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2022年震撼币圈的五大陨落事件

2022年震撼币圈的五大陨落事件

MARCO QUIROZ-GUTIERREZ 2023-01-01
灾年熄灭了“神童”光环

加密货币圈子里既有看起来自以为是但据说颇有远见卓识的首席执行官,也有似乎从不睡觉的超级巨星交易员,与其他热火朝天的行业一样,到处都是能人。

但是,当数以百万计或十亿计的真金白银被置于风险中时,一颗明星的陨落可能和它的飞升一样快。

以下是2022年震撼币圈的五大陨落事件。

山姆·班克曼-弗里德(SBF)

前FTX首席执行官曾被誉为币圈“白衣骑士”,现在他被软禁在加州帕洛阿尔托的父母家中,此前他被从巴哈马引渡回国后,缴纳了2.5亿美元的天价保释金才获释。

在华尔街交易公司Jane Street工作了一段时间后,山姆·班克曼-弗里德(SBF)和其他联合创始人共同创建了加密货币交易公司Alameda Research。SBF随后成立了加密货币交易所FTX,后来成为全球最大的加密货币交易所之一。

SBF是“有效利他主义”的最知名倡导者之一,提倡为尽可能多的人的利益最大化造福,但他似乎并不像看起来那么乐善好施。去年12月,SBF被控8项罪名,包括证券欺诈、电信欺诈,以及几项涉及洗钱和违反竞选财务规定的合谋罪。

权道亨

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满嘴跑火车的首席执行官在科技界并不少见。但他们中的大多数人无需对400亿美元的崩盘负责。

Terraform Labs的韩国创始人权道亨现在被国际刑警组织和韩国当局通缉。权创建了算法稳定币TerraUSD,部分人誉之为维系加密行业增长的重要工具。

TerraUSD通过与Terraform Labs发行的另外一种加密货币Luna币的微妙平衡,保持与美元1比1的挂钩。Luna币的市值一度攀升至400亿美元,之后遭遇了本质上与银行挤兑无异的市场事件,导致两种加密货币都崩盘了。

权是如此自信,或者说如此自欺欺人,他无视了对TerraUSD和Luna的任何批评,他说:“我不与穷人争论。”尽管现在仍然偶尔在互联网上活跃——他最近一次现身是在币圈大V Cobie的直播播客UpOnly中——但他在现实生活的下落未知。韩国新闻机构韩联社12月12日报道称,他可能在塞尔维亚。

苏竹和凯尔·戴维斯

三箭资本(Three Arrows Capital)的创始人苏竹和凯尔·戴维斯曾是加密货币领域的神童投资者——直到他们跌落神坛。

这对合伙人通过用借来的钱进行了一系列投机性投资,创建了市场上一度最成功的加密对冲基金之一。但在错误地押注灰度比特币信托基金(Grayscale Bitcoin Trust),又投资2亿美元购买Luna币后,他们的公司破产了。

尽管这家加密对冲基金声称没有“外部投资者”,但其财务内爆导致债权人索赔数十亿美元。

这对币圈大腕曾经是加密货币行业“新钱”的缩影,他们试图通过花5000万美元购买一艘被命名为Much Wow的超级游艇来证明这一点,但因二人未能支付最后一笔款项,这艘游艇不得不再次挂牌出售。

亚历克斯·马辛斯基

摄氏(Celsius)前首席执行官亚历克斯·马辛斯基在执掌这家加密货币银行期间,广告里为储蓄账户客户承诺的年收益率高达18%。这似乎好得令人难以置信。事实也的确如此。

摄氏于7月申请破产,是首批冻结客户提款的大型加密货币公司之一。据路透社报道,马辛斯基负责该公司的投资策略,做出了一连串糟糕的选择,包括过度杠杆化,将大约1.25亿美元投入到灰度比特币信托基金等,灰度今年下跌了近80%。

去年,该公司自称拥有100万客户,管理着约200亿美元的资产。在破产申请文件中,该公司声称其欠客户的债务超过47亿美元。

目前还不确定这些客户能否要回自己的投资,对一些人来说,这是他们毕生的积蓄。在公司申请破产几个月后,马辛斯基辞去了首席执行官一职,称自己已经“越来越让人觉得分心”。

斯蒂芬·埃利奇

斯蒂芬·埃利希的Voyager Digital公司在鼎盛时期,在马克·库班等名人的助推下,打出了两位数收益的广告。

埃利希和公司在今年早些时候遇到了麻烦,因为加密对冲基金三箭资本未能支付欠该公司的超6.65亿美元资金。

巅峰时期曾拥有过350万用户的Voyager Digital于今年7月申请了破产。

该公司差点以约14亿美元的价格将其资产出售给FTX,但后者上个月也破产了,Voyager开始寻找新的买家。从目前看,币安(Binance)的美国分公司似乎将以大约10亿美元的价格收购Voyager的资产。

不过,在Voyager破产后,埃利希的结局可能会比他的大多数客户要好。据报道,他在2021年2月、3月Voyager股价高峰期抛售股票赚了几百万美元。(财富中文网)

译者:Agatha

加密货币圈子里既有看起来自以为是但据说颇有远见卓识的首席执行官,也有似乎从不睡觉的超级巨星交易员,与其他热火朝天的行业一样,到处都是能人。

但是,当数以百万计或十亿计的真金白银被置于风险中时,一颗明星的陨落可能和它的飞升一样快。

以下是2022年震撼币圈的五大陨落事件。

山姆·班克曼-弗里德(SBF)

前FTX首席执行官曾被誉为币圈“白衣骑士”,现在他被软禁在加州帕洛阿尔托的父母家中,此前他被从巴哈马引渡回国后,缴纳了2.5亿美元的天价保释金才获释。

在华尔街交易公司Jane Street工作了一段时间后,山姆·班克曼-弗里德(SBF)和其他联合创始人共同创建了加密货币交易公司Alameda Research。SBF随后成立了加密货币交易所FTX,后来成为全球最大的加密货币交易所之一。

SBF是“有效利他主义”的最知名倡导者之一,提倡为尽可能多的人的利益最大化造福,但他似乎并不像看起来那么乐善好施。去年12月,SBF被控8项罪名,包括证券欺诈、电信欺诈,以及几项涉及洗钱和违反竞选财务规定的合谋罪。

权道亨

满嘴跑火车的首席执行官在科技界并不少见。但他们中的大多数人无需对400亿美元的崩盘负责。

Terraform Labs的韩国创始人权道亨现在被国际刑警组织和韩国当局通缉。权创建了算法稳定币TerraUSD,部分人誉之为维系加密行业增长的重要工具。

TerraUSD通过与Terraform Labs发行的另外一种加密货币Luna币的微妙平衡,保持与美元1比1的挂钩。Luna币的市值一度攀升至400亿美元,之后遭遇了本质上与银行挤兑无异的市场事件,导致两种加密货币都崩盘了。

权是如此自信,或者说如此自欺欺人,他无视了对TerraUSD和Luna的任何批评,他说:“我不与穷人争论。”尽管现在仍然偶尔在互联网上活跃——他最近一次现身是在币圈大V Cobie的直播播客UpOnly中——但他在现实生活的下落未知。韩国新闻机构韩联社12月12日报道称,他可能在塞尔维亚。

苏竹和凯尔·戴维斯

三箭资本(Three Arrows Capital)的创始人苏竹和凯尔·戴维斯曾是加密货币领域的神童投资者——直到他们跌落神坛。

这对合伙人通过用借来的钱进行了一系列投机性投资,创建了市场上一度最成功的加密对冲基金之一。但在错误地押注灰度比特币信托基金(Grayscale Bitcoin Trust),又投资2亿美元购买Luna币后,他们的公司破产了。

尽管这家加密对冲基金声称没有“外部投资者”,但其财务内爆导致债权人索赔数十亿美元。

这对币圈大腕曾经是加密货币行业“新钱”的缩影,他们试图通过花5000万美元购买一艘被命名为Much Wow的超级游艇来证明这一点,但因二人未能支付最后一笔款项,这艘游艇不得不再次挂牌出售。

亚历克斯·马辛斯基

摄氏(Celsius)前首席执行官亚历克斯·马辛斯基在执掌这家加密货币银行期间,广告里为储蓄账户客户承诺的年收益率高达18%。这似乎好得令人难以置信。事实也的确如此。

摄氏于7月申请破产,是首批冻结客户提款的大型加密货币公司之一。据路透社报道,马辛斯基负责该公司的投资策略,做出了一连串糟糕的选择,包括过度杠杆化,将大约1.25亿美元投入到灰度比特币信托基金等,灰度今年下跌了近80%。

去年,该公司自称拥有100万客户,管理着约200亿美元的资产。在破产申请文件中,该公司声称其欠客户的债务超过47亿美元。

目前还不确定这些客户能否要回自己的投资,对一些人来说,这是他们毕生的积蓄。在公司申请破产几个月后,马辛斯基辞去了首席执行官一职,称自己已经“越来越让人觉得分心”。

斯蒂芬·埃利奇

斯蒂芬·埃利希的Voyager Digital公司在鼎盛时期,在马克·库班等名人的助推下,打出了两位数收益的广告。

埃利希和公司在今年早些时候遇到了麻烦,因为加密对冲基金三箭资本未能支付欠该公司的超6.65亿美元资金。

巅峰时期曾拥有过350万用户的Voyager Digital于今年7月申请了破产。

该公司差点以约14亿美元的价格将其资产出售给FTX,但后者上个月也破产了,Voyager开始寻找新的买家。从目前看,币安(Binance)的美国分公司似乎将以大约10亿美元的价格收购Voyager的资产。

不过,在Voyager破产后,埃利希的结局可能会比他的大多数客户要好。据报道,他在2021年2月、3月Voyager股价高峰期抛售股票赚了几百万美元。(财富中文网)

译者:Agatha

From the brash but supposedly visionary CEO to the superstar trader who never seems to sleep, crypto, like other high-flying industries, is filled with hotshots.

But when millions—or billions—of dollars are on the line, a shining star can burn out as quickly as it emerged.

Here are five prominent falls from grace that shook the crypto world in 2022.

SBF

Once hailed as the “white knight” of crypto, the former FTX CEO is now on house arrest at his parents house in Palo Alto, California after being released on a whopping $250 million bond following his extradition from The Bahamas.

After some time at the Wall Street trading firm Jane Street, Sam Bankman-Fried and his cofounders created the crypto trading firm Alameda Research. SBF then founded FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange that rose to become one of the world’s largest.

But SBF, known as one of the biggest advocates of effective altruism, which promotes doing the most good for the most people, perhaps was not as benevolent as he seemed. In December, Bankman-Fried was charged with eight counts including securities fraud, wire fraud, and several counts of conspiracy that involve money laundering and campaign finance violations.

Do Kwon

Brash, trash-talking CEOs aren’t uncommon in tech. But most of them also aren’t responsible for $40 billion meltdowns.

The South Korean founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, is now wanted by Interpol and South Korean authorities. Kwon created the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD, which was hailed by some as an essential tool for the growth of the crypto industry.

The stablecoin kept its 1-to-1 peg with the U.S. dollar through a delicate balancing act with another Terraform Labs token, Luna. The value of Luna rose to $40 billion before what was effectively a bank run collapsed both cryptocurrencies.

Kwon was so confident—or so deluded—that he shook off any criticism of TerraUSD and Luna, saying, “I don’t debate the poor.” Although sometimes still active online—he recently appeared on crypto influencer Cobie’s livestreamed podcast UpOnly—his real-life whereabouts are unknown. South Korean news outlet Yonhap reported on Dec. 12 that he may be in Serbia.

Su Zhu and Kyle Davies

The founders of Three Arrows Capital, Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, were the whiz kid investors of the crypto world—until they weren’t.

Through a series of speculative investments made with borrowed money, the pair created one of the most successful crypto hedge funds. But after a misplaced bet on Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, and a $200 million investment in Luna, which later collapsed, the firm went belly up.

Although the crypto hedge fund claimed to have no “external investors,” its financial implosion led to billions of dollars in claims from creditors.

The crypto bigwigs were once the epitome of a wave of new money coming from the crypto industry, and they sought to prove it with the purchase of a $50 million superyacht called Much Wow, which had to be put up for sale again after Zhu and Davies failed to make their final payment.

Alex Mashinsky

The former CEO of Celsius, Alex Mashinsky helmed the cryptocurrency bank while it advertised annual yields of up to 18% for customers who opened savings accounts. It appeared too good to be true. And it was.

Celsius filed for bankruptcy in July after becoming one of the first major crypto companies to freeze customer withdrawals. Mashinsky was reportedly in charge of the company’s investment strategy and made a series of bad bets, according to Reuters, including over-the-top leveraging and putting about $125 million in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which is down nearly 80% this year.

Last year, the company boasted 1 million customers and about $20 billion in assets under management. In bankruptcy filings, the company claimed that it owed customers more than $4.7 billion.

It’s unclear if Celsius customers will get back the money they invested, which for some was all of their savings. Months after the company filed for bankruptcy, Mashinsky stepped down as CEO, claiming he had “become an increasing distraction.”

Stephen Ehrlich

At its peak, Stephen Ehrlich’s Voyager Digital advertised double-digit yields with the help of celebrity advocates like Mark Cuban.

Ehrlich and the company ran into trouble earlier this year as crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital failed to pay the more than $665 million it owed the company.

After building up a mass of 3.5 million customers at its peak, Voyager Digital filed for bankruptcy in July.

The company almost sold its assets to FTX for about $1.4 billion, but after the the latter imploded last month, Voyager went searching for a new buyer. It appears now that the U.S. arm of Binance will be buying Voyager’s assets for about $1 billion.

Still, Ehrlich might end up better off than most of Voyager’s customers post bankruptcy. He reportedly made millions selling Voyager shares during their peak in February and March 2021.

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