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    The last five days have been critical for the entire cryptocurrency space.

    One “controversial report” downsized the global cryptocurrency market cap from $1.04 Trillion to straight $885.19 Billion (at present).

    It all started with CoinDesk’s Scoop about the discrepancies found in the balance sheet of Alameda Research. Notably, the venture is a trading firm backed by Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange.

    In this article, we’ll cover everything stern to stern. From rumored conflicts between the crypto giants – Binance and FTX to the acquisition closing and deal breaking.

    11th November 2022 – a Black day for Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX.

    An abrupt end – SBF filed FTX, FTX US, and Alameda Research for voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the US.

    FTX also released a press release stating that Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned from the CEO position. And John J. Ray III is now stepping in as the new CEO of FTX Group.

    From the venture itself to the FTX users, deterioration at such a level is simply heart-wrenching.

    Sam Bankman-Fried lost 94% of his wealth (around $16 billion fortune) in a single day. It perfectly illustrates how the future is unpredictable.

    The one who used to rescue the struggling firms is now in an utter financial crunch. It is hard for both FTX and the entire cryptocurrency market to recover from the setbacks.

    Recap of the day

    • Notably, MIM is witnessing a colossal fluctuation, closing to $0.9923 wherein live market cap details are unavailable.
    • Coming to the part of the TRON Credit Facility, Huobi started offering TRON trading services to FTX users.
    • In the meantime, Sam Bankman-Fried quoted FTX’s tweet on the agreement with TRON DAO. And he communicated that he would do everything to avail liquidity to FTX users.
    • However, FTX troubles got intense when Bahamian Regulators froze FTX assets.
    • The cryptocurrency exchange immediately took up the case on a priority call and began processing withdrawals.
    • Another setback came up from Financial Services – Japan, wherein bureaucratic action had been taken against FTX Japan Co. Ltd.
    • Concerning to same, FTX put a hold on the withdrawals from the FTX Japan unit.
    • Last but not least, FTX apologized for the delay in ETH withdrawals and assured investors that it would resume soon.
    • Unquestionably, FTX is striving hard to control the situation, but the loss incurred is irreplaceable.

    10th November 2022 – Entry of TRON DAO’s Founder as Saviour

    • Considering the gravity of the ongoing liquidity crisis, Huobi and TRON DAO extended support. They released a form for users to redeem TRON tokens (TRX, BTT, JST, SUN, HT) deposited on the FTX platform.
    • Meanwhile, the Binance CEO tweeted about his attempt to save the cryptocurrency market from the crisis.
    • TRON DAO’s Founder, H.E. Justin Sun, empathized with Changpeng Zhao’s tweet and thanked him for his constant efforts.
    • Further, TRON DAO quoted Huobi’s announcement and expressed equal participation to combat the unfavorable scenario.
    • Finally, H.E. Justin Sun came to the forefront and took charge of the challenging situation. All he wanted was to “avert the further deterioration”.
    • Sam Bankman-Fried retweeted it and appeared for the first time after the deal break with Binance.
    • Next, the TRON DAO Founder updated about the TRX trading on FTX.
    • H.E. Justin Sun labeled it as the “initial step taken towards a holistic solution” to normalize the cryptocurrency market.
    • Soon after it, he created a sense of relief hinting towards the collaboration of FTX with Huobi and TRON DAO.
    • Undoubtedly, the fallout of FTX was beyond control.
    • However, H.E. Justin Sun chose to take the responsibility of managing the chaos rather than fueling the hype on controversies. This is what true leadership reflects!
    • The mental trauma of Sam Bankman-Fried was “pretty predictable”! He came up with a heartfelt note of 700 words long tweet thread encompassing 22 pointers.
    • On the whole, Sam Bankman-Fried apologized for the back-to-back complications.
    • For obvious reasons, his words were not enough to reconcile the damage, but he took the courage to face it. And ready to make it up in the best possible ways.
    • A lot of confusion started revolving around, amidst which Huobi tweeted another announcement – good news for FTX users.

    “…working closely with Tron DAO, FTX, among other key actors, to provide FTX users who hold #TRON tokens & $HT with the best possible custody and trading services.”

