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1) I'm sorry. That's the biggest thing. I fucked up, and should have done better.
1) I'm sorry. That's the biggest thing.
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) November 10, 2022
I fucked up, and should have done better.
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2) I also should have been communicating more very recently.
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) November 10, 2022
Transparently--my hands were tied during the duration of the possible Binance deal; I wasn't particularly allowed to say much publicly. But of course it's on me that we ended up there in the first place.
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3) So here's an update on where things are.
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) November 10, 2022
[THIS IS ALL ABOUT FTX INTERNATIONAL, THE NON-US EXCHANGE. FTX US USERS ARE FINE!]
[TREAT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS AS ROUGH. THERE ARE APPROXIMATIONS HERE.]
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4) FTX International currently has a total market value of assets/collateral higher than client deposits (moves with prices!).
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) November 10, 2022
But that's different from liquidity for delivery--as you can tell from the state of withdrawals. The liquidity varies widely, from very to very little.
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5) The full story here is one I'm still fleshing out every detail of, but as a very high level, I fucked up twice.
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) November 10, 2022
The first time, a poor internal labeling of bank-related accounts meant that I was substantially off on my sense of users' margin. I thought it was way lower.