Why did Alameda receive 174m FTT?

Alameda received 174m FTT ($4.1b) from theFTT ICO Contract and sent it to the FTX Deployer. This could either have been related to the “FTX loan in May / June” or FTX having to claim FTT tokens through Alameda’s wallet due to the inter-linked relationship between FTX and Alameda.

What happened between FTX and Alameda?

Prior to the publication of CoinDesk’s report, we observed a number ofunusual transactions between FTX and Alameda during Sep 28 and Nov 1. These included a $4.1b transfer of FTