Alameda
Summary
Alameda Research was a cryptocurrency trading firm co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried in 2017 that became central to one of the largest financial frauds in US history. The firm secretly used billions in [[ftx|FTX]] customer funds for trading and investments, leading to both companies filing for bankruptcy in November 2022.
Connected Entities
9 entities · 60 linked investigations- Gary Wang→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
- Gary Wang→mentioned with→FTX(70%)
- Gary Wang→mentioned with→Binance(60%)
- Caroline Ellison→mentioned with→FTX(70%)
- Caroline Ellison→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
- Alameda Research→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
- Alameda Research→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
- Sam Bankman-Fried→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
- Sam Bankman-Fried→mentioned with→Binance(65%)
- Alameda→mentioned with→Alameda Research(80%)
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Timeline(14 events)
September 2017
Alameda Research co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Tara MacAulay as a cryptocurrency trading firm
WikipediaApril 2019
Sam Bankman-Fried started FTX cryptocurrency exchange, with Alameda as main market maker
Wikipedia2 November 2022
CoinDesk published article revealing Alameda's heavy dependence on FTT tokens
CoinDesk9 November 2022
Alameda's website taken down and Bankman-Fried announced firm would wind down
Wikipedia11 November 2022
Alameda Research, FTX, and 130+ affiliated entities filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Wikipedia24 September 2024
Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion
WikipediaDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events). 6 of 6 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
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generated: 5/5/2026, 3:53:20 AM
last updated: 7/24/2026, 9:53:50 PM
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