A look at Praxis, which raised $19.2M from Paradigm, Alameda Research, and others to build a city on the Mediterranean for tech bros and downtown NY tastemakers

2023-10-07
TechCrunch 39 related

FTX co-founder Gary Wang testifies that Alameda Research had “special privileges” that afforded a $65B line of credit, of which the firm ultimately withdrew $8B

2023-03-16
FTX 12 related

An FTX bankruptcy filing describes $3.2B+ in payments and loans to founders and executives, chiefly from Alameda Research, including ~$2.2B to Sam Bankman-Fried

Identify Over $3.2 Billion in Transfers to Founders and Key Employees  —  Forensic Work Continues on Intercompany and Other Transactions

2023-03-06
CoinDesk 9 related

A presentation in FTX's Chapter 11 case shows the crypto exchange identified ~$2.2B of assets in FTX.com wallets and a ~$9.3B net borrowing by Alameda Research

2023-03-05
CoinDesk 10 related

A presentation in FTX's Chapter 11 case shows the exchange has identified assets of ~$2.2B in FTX.com wallets and a ~$9.3B net borrowing by Alameda Research

So far, $2.2 billion in assets have been identified in the wallets of accounts associated with FTX.com, of which only $694 million are in the most liquid assets.

2023-01-01
Wall Street Journal 18 related

A look at the rise and fall of Alameda Research, whose troubles began well before the crypto crash as it took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty

Trading firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty; ‘complete lack of a risk-management framework’

2022-12-28
Bloomberg 9 related

Court filings: Sam Bankman-Fried said in an affidavit that he and Gary Wang borrowed $546M+ from Alameda to buy a nearly 8% stake, or ~56M shares, in Robinhood

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he and former executive Gary Wang borrowed more than $546 million from Alameda Research to buy …

NBC News 2 related

A look at North Dimension, a little-known Alameda Research subsidiary, where the SEC says FTX told customers to wire funds to trade without disclosing the ties

Among the 130 or so companies in Sam Bankman-Fried's sprawling crypto empire, North Dimension Inc. assumed a low profile.

The Block 34 related

Alameda-linked wallets traded Lido, Polygon, Uniswap, and other tokens for ether and USDT, before swapping for bitcoin, taking their holdings to 47.6 BTC

- Wallets linked to Alameda Research have sold several crypto tokens.  — These swaps happened barely days after Sam Bankman-Fried posted bail.

2022-12-20
CoinDesk 1 related

A look at Modulo Capital, a mysterious multi-strategy hedge fund founded in 2022 and based in Albany in The Bahamas, which received $400M from Alameda Research

Tracy Wang / CoinDesk : Tweets: @smtuffy , @hsakatrades , @founderannie , @fxmacro , @mattwalshinbos , @0x_tracy , @jcoviedo6 , @hsakatrades , and @smtuffy Tweets: Sean Tuffy / @smtuffy : SBF launder...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 34 tech news articles mentioning Alameda Research, dating back to January 2021. The biggest stories include Caroline Ellison testifies that SBF “directed” her to commit crimes, like using FTX... and FTX co-founder Gary Wang testifies that Alameda Research had “special privileges” that.... Frequently covered alongside FTX, Caroline Ellison, SBF, Sam Bankman-Fried, and Voyager.

Key Moments

2024Q4enterprise +100pts; funding -100pts; regulation -100pts

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