FTX Bankruptcy Filing 11/17/22
FTX Bankruptcy Filing 11/17/22
In re: Chapter 11
debtors-in-possession (collectively, the “Debtors”), having accepted this position in the early
morning hours of November 11, 2022. I am administering the interests and affairs of the Debtors
2. My first official act in these roles was to authorize the chapter 11 filings of
the Debtors and the commencement of the above-captioned chapter 11 cases (the “Chapter 11
Cases”).
professionals at Alvarez & Marsal, Sullivan & Cromwell, Nardello & Co., Chainalysis, Kroll and
a confidential cybersecurity firm, to secure the assets of the Debtors wherever located, to identify
reliable books and records, to assemble the information necessary to provide to this Court, and to
respond to numerous inquiries from multiple regulators and government authorities including the
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The last four digits of FTX Trading Ltd.’s tax identification number are 3288. Due to the large number of
debtor entities in these Chapter 11 Cases, a complete list of the Debtors and the last four digits of their federal
tax identification numbers is not provided herein. A complete list of such information may be obtained on the
website of the Debtors’ proposed claims and noticing agent at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/FTX.
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the
Southern District of New York, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and the
4. I have over 40 years of legal and restructuring experience. I have been the
Chief Restructuring Officer or Chief Executive Officer in several of the largest corporate failures
malfeasance (Enron). I have supervised situations involving novel financial structures (Enron
and Residential Capital) and cross-border asset recovery and maximization (Nortel and Overseas
Shipholding). Nearly every situation in which I have been involved has been characterized by
defects of some sort in internal controls, regulatory compliance, human resources and systems
integrity.
controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here.
From compromised systems integrity and faulty regulatory oversight abroad, to the concentration
of control in the hands of a very small group of inexperienced, unsophisticated and potentially
(b) Asset Protection & Recovery: the location and security of property of
the estate, a substantial portion of which may be missing or stolen;
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These proceedings in the District of Delaware are the appropriate means to accomplish each of
these objectives.
7. Except as otherwise indicated herein, all facts set forth in this declaration
(the “Declaration”) are based on my personal knowledge, my review of relevant materials in the
Debtors’ files or my opinion based on my experience, knowledge and information concerning the
Debtors’ operations and financial affairs. I am over the age of 18 and authorized to submit this
supplemental declarations as to the subject matter of this Declaration in connection with future
motions as more information becomes available to the Debtors, stakeholders and the Court.
groups of businesses, which I refer to as “Silos.” These Silos include: (a) a group composed of
Debtor West Realm Shires Inc. and its Debtor and non-Debtor subsidiaries (the “WRS Silo”),
which includes the businesses known as “FTX US,” “LedgerX,” “FTX US Derivatives,” “FTX
US Capital Markets,” and “Embed Clearing,” among other businesses; (b) a group composed of
Debtor Alameda Research LLC and its Debtor subsidiaries (the “Alameda Silo”); (c) a group
composed of Debtor Clifton Bay Investments LLC, Debtor Clifton Bay Investments Ltd., Debtor
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Island Bay Ventures Inc. and Debtor FTX Ventures Ltd. (the “Ventures Silo”); and (d) a group
composed of Debtor FTX Trading Ltd. and its Debtor and non-Debtor subsidiaries (the “Dotcom
Silo”), including the exchanges doing business as “FTX.com” and similar exchanges in non-U.S.
10. Each of the Silos was controlled by Mr. Bankman-Fried.2 Minority equity
interests in the Silos were held by Zixiao “Gary” Wang and Nishad Singh, the co-founders of the
business along with Mr. Bankman-Fried. The WRS Silo and Dotcom Silo also have third party
equity investors, including investment funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds and families.
To my knowledge, no single investor other than the co-founders owns more than 2% of the
11. The diagram attached as Exhibit A provides a visual summary of the Silos
and the indicative assets in each Silo. Exhibit B contains a preliminary corporate structure chart.
These materials were prepared at my direction based on information available at this time and
are subject to revision as our investigation into the affairs of the FTX Group continues.