    • Additionally, shared a guide link for new users to buy, withdraw, and deposit coins.
    • Later, FTX released an official statement on the TRON Credit Facility, an agreement of FTX with TRON DAO. With this collaboration, investors can exchange assets from FTX 1:1 to external wallets.
    • For your information, the facility has already been enabled in real time.
    • Indeed, TRON DAO’s team support in such a critical scenario is exceptional. Especially when everything seemed to be gloomy!
    • As soon as FTX’s tweet surfaced, H.E. Justin Sun quoted and marked it as “A Small step for the stability of crypto industry”. 
    • Also, he thanked both Huobi and FTX teams for developing this effective solution within complex constraints.
    • The cryptocurrency market is in a highly volatile condition. We hope things get normalized soon!
    • Sam Bankman-Fried lost 94% of his wealth (around $16 billion fortune) in a single day. It perfectly illustrates how the future is unpredictable.
    • The one who used to rescue the struggling firms is now in an utter financial crunch. It is hard for both FTX and the entire cryptocurrency market to recover from the setbacks.
    • Notably, MIM is witnessing a colossal fluctuation, closing to $0.9923 wherein live market cap details are unavailable.
    • In the meantime, Sam Bankman-Fried quoted FTX’s tweet on the agreement with TRON DAO. And he communicated that he would do everything to avail liquidity to FTX users.
    • The cryptocurrency exchange immediately took up the case on a priority call and began processing withdrawals.
    • Concerning to same, FTX put a hold on the withdrawals from the FTX Japan unit.
    • Last but not least, FTX apologized for the delay in ETH withdrawals and assured investors that it would resume soon.
    • Unquestionably, FTX is striving hard to control the situation, but the loss incurred is irreplaceable.

    9th November 2022 –  The Unexceptional U-turn Crushed Hope

    Another day, another history of price drops, and at last, the deal-breaking!

    The cryptocurrency price of Abracadabra’s Magic Internet Money (MIM) dramatically dropped to $0.9914.

    Notably, FTT is the largest collateral security that funds MIM! In addition, Abracadabra’s cauldrons cover 33% of locked FTTs.

    All other significant cryptocurrencies plunged drastically, creating a hopeless situation and chaos

     


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    CEO gave a befitting reaction to the Financial Times report with a note. The third point of the note clearly mentioned :

    “do not comment on the deal, publicly or internally. If you are not directly involved, don’t ask. We have got a good team handling it. Things will play out.”

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    Binance cited the reason for stepping back as “corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged US agency investigations”.

    It shook the entire cryptocurrency market, wherein Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison remained silent.

    And with this, the fate of the FTX empire went dire.

    8th November 2022 – The Drastic Fall of FTT CryptoCurrency Exchange

    The most challenging day for the FTX exchange!

    Following the Nansen Reports, the exchange witnessed total deposits of $540 Million. And the withdrawals of $1.2 Billion, accounting for NetFlow as -$653 Million.

    As expected, with such large withdrawals, FTT reached an alarming stage and fell by 40%. On top of it, FTX paid a lending rate of 10%, which was previously 5%.

    Thereafter, FTX stood on the balance of –

    • $59.2 million USDC,
    • $28.5 million USDT, and
    • $8.6 million BUSD.

    Alongside, FTX US had an available balance of –

    • $41 million USDC,
    • $12.8 million USDT,
    • $39 million PAX, and
    • $11.3 million BUSD.

    Contrarily, Binance’s BNB witnessed an influx of stablecoins worth $411 Million and maintained a balance of $26.7 Billion.

    In the meantime, Changpeng Zhao strictly condemned the media for false reports on the “fight” between BNB and FTX.

    Soon after this, Sam Bankman-Fried announced the acquisition of FTX by Binance, which raised numerous questions.

    By now, the cryptocurrency exchange FTX had already witnessed a total withdrawal of approximately $6 Billion within 72 hours.

    It was evident that FTX would be in the trap of a liquidity crunch. This is why, after making the announcement, it paused non-fiat withdrawals. And one of FTX’s support team members issued the official statement in its authorized telegram group.

    The Binance CEO also confirmed the acquisition by quoting SBF’s announcement tweet. Consequently, putting a full stop to all conflict rumors.

    The cryptocurrency market welcomed the news; however, suspicions revolved around it.

    Jeff Dorman, CIO at Crypto Hedge Fund Arca, stated,

    “[R]egardless of how it ends, it’s another blow against the industry (and financial institutions in general) simply for a lack of voluntary transparency, but it’s another giant check mark for the transparency of blockchain data and the skilled researchers trained to uncover, read, and interpret this data.” 

    A lot of expectations were there from this deal! But the agreement impacted negatively and gave birth to another line of controversy.

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    had a slight tiff with BitDAO that Caroline Ellison resolved in no time.

    Ben Zhou, the Co-founder of BYBIT, raised a question on the unexpected drop of $BIT on Twitter. And further demanded proof of refund from Alameda.

    Within an hour, the matter got resolved! Ben Zhou thanked Caroline for her prompt response and taking up the case on a priority call.

    Also, BitDAO shared the details of the 100 Million $BIT transfer on Twitter.

    It seemed everything was on the settlement stage, but destiny had different plans for FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried.

