FTX Trading Ltd. was a cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund founded in May 2019 by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, headquartered in Nassau, The Bahamas. At its peak in July 2021 it was the third largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, serving more than a million users. The company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 11, 2022, after revelations that Bankman-Fried's trading firm Alameda Research held large amounts of FTX's native token triggered a wave of customer withdrawals the exchange could not meet, and Bankman-Fried was arrested the following month. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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At its peak in July 2021, the company had over one million users and was the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, and its app was widely advertised as a "safe, easy way to get into crypto".
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The exchange was founded in 2019 by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang and collapsed in 2022.
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On 11 November, FTX, Alameda Research, and over 100 affiliated entities filed for bankruptcy. Bankman-Fried resigned as FTX CEO and was replaced by John J. Ray III.
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