12. The WRS Silo includes FTX US, an exchange for spot trading in digital
assets and tokens. FTX US was founded in January 2020. FTX US is available to U.S. users
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To my knowledge, Mr. Bankman-Fried owns (a) directly, approximately 53% of the equity in Debtor West
Realm Shires Inc.; (b) indirectly, approximately 75% of the equity in Debtor FTX Trading Ltd.; (c) directly,
approximately 90% of the equity in Debtor Alameda Research LLC; and (d) directly, approximately 67% of the
equity in Clifton Bay Investments LLC.
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Based on the information provided to me, the only Debtors that have received third party equity investments are
Debtor FTX Trading Ltd. (Dotcom Silo) and Debtor West Realm Shires Inc. (WRS Silo). To my knowledge,
(a) approximately 25% of the equity in Debtor FTX Trading Ltd. is owned by a dispersed group of
approximately 600 third party equity investors and (b) approximately 22.25% of the equity in Debtor West
Realm Shires Inc. is owned by a dispersed group of approximately 570 third party equity investors. FTX
Trading Ltd also acquired 51% of Blockfolio, Inc. in 2020, with the remaining 49% of Blockfolio, Inc. owned
by the original shareholders.
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and, according to statements by Mr. Bankman-Fried, had approximately one million users as of
August 2022. FTX US’s spot exchange is registered with the Department of the Treasury (via
the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) as a money services business and holds a series of
13. The WRS Silo also owns 100% of the equity interests in the LedgerX
(“LedgerX”). LedgerX offers futures, options, and swaps contracts on digital assets and other
commodities to both U.S. and non-U.S. persons. LedgerX operates with licenses from the
CFTC. Based on the information that I have reviewed at this time, LedgerX is solvent.
14. The WRS Silo also owns 100% of the equity interests in non-Debtor FTX
Capital Markets LLC, which is an SEC-registered broker-dealer. Based on the information that I
15. The WRS Silo also owns 100% of the equity interests in non-Debtor
Embed Financial Technologies Inc., as well as its wholly-owned non-Debtor subsidiary Embed
Clearing LLC, which operates as a securities clearing firm and is an SEC-registered broker-
dealer. Based on the information that I have reviewed at this time, each of these non-Debtor
entities is solvent.
16. The WRS Silo also owns 100% of the equity interests in FTX Value Trust
Company, a South Dakota Trust Company, which provides custodial services. Based on the
information that I have reviewed at this time, this non-Debtor company is solvent.
17. The WRS Silo also owns 100% of other Debtor and non-Debtor
companies operating miscellaneous businesses, such as video game development and a market
place for trading non-fungible tokens. Finally, the WRS Silo has made loans and investments,
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including a loan of FTT tokens to BlockFi Inc. in a principal amount of FTT tokens valued at
18. I have been provided with an unaudited consolidated balance sheet for the
WRS Silo as of September 30, 2022, which is the latest balance sheet available. The balance
sheet shows $1.36 billion in total assets as of that date. However, because this balance sheet was
produced while the Debtors were controlled by Mr. Bankman-Fried, I do not have confidence in
it, and the information therein may not be correct as of the date stated.
19. The chart below summarizes certain information regarding the WRS
Silo’s consolidated assets as reflected in the September 30, 2022 balance sheet:
WRS Silo
Consolidated Assets as of September 30, 2022
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents $144,207
Restricted Cash $267,738
U.S. Dollar Denominated Stablecoins $68,035
Customer Custodial Funds $102,225
Accounts Receivable $2,978
Accounts Receivable, Related Party $71,563
Loans Receivable $250,000
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets $21,448
Crypto Assets Held at Fair Value $1,026
Total Current Assets $929,220
Property and Equipment, Net $2,017
Other Non-Current Assets $429,428
Total Assets $1,360,665
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(7) Goodwill balance (in the amount of $135 million) is not reflected above.
20. To my knowledge, the WRS Silo Debtors do not have any long-term or
funded debt. The WRS Silo Debtors are expected to have significant liabilities arising from
crypto assets deposited by customers through the FTX US platform. However, such liabilities
are not reflected in the financial statements prepared while these companies were under the
control of Mr. Bankman-Fried. The chart below summarizes certain information regarding the
WRS Silo’s consolidated liabilities as reflected in the September 30, 2022 balance sheet:
WRS Silo
Consolidated Liabilities as of September 30, 2022
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $6,014
Accounts Payable, Related Party $124,221
Custodial Funds Due to Customers $102,225
Purchase Consideration Payable –
Loan Payable –
Lease Liability, Current $1,672
Crypto Asset Borrowings at Fair Value $1,737
Total Current Liabilities $235,869
Lease Liability, Non-Current $9,399
Deferred Taxes $20,185
Contract Liability $887
SAFE Note, Related Party, Non-Current $50,000
Other Non-Current Liabilities –
Total Liabilities $316,014
21. All Debtors and non-Debtors in the WRS Silo are organized in the State of
Delaware, other than non-Debtor FTX Vault Trust Company, which is a South Dakota Trust
Company.