    7th November 2022 – The Aftermath on the CryptoCurrency Market

    The day witnessed a depreciation in the cryptocurrency prices of BNB and Solana.

    Binance’s BNB fell by 4% to $351.83 and Solana’s SOL by 11% to $34.53.

    Notably, the major point of discussion concerning SOL was its asset description mentioned on Alameda’s “leaked” balance sheet.

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    Review Reports, the balance sheet covered –

    • SOL Collateral worth $41 Million
    • Locked SOL as $863 Million
    • Unlocked SOL as $292 Million

    Undoubtedly, the situation was getting intense! Amidst all these, Sam Bankman-Fried’s tweet caught the radar, which he later deleted.

    Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that both FTX and its assets are fine. And this whole controversy is some competitor’s propaganda against them.

    Twittertians didn’t understand why he deleted the complete tweet thread if everything was in stable condition. It fueled heated arguments and questions against FTX.

    Contrarily, Changpeng Zhao’s response to Whale Alert’s (real-time blockchain tracker) tweet uncovered another revelation.

    On 5th November 2022, there was a transaction of 22,999,999 FTT from an unknown wallet to Binance. Next, Binance’s CEO subtly responded to Sam Bankman-Fried’s “deleted tweet” and marked their move as post-exit risk management.

    Additionally, Changpeng Zhao took a dig at the “competitor” (SBF’s deleted tweet) and clarified the decision to sell hold FTTs.

    The tug-of-war didn’t end there!

    After mysteriously deleting the last tweet, Sam Bankman-Fried thanked everyone for supporting FTX. He added that his team is diligently processing withdrawals.

    Also, he clarified that FTX has all required audited financials and is a regulated firm.

    Indeed it was a long day for the cryptocurrency market; however, with the day closure, the condition worsened more.

    Following the CoinGlass statistics, the Open Interest of FTT Futures increased from $87.56 Million to $203 Million. In addition, the funding rate dramatically plunged to an annualized rate of -36%, as reported by Matrixport Technologies.

    Alongside, the cryptocurrency prices of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) tanked drastically. BTC fell by 1.6% to $20,673.75 and ETH by 0.4% to $1554.51.

    Concurrently, Sam Bankman-Fried appeared on UpOnlyTV (a crypto podcast) and shed light on the prevailing speculations.

    After a few minutes of the show, Udi Wertheimer and SBF’s Twitter conversation led the case to a new level. In fact, Udi deleted some of the tweeps that fumed untold mystery.

    And the next day woke up with shocking surprises!

    6th November 2022 – The Tweet War

    In the first place, the tweets of Alameda’s CEO, Caroline Ellison, gained the limelight.

    Wherein she explicitly denied any such discrepancies in the balance sheet. And claimed it – the subset of the company’s entities. Further, Caroline mentioned that the leaked financial document does not display more than $10 Billion of Alameda’s assets.

    As the tweets surfaced, Sam Bankman-Fried supported Caroline and retweeted them.

    The suspense of Alameda’s financial status doesn’t go well with Binance.

    The CEO, Changpeng Zhao, instantly announced to sell off the remainder FTT holdings in Binance’s books. He tweeted that the company received approximately $2.1 Billion cash [BUSD & FTT] while exiting from FTX Equity last year.

    To which Alameda’s CEO, Caroline Ellison, replied with an offer of purchasing FTTs at $22. However, she didn’t get any response from Binance’s CEO.

    Further, Sam Bankman-Fried came up with a detailed explanation.

    He briefed that clearing withdrawals at the international level are going pretty hard. But, still, they are clearing pendencies as fast as they can.

    Meanwhile, the FTT began declining amid ongoing controversies and faced severe price instability. As a result, its cryptocurrency price fell by 14%, i.e., $22.88 over 24 hours.

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    The fear of overall cryptocurrency market collapse started shaping into real, just like it happened in the case of LUNA.

    2nd November 2022 – The Spark Fumed

    Following the CoinDesk Review Reports, the balance sheet majorly covered Alameda’s –

    • Total company assets as $14.6 Billion
    • Cash and Cash Equivalents (CCE) of $134 Million
    • Investments in Equity Securities worth $2 Billion
    • Crypto Held of $3.37 Billion
    • FTT Collateral worth $2.16 Billion
    • Locked FTT as $292 Million
    • Unlocked FTT as $3.66 Billion
    • Liabilities of $8 Billion, including mainly FTT

    Also, the footnote in the balance sheet stated, “locked tokens conservatively treated at 50% of fair value marked to FTX/USD order book.”

    These red flags in the “leaked” balance sheet composition were enough to warn as well as forecast Alameda’s bankruptcy.

    As soon as the news became viral on the internet, investors’ panic started growing. And the rest is history.

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