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遭受挤兑危机近一周后,币圈“巨人”、评价320亿美元的加密钱银帝国ftx总算撑不住了。
当地时刻11月11日,早年的全球第二大加密钱银生意所ftx在推特上发布了请求破产维护的声明,生意所创始人兼首席实施官山姆·班克曼-弗里德(sam bankman-fried,下文简称“班克曼”)宣告辞去职务。
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why did one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges just collapse?
全球最大加密钱银生意所之一为何关闭了?
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ftx seemed to be ashiningexample of a cryptocurrency exchange that was doing everything right. run by sam bankman-fried – amultibillionaire, believed by many to be aonce-in-a-generationgenius, whorubbed shoulders withcongresspeopleandcalled for“thoughtfulregulatoryleadership” – ftx and its sister companies were bringing crypto to themainstream. they spent millions on a super bowl ad comparing crypto to the invention of thewheeland thelightbulb, urging customers not to “miss out”on“the next big thing” andtoutingftx as “a safe and easy way to get into crypto.”
ftx如同是加密钱银生意所中一个超卓的榜样,悉数都运作杰出。由亿万财主山姆·班克曼-弗里德(sam bankman-fried)运营的ftx及其姐妹公司将加密钱银面向了干流商场,许多人认为,弗里德是一位稀有的天才,游走于美国国会议员之间,并建议利他主义的作业监管。他们花了数百万美元在超级碗上做广告,把加密钱银比作轮胎和灯泡的创造,敦促客户不要“错失下一个风口”,并将ftx吹捧为“进入加密领域的一种平安而简略的方法”。
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during the cryptodownturnthis past year, bankman-fried was compared to jp morgan for theseeminglyendlesspile ofcash he had to offerflounderingcrypto firms as heswooped inas asavior. in thespanof one week, hisempirecamecrashing down. a leakedbalance sheetfrom alameda research, bankman-fried’squantitativetrading firm,allegedlyshowed that a massiveportionof alameda’sassetsweredenominatedintokensthat ftx themselves created. it was already an open secret that ftx and alameda were tightlyintertwined, but there was little hard evidence as to how tightly they were linked, and regulators had not made anysubstantialmoves to investigate theties.
曩昔一年加密钱银价格重挫,在此时刻,班克曼-弗里德宛如当年的摩根如同救世主般俄然呈现,豪掷千金解救深陷危机的加密钱银公司。在短短一周的时刻里,他的加密帝国轰然坍塌。根据一份泄露的资产负债表闪现,班克曼-弗里德的量化加密钱银生意公司alameda resear
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ch的大有些资产实践上是ftx自个发行的代币。ftx和alameda之间的亲近联络已是一个揭露隐秘,但没有啥确凿根据标明它们之间的联络有多紧密,监管机构也没有采纳任何本质行为来查询它们的联络。
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then, ftx’s largest competitor,binance, announced it would beselling offa substantial amount of ftx tokens left over from 2021, when bankman-friedbought backbinance’s stake in ftx. binance’s sell-offintensifiedpublic concern over ftx’sstability, causing a sudden drop in the price of the ftx token anda run onthe bank by customers who kept funds in the exchange.
随后,ftx最大的竞赛对手币安宣告,将出售其在2021年退出ftx的股权后所剩的绝大有些ftx代币,其时班克曼-弗里德回购了币何在ftx的股份。币安的兜销加剧了大众对ftx活动性危机的担忧,致使ftx代币价格猛跌,生意所正遭受储户大规划挤兑。
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今日单词
cryptocurrency /?kr?pto?k??r?nsi/ n.(公共网络的,而非政府发行的)加密电子钱银(运用加密法保证付款平安付出及收取);数字钱银;
exchange /?ks?t?e?nd?/ n. 生意所;
collapse /k??l?ps/ vi. 倒塌,塌下;溃散,割裂;俄然倒下,昏倒;
shining /??a?n??/ adj. 发光的,反光的;(作用)光辉的,(质量)超卓的;
multibillionaire /?m?lti?b?lj??ner/ n. 财富达数十亿(美元或英镑)的人;
once-in-a-generation/w?ns ?n ??d?en??re??(?)n/ adj. 千载一时的;一个代代只需一次的;
rub shoulders with 与……触摸,并肩;
congresspeople /?kɑ??ɡr?s?pi?pl/ n. 美国国会议员,议员(尤指众议院议员,congressperson 的复数);
call for 需要(氖亟谫动或对待方法);呼吁,建议,需求;
thoughtful /?θ??tfl/ adj. 关心入微的,思考周全的;为别人思考的;做有利于别人的;
regulatory /?reɡj?l?t??ri/ adj. 打点的;控制的;调整的;
mainstream /?me?nstri?m/ n.(思维或行为的)干流;
wheel /wi?l/ n. 轮子,车轮;
lightbulb /?la?tb?lb/ n. 电灯泡;
miss out on 错失机缘;失掉了……;
the next big thing 下一个大项目;下一个火爆的项目;下一个风口;
tout /ta?t/ vt. 兜销;招徕;
downturn /?da?nt??rn/ n.(商业经济的)降低,衰退期;
seemingly /?si?m??li/ adv. 看来如同,表面上看;
a pile of 成堆;许多;
floundering /?fla?nd?r??/ adj. 挣扎的;
swoop in 浑水摸鱼;抓取;
savior /’se?vj?r/ n. 救世主;救星;救助者;
span /sp?n/ n. 时刻跨度,一段时刻;
empire /?empa??r/ n. 帝国;大公司,大集团;君权,最高控制权;
crash down朝下猛撞,哗啦一声或咔嚓倒下或摔下;
balance sheet资产负债表;
quantitative /?kwɑ?nt?te?t?v/ adj. 数量的,量化的,定量的;
allegedly /??led??dli/ adv. 据称;假定;依其申述;传闻;
portion /?p??r?n/ n.(某物的)一有些;(尤指饭馆中食物的)一份,一客;(责任、差错、责任等的)一份,一有些;
asset /??set/ n. 资产;有用的东西;有利条件;利益,有价值的人或物;工业;
denominate /d??nɑ?m?ne?t/ vt. 为……命名;把……称作……;
token /?to?k?n/ n. 代币;记号;表征;
intertwine /??nt?r?twa?n/ vt. 纠缠;编结;环绕;
substantial /s?b?st?n?l/ adj. 许多的,价值无量的;健壮的,健壮的;根柢的,本质性的;
ties /ta?z/ n. 联络;联络;
binance n. 币安网(区块链资产生意平台);
sell off 贱卖出清(存货);
buy back 产品返销;抵偿生意;补进;回购(尤指公司回购自个的股份);
intensify /?n?tens?fa?/ vt. 加剧,增强;
stability /st??b?l?ti/ n. 平稳(性),安靖(性);
a run on 挤兑;银行挤兑;
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文本选自:the guardian(卫报)
作者:molly white
原文发布时刻:16 nov. 2022
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