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22. The parent company and primary operating company in the Alameda Silo
is Alameda Research LLC, which is organized in the State of Delaware. Before the Petition Date
(as defined below), the Alameda Silo operated quantitative trading funds specializing in crypto
assets. Strategies included arbitrage, market making, yield farming and trading volatility. The
Alameda Silo also offered over-the-counter trading services, and made and managed other debt
and equity investments. In short, the Alameda Silo was a “crypto hedge fund” with a diversified
business trading and speculating in digital assets and related loans and securities for the account
quarterly basis. To my knowledge, none of these financial statements have been audited. The
September 30, 2022 balance sheet for the Alameda Silo shows $13.46 billion in total assets as of
its date. However, because this balance sheet was unaudited and produced while the Debtors
were controlled by Mr. Bankman-Fried, I do not have confidence in it and the information
24. The chart below summarizes certain information regarding the Alameda
Silo’s consolidated assets as reflected in the September 30, 2022 balance sheet:
Alameda Silo
Consolidated Assets as of September 30, 2022
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents $547,964
Restricted Cash -
U.S. Dollar Denominated Stablecoins -
Customer Custodial Funds -
Investments $3,976,632
Accounts Receivable $10,845
Accounts Receivable, Related Party $427,323
Loans Receivable $41,607
Loans Receivable, Related Party $4,102,365
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets $1,083
Crypto Assets Held at Fair Value $4,084,886
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25. The chart below summarizes certain information regarding the Alameda
Silo’s consolidated liabilities as reflected in the September 30, 2022 balance sheet:
Alameda Silo
Consolidated Liabilities as of September 30, 2022
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $916,305
Accounts Payable, Related Party $75,900
Custodial Funds Due to Customers $309,634
Purchase Consideration Payable -
Loans Payable -
Loans Payable, Related Party $13,762
Lease Liability, Current -
Crypto Asset Borrowings at Fair Value $3,773,979
Total Current Liabilities $5,089,579
Lease Liability, Non-Current -
Deferred Taxes -
Contract Liability -
SAFE Note, Related Party, Non-Current -
Other Non-Current Liabilities -
Total Liabilities $5,089,579
Delaware. The other Debtors in the Alameda Silo are organized in Delaware, Korea, Japan, the
British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Seychelles, the Cayman Islands, the
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27. The Debtors in the Ventures Silo make and manage private investments.
The investments are held in Debtors Clifton Bay Investments, LLC, Clifton Bay Investments
Ltd., FTX Ventures Ltd., Island Bay Ventures Inc. and, potentially, affiliated companies.
Ventures Ltd. prepared financial statements on a quarterly basis. The September 30, 2022
balance sheet for Debtor Clifton Bay Investments LLC shows assets with a total value of $1.52
billion as of its date, and the September 30, 2022 balance sheet for FTX Ventures Ltd. shows
assets with a total value of $493 million as of its date. To my knowledge, none of these financial
statements have been audited. Because these balance sheets were unaudited and produced while
the Debtors were controlled by Mr. Bankman-Fried, I do not have confidence in them, and the
29. I have not been able to locate financial statements for Island Bay Ventures
Inc.
