Can someone explain to me why they can't solve this by moving the money back from Alameda to FTX? Assuming Alameda is not that bad at investing money, most of the loan should still be there no?
The noise is that they used it for the summer bailouts. I suspect a lot of this $8 billion will turn out to be illiquidity rather than vanished into the ether.
It's possible (likely) that Alameda has invested that money in iliquid assets or assets that have since lost value. Also, since the loans of FTX to Alameda were backed by FTT, which has since collapsed, even if FTX makes a margin call, the collateral has a fraction of the original value.
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benjaminwootton|3 years ago
mjaques|3 years ago
It's possible (likely) that Alameda has invested that money in iliquid assets or assets that have since lost value. Also, since the loans of FTX to Alameda were backed by FTT, which has since collapsed, even if FTX makes a margin call, the collateral has a fraction of the original value.