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Summary

Alameda Research LLC was a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm founded in November 2017 by Sam Bankman-Fried that served as the primary vehicle for one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history. Alongside FTX, which Bankman-Fried founded in 2019, Alameda secretly borrowed and misappropriated approximately $8 billion in FTX customer deposits, using the funds for risky trading, venture investments, real estate, and political donations. The collapse of FTX and Alameda in November 2022 triggered criminal convictions for multiple executives, a 25-year prison sentence for Bankman-Fried, and a $12.7 billion CFTC judgment.

Connected Entities

8 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
□Alameda0□Gary Wang18□Binance45□Nishad Singh□Caroline Ellison□Changpeng Zhao□Sam Bankman-Fried□Alameda Research
Relationships
  • Gary Wang→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
  • Gary Wang→mentioned with→Binance(60%)
  • 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%)
  • Alameda→mentioned with→Gary Wang(80%)
  • Alameda→mentioned with→Nishad Singh(80%)
  • + 28 more
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Connected Through

8 shared actors · 542 investigations

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(19 events)

November 2017

Sam Bankman-Fried co-founds Alameda Research in Berkeley, California as a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm.

Alameda Research - Wikipedia

2018

Alameda executes a bitcoin Japan-US arbitrage trade, earning an estimated $10–$30 million.

Alameda Research - Wikipedia

April 2019

FTX cryptocurrency exchange is founded by Bankman-Fried. Alameda relocates to Hong Kong. According to later trial testimony, Alameda began drawing on FTX customer funds as early as this year.

Alameda Research used customer funds as early as 2019, Gary Wang testifies (Protos)

2 November 2022

CoinDesk publishes a report revealing Alameda Research's balance sheet, showing its largest asset is $3.66 billion of FTX's own FTT token, raising questions about the independence and solvency of both entities.

Divisions in Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto Empire Blur on Alameda's Balance Sheet (CoinDesk)

6 November 2022

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announces Binance will sell its FTT holdings. Caroline Ellison publicly offers to buy Zhao's FTT at $22 per token. A bank run on FTX begins.

The Epic Collapse of FTX: A Crypto Markets Timeline (CoinDesk)

8 November 2022

Binance signs a non-binding letter of intent to acquire FTX. Within hours, Binance withdraws after due diligence reveals the extent of mishandled customer funds.

Bankruptcy of FTX - Wikipedia

11 November 2022

FTX Trading Ltd., Alameda Research LLC, and over 100 affiliated entities file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. Bankman-Fried resigns as CEO of FTX. John J. Ray III is appointed CEO.

Bankruptcy of FTX - Wikipedia

12 December 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in the Bahamas at the request of U.S. authorities.

Sam Bankman-Fried - Wikipedia

13 December 2022

The CFTC files a complaint against Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research for fraud and material misrepresentations. The DOJ and SEC file parallel charges the same day.

CFTC Charges Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Trading and Alameda with Fraud (CFTC)

18 December 2022

Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang plead guilty to multiple criminal counts in the Southern District of New York and agree to cooperate with prosecutors.

FTX co-founder and former Alameda CEO plead guilty to fraud (NBC News)

February 2023

Nishad Singh pleads guilty to six criminal counts including fraud and conspiracy and agrees to cooperate with prosecutors.

Former FTX executive Nishad Singh spared prison for cooperation (Al Jazeera)

7 September 2023

Ryan Salame pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud the FEC and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.

Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Pleads Guilty to U.S. Criminal Charges (CoinDesk)

2 November 2023

A federal jury in the Southern District of New York finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven criminal counts presented at trial.

Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried - Wikipedia

28 March 2024

Judge Lewis Kaplan sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in federal prison and orders $11 billion in forfeiture.

Samuel Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison (DOJ)

8 August 2024

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York enters a $12.7 billion consent judgment against FTX Trading Ltd. and Alameda Research LLC — the CFTC's largest-ever recovery — comprising $8.7 billion in restitution and $4 billion in disgorgement.

CFTC Obtains $12.7 Billion Judgment Against FTX and Alameda (CFTC)

24 September 2024

Caroline Ellison is sentenced to two years in federal prison and $11 billion in forfeiture for her role in the FTX fraud.

Caroline Ellison sentenced (CNBC)

30 October 2024

Nishad Singh is sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release, with $11 billion in forfeiture, in recognition of extensive cooperation with prosecutors.

FTX's Nishad Singh gets no jail time (CNBC)

20 November 2024

Gary Wang is sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release, with $11 billion in forfeiture, for his role in building the fraudulent FTX infrastructure.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang avoids prison time (CNBC)

22 January 2026

Caroline Ellison is released from federal custody after serving approximately 14 months of her two-year sentence.

Caroline Ellison released after 14 months (CoinDesk)
Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain18 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events). 18 of 20 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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generated: 5/7/2026, 5:14:24 AM

last updated: 7/25/2026, 4:19:32 AM

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