30. The chart below summarizes certain information regarding the Ventures
Silo’s assets as reflected in the September 30, 2022 balance sheets, excluding any assets held by
Ventures Silo
Consolidated Assets as of September 30, 2022
Clifton Bay
Investments FTX Ventures
LLC Ltd
(consolidated)
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents $245 $261
Restricted Cash - -
U.S. Dollar Denominated Stablecoins - -
Customer Custodial Funds - -
Investments $1,492,856 $397,861
Accounts Receivable - -
Accounts Receivable, Related Party $10,200 -
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31. The chart below summarizes certain information regarding the Ventures
Silo’s liabilities as reflected in the September 30, 2022 balance sheets excluding any liabilities of
Ventures Silo
Consolidated Liabilities as of September 30, 2022
Clifton Bay FTX Ventures
Investments Ltd
LLC
(Consolidated)
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $44 -
Accounts Payable, Related Party $1,519,283 $129,518
Custodial Funds Due to Customers - -
Purchase Consideration Payable - -
Loans Payable - -
Loans Payable, Related Party - $362,915
Lease Liability, Current - -
Crypto Asset Borrowings at Fair Value - -
Total Current Liabilities $1,519,326 $492,432
Lease Liability, Non-Current - -
Deferred Taxes - -
Contract Liability - -
SAFE Note, Related Party, Non-Current - -
Other Non-Current Liabilities - -
Total Liabilities $1,519,326 $492,432
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(4) Customer custodial fund liabilities are comprised of fiat customer deposit balances. Balances of customer
crypto assets deposited are not presented.
32. All Debtors in the Ventures Silo are organized in the State of Delaware or
33. The Dotcom Silo includes FTX.com, the trade name for the business
conducted by the parent company in the Dotcom Silo, FTX Trading Ltd., which is organized in
Antigua. FTX.com is a digital asset trading platform and exchange. It was founded by Messrs.
Bankman-Fried, Wang and Singh and commenced operations in May 2019. The Dotcom Silo
also holds certain marketplace licenses and registrations in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions,
including the European Union and Japan. The FTX.com platform is not available to U.S. users.
34. In addition to its core digital asset exchange, the Dotcom Silo offered an
off-exchange portal that enabled users to connect and request quotes for spot digital assets and
trade directly. The portal enabled users to lend their digital assets to other users for spot trading
35. The FTX.com platform grew quickly since its launch to become one of the
largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Mr. Bankman-Fried claimed that, by the end of
2021, around $15 billion of assets were on the platform, which according to him handled
approximately 10% of global volume for crypto trading at the time. Mr. Bankman-Fried also
claimed that FTX.com, as of July 2022, had “millions” of registered users. These figures have
30, 2022 is the latest balance sheet that was provided to me with respect to the Dotcom Silo. It
shows total assets of $2.25 billion as of September 30, 2022. Because such balance sheet was
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produced while the Debtors were controlled by Mr. Bankman-Fried, I do not have confidence in
it, and the information therein may not be correct as of the date stated.
37. The chart below summarizes certain information regarding the Dotcom
Silo’s consolidated assets as reflected in the September 30, 2022 balance sheet:
Dotcom Silo
Consolidated Assets as of September 30, 2022
Current Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents $483,724
Restricted Cash $10,188
U.S. Dollar Denominated Stablecoins $1,140,795
Customer Custodial Funds –
Accounts Receivable $9,459
Accounts Receivable, Related Party $188,155
Loans Receivable $103,949
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets $42,661
Crypto Assets Held at Fair Value $659
Total Current Assets $1,979,590
Property and Equipment, Net $256,996
Other Non-Current Assets $22,148
Total Assets $2,258,734
38. To my knowledge, the Dotcom Silo Debtors do not have any long-term or
funded debt. The Dotcom Silo Debtors may have significant liabilities to customers through the
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FTX.com platform. However, such liabilities are not reflected in the financial statements
prepared by these companies while they were under the control of Mr. Bankman-Fried. The
chart below summarizes certain information regarding the Dotcom Silo’s consolidated liabilities
Dotcom Silo
Consolidated Liabilities as of September 30, 2022
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $38,970
Accounts Payable, Related Party $125,626
Custodial Funds Due to Customers –
Purchase Consideration Payable $26,970
Loan Payable $124,298
Lease Liability, Current $23
Crypto Asset Borrowings at Fair Value $149,723
Total Current Liabilities $465,610
Lease Liability, Non-Current –
Deferred Taxes –
Contract Liability –
SAFE Note, Related Party, Non-Current –
Other Non-Current Liabilities $46
Total Liabilities $465,656
39. The Debtors in the Dotcom Silo are organized in jurisdictions around the
world, with the parent company FTX Trading Ltd. organized in Antigua. The Debtors in the
Dotcom Silo also own 100% of the equity interests in over a dozen non-Debtor companies.
40. The Debtors faced a severe liquidity crisis that necessitated the filing of
these Chapter 11 Cases on an emergency basis on November 11, 2022, and in the case of Debtor
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West Realm Shires Inc., on November 14, 2022 (collectively, the “Petition Date”). In the days
leading up to the Petition Date, certain of the circumstances described in Part III below became
known to a broader set of executives of the FTX Group beyond Mr. Bankman-Fried and
members of his inner circle. Questions arose about Mr. Bankman-Fried’s leadership and the
41. As the situation became increasingly dire, Sullivan & Cromwell and
Alvarez & Marsal were engaged to provide restructuring advice and services to the Debtors.
42. On November 10, 2022, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas (the
“SCB”) took action to freeze assets of non-Debtor FTX Digital Markets Ltd., a service provider
to FTX Trading Ltd. and the employer of certain current and former executives and staff in the
Bahamas. Mr. Brian Simms, K.C. was appointed as provisional liquidator of FTX Digital
Markets Ltd. on a sealed record. The provisional liquidator for this Bahamas subsidiary has filed
43. In addition, in the first hours of November 11, 2022 EST, the directors of
non-Debtors FTX Express Pty Ltd and FTX Australia Pty Ltd., both Australian entities,
appointed Messrs. Scott Langdon, John Mouawad and Rahul Goyal of KordaMentha
44. At the same time, negotiations were being held between certain senior
individuals of the FTX Group and Mr. Bankman-Fried concerning the resignation of Mr.
consulted with numerous lawyers, including lawyers at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP, other legal counsel and his father, Professor Joseph Bankman of Stanford Law
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School. A document effecting a relinquishment of control was prepared and comments from Mr.
Bankman-Fried’s team incorporated. At approximately 4:30 a.m. EST on Friday, November 11,
2022, after further consultation with his legal counsel, Mr. Bankman-Fried ultimately agreed to
resign, resulting in my appointment as the Debtors’ CEO. I was delegated all corporate powers
and authority under applicable law, including the power to appoint independent directors and
at this time.
46. Many of the companies in the FTX Group, especially those organized in
Antigua and the Bahamas, did not have appropriate corporate governance. I understand that
47. The following new independent directors (the “Directors”) have been
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(c) Ventures Silo: Rishi Jain: Mr. Jain is a Managing Director and Co-
Head of the Western Region of Accordion, a financial and technology
consulting firm focused on the private equity industry. He has more than
25 years of experience supporting management teams and leading finance
and operations initiatives in both stressed and distressed environments.
Prior to joining Accordion, Mr. Jain was part of Alvarez & Marsal’s
corporate restructuring and turnaround practice for over 10 years and
served in a variety of senior financial operating roles. His most notable
assignments have included helping lead the restructuring, liquidation and
wind down of Washington Mutual and its predecessor entity, WMI
Liquidating Trust. He also navigated the restructuring of Global
Geophysical Services in its chapter 11 and eventually the liquidation and
wind down in its second chapter 11 filing.
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48. The appointment of the Directors will provide the FTX Group with
49. The Directors intend to hold joint board meetings of the Debtors on
matters of common interest, including (a) the implementation of controls, (b) asset protection
and recovery, (c) the investigation into claims against the founders and third parties, (d)
cooperation with insolvency proceedings of subsidiary companies in other jurisdictions and (e)
the maximization of value for all stakeholders through the eventual reorganization or sale of the
Debtors’ complex array of businesses, investments and property around the world. The
Directors will implement appropriate procedures for the resolution of any conflicts of interest
among the Silos and, if necessary, within the Silos as the case progresses, including the potential
claims that will benefit from fair resolution under the rules and conventions of U.S. chapter 11
practice in the District of Delaware for complex, multi-Debtor cases. For the time being, my
belief is that all stakeholders are best served by a coordinated and centralized administration.
B. Cash Management
50. The FTX Group did not maintain centralized control of its cash. Cash
management procedural failures included the absence of an accurate list of bank accounts and
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around the world. Under my direction, the Debtors are establishing a centralized cash
51. During these Chapter 11 Cases, cash that the Debtors are able to locate
and transfer to the United States without adverse consequences, including substantially all
proceeds of the global reorganization effort, will be deposited into financial institutions in the
United States that are approved depository institutions in accordance with the U.S. Trustee
Guidelines. Each Silo will have a centralized cash pool, and the Debtors will implement
appropriate arrangements for allocating costs across the various Silos and Debtors. The Debtors
expect to file promptly a Cash Management Motion that will describe the new cash management
52. Because of historical cash management failures, the Debtors do not yet
know the exact amount of cash that the FTX Group held as of the Petition Date. The Debtors are
working with Alvarez & Marsal to verify all cash positions. To date, it has been possible to
approximate the following balances as of the Petition Date based on available books and records:
Entity Unrestricted Cash Custodial Cash Other Restricted Cash Total Cash
Debtor Entities
FTX EU Ltd $1,250,848 $47,925,646 $175,832 $49,352,327
West Realm Shires Services
$32,233,606 $14,596,119 $1,270,700 $48,100,425
Inc.
West Realm Shires Inc. $35,411,619 - - $35,411,619
Paper Bird Inc $7,906,893 - - $7,906,893
FTX Exchange FZE $1,812,563 - $4,000,000 $5,812,563
Ledger Holdings Inc. $4,098,480 - - $4,098,480
FTX TURKEY TEKNOLOJİ
VE TİCARET ANONİM $36,682 $3,069,526 - $3,106,208
ŞİRKET
FTX Europe AG $2,979,584 - - $2,979,584
FTX Trading Ltd $375,726 $2,600,324 - $2,976,050
Maclaurin Investments Ltd. $2,529,814 - - $2,529,814
Blockfolio, Inc. $2,396,067 - - $2,396,067
Ledger Prime LLC $2,230,765 - - $2,230,765
Crypto Bahamas LLC $900,000 - - $900,000
FTX Ventures Ltd $779,542 - - $779,542
West Realm Shires Financial
$576,831 - - $576,831
Services Inc.
FTX Lend Inc. $484,738 - - $484,738
FTX Trading GmbH $146,059 - - $146,059
FTX Switzerland GmbH $16,799 - - $16,799
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Entity Unrestricted Cash Custodial Cash Other Restricted Cash Total Cash
53. The Debtors have been in contact with banking institutions that they
believe hold or may hold Debtor cash. These banking institutions have been instructed to freeze
withdrawals and alerted not to accept instructions from Mr. Bankman-Fried or other signatories.
Proper signature authority and reporting systems are expected to be arranged shortly.
understand was also generally absent from the FTX Group historically. The Debtors are putting
in place the systems and processes necessary for Alvarez & Marsal to produce a reliable cash
forecast as well as the cash reporting required for Monthly Operating Reports under the
Bankruptcy Code.
C. Financial Reporting
statements for two of the Silos – the WRS Silo and the Dotcom Silo – for the period ended
December 31, 2021. The audit firm for the WRS Silo, Armanino LLP, was a firm with which I
am professionally familiar. The audit firm for the Dotcom Silo was Prager Metis, a firm with
which I am not familiar and whose website indicates that they are the “first-ever CPA firm to
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financial statements, especially with respect to the Dotcom Silo. As a practical matter, I do not
believe it appropriate for stakeholders or the Court to rely on the audited financial statements as a
57. The Debtors have not yet been able to locate any audited financial
58. The Debtors are locating and securing all available financial records but
expect it will be some time before reliable historical financial statements can be prepared for the
FTX Group with which I am comfortable as Chief Executive Officer. The Debtors do not have
D. Human Resources
various entities and outside contractors, with unclear records and lines of responsibility. At this
time, the Debtors have been unable to prepare a complete list of who worked for the FTX Group
as of the Petition Date, or the terms of their employment. Repeated attempts to locate certain
Group who have stayed focused on their jobs during this crisis and with whom I have established
appropriate lines of authority and working relationships. The Debtors continue to review
personnel issues but I expect, based on my experience and the nature of the Debtors’ business,
that a large number of employees of the Debtors will need to continue to work for the Debtors
for the foreseeable future in order to establish accountability, preserve value and maximize
stakeholder recoveries after the departure of Mr. Bankman-Fried. As Chief Executive Officer, I
am thankful for the extraordinary efforts of this group of employees, who despite difficult
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personal circumstances, have risen to the occasion and demonstrated their critical importance to
the Debtors.
61. The Debtors are preparing one or more motions to address issues relating
to continuing employees and contractors. The Debtors also may hire new employees and
officers with turnaround or other relevant experience in core functions where I determine that
new leadership is required. I anticipate that the Debtors will be able to file these motions in the
coming days.
E. Disbursement Controls
62. The Debtors did not have the type of disbursement controls that I believe
are appropriate for a business enterprise. For example, employees of the FTX Group submitted
payment requests through an on-line ‘chat’ platform where a disparate group of supervisors
63. In the Bahamas, I understand that corporate funds of the FTX Group were
used to purchase homes and other personal items for employees and advisors. I understand that
there does not appear to be documentation for certain of these transactions as loans, and that
certain real estate was recorded in the personal name of these employees and advisors on the
65. The FTX Group did not keep appropriate books and records, or security
controls, with respect to its digital assets. Mr. Bankman-Fried and Mr. Wang controlled access
to digital assets of the main businesses in the FTX Group (with the exception of LedgerX,
regulated by the CFTC, and certain other regulated and/or licensed subsidiaries). Unacceptable
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management practices included the use of an unsecured group email account as the root user to
access confidential private keys and critically sensitive data for the FTX Group companies
around the world, the absence of daily reconciliation of positions on the blockchain, the use of
software to conceal the misuse of customer funds, the secret exemption of Alameda from certain
between Alameda (owned 90% by Mr. Bankman-Fried and 10% by Mr. Wang) and the Dotcom
66. The Debtors have located and secured only a fraction of the digital assets
of the FTX Group that they hope to recover in these Chapter 11 Cases. The Debtors have
secured in new cold wallets approximately $740 million of cryptocurrency that the Debtors
believe is attributable to either the WRS, Alameda and/or Dotcom Silos. The Debtors have not
yet been able to determine how much of this cryptocurrency is allocable to each Silo, or even if
such an allocation can be determined. These balances exclude cryptocurrency not currently
under the Debtors’ control as a result of (a) at least $372 million of unauthorized transfers
initiated on the Petition Date, during which time the Debtors immediately began moving
cryptocurrency into cold storage to mitigate the risk to the remaining cryptocurrency that was
accessible at the time, (b) the dilutive ‘minting’ of approximately $300 million in FTT tokens by
an unauthorized source after the Petition Date and (c) the failure of the co-founders and
potential Debtor assets on the blockchain, cybersecurity professionals to identify the parties
responsible for the unauthorized transactions on and after the Petition Date and investigators to
begin the process of identifying what may be very substantial transfers of Debtor property in the
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days, weeks and months prior to the Petition Date. The Debtors’ team includes business,
accounting, forensic, technical and legal resources that I believe are among the best in the world
at these activities. It is my expectation that the Debtors will require assistance from the Court
with respect to these matters as the investigation and these Chapter 11 Cases continue.
68. Although the investigation has only begun and must run its course, it is my
view based on the information obtained to date, that many of the employees of the FTX Group,
including some of its senior executives, were not aware of the shortfalls or potential
commingling of digital assets. Indeed, I believe some of the people most hurt by these events are
current and former employees and executives, whose personal investments and reputations have
suffered. These are many of the same people whose work will be necessary to ensure the
69. The FTX Group had billions in investments other than cryptocurrency, as
suggested above in the descriptions of the four Silos. However, the main companies in the
Alameda Silo and the Ventures Silo did not keep complete books and records of their
70. The Debtors are creating a balance sheet and other financial statements for
the Alameda Silo and the Ventures Silo as of the Petition Date. The Debtors are doing so from
the ‘bottom-up’ by using the records of cash transactions at the Debtors, and also are reviewing
71. One of the most pervasive failures of the FTX.com business in particular
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by using applications that were set to auto-delete after a short period of time, and encouraged
72. The Debtors are writing things down. The investigative effort underway is
led by myself and a team at Sullivan & Cromwell that reports directly to me, including a former
Director of Enforcement at the SEC, a former Director of Enforcement at the CFTC, and a
former Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office
for the Southern District of New York. I regard ensuring the comprehensiveness,
Executive Officer.
for the Debtors. Since Friday, the Debtors have been in contact with dozens of regulators
throughout the United States and around the world, and will continue to be as these cases
continue.
jurisdictions that may or may not have valuable going concern franchises. The Debtors will soon
be taking efforts to preserve these subsidiary businesses to the extent practicable under the
circumstances. The Debtors also are engaging a leading investment bank to assist the Debtors in
J. Access to Data
75. The Debtors have cryptocurrency, digital assets and other critically
sensitive data in repositories that have been the subject of unauthorized attempts to access. The
Debtors have implemented certain defensive measures. The Debtors have been advised that
attempts to access this property of the estate may create a risk of its loss to unauthorized persons.
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The Debtors expect to seek special relief from the Court to authorize measures to access this
information as safely as possible. The Debtors are unable to create a list of their top 50 creditors
that includes customers without access to the data repositories at issue, and may seek related
relief from the Court as well if the problem cannot be promptly resolved.
K. Corporate Communications
76. Finally, and critically, the Debtors have made clear to employees and the
public that Mr. Bankman-Fried is not employed by the Debtors and does not speak for them. Mr.
Bankman-Fried, currently in the Bahamas, continues to make erratic and misleading public
statements. Mr. Bankman-Fried, whose connections and financial holdings in the Bahamas
remain unclear to me, recently stated to a reporter on Twitter: “F*** regulators they make
everything worse” and suggested the next step for him was to “win a jurisdictional battle vs.
Delaware”.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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Exhibit A
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Third Party
Investors
Sam Bankman-Fried Third Party
Investors
22.25% 25.0%
Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents Venture Investments Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency Anthropic Cryptocurrency
FTX US Other Digital Assets K5 FTX.com
LedgerX Treasuries Dave Inc. Real Estate
FTX Derivatives Crypto ETFs Sequoia Capital Licensed Subsidiaries in Non-US
FTX Capital Markets Venture Investments Mysten Labs Jurisdictions
Embed Clearing Genesis Digital Assets Others
FTX Vault Modulo Capital
FTX Gaming Pionic (Toss)
FTX NFTs Others
BlockFi Loans
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Exhibit B
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Third Party
Investors
~80% ~7.5%
Cedar Grove
Hawaii Digital Good Luck Games, FTX Marketplace, Verdant Canyon Alameda Research North Wireless
FTX Lend Inc. Pioneer Street Inc. Technology Services, Hannam Group Inc
Assets Inc. LLC. Inc. Capital LLC KK Dimension Inc
(Delaware) (Delaware) Ltd (Korea)
(Delaware) (Delaware) (Delaware) (Delaware) (Japan) (Delaware)
(Antigua)
Clifton Bay
Investments Ltd
Island Bay
Ventures Inc
FTX Ventures Ltd FTX Trading Ltd
West Realm Shires
Embed Financial Ledger Holdings
West Realm Shires
Deck Technologies North Dimension Alameda Global
(BVI) (Delaware)
(BVI)
(Antigua)
Financial Services
Inc.
Digital Custody Inc.
(Delaware)
Technologies Inc.
(Delaware)
Inc.
(Delaware)
Services Inc.
d/b/a FTX US
Holdings LLC
(Delaware)
Inc
(Delaware)
Alameda TR Ltd
(Antigua)
Services Ltd.
(BVI)
~49%
(Delaware) (Delaware)
~51%
Debtor Non-Debtor Atlantis Technology Alameda Aus Pty Alameda Research Alameda TR FTX EU Ltd (f/k/a K-
FTX Crypto
DNA Financial FTX Switzerland
Ltd. Ltd Yankari Ltd Systems S. de R. L. Services Ltd. FTX Japan K.K. Analisya Pte Ltd **
Services Ltd) GmbH
(Antigua) (Australia) (Nigeria) (Panama) (Cyprus) (Japan) (Singapore)
(Cyprus) (Switzerland)
SNG INVESTMENTS
Cottonwood Grove Alameda Research YATIRIM VE
ALAMEDA SILO
100% 100%
Ltd (Bahamas) Ltd DANIŞMANLIK
(Hong Kong) (Bahamas) ANONİM ŞİRKETİ
Independent Director: Matt Rosenbeg (Turkey) FTX Derivatives Quoine Vietnam Co. Quoine India Pte
GmbH** Ltd Ltd
(Switzerland) (Vietnam) (India)
Hive Empire
Trading Pty Ltd **
VENTURES SILO (Australia)
DOTCOM SILO
Independent Directors: Judge Joseph Farnan and Matt
Doheny
* Percentages directly held by each of Sam Bankman-Fried, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh in individual entities varies.
** Indicates non-operational subsidiary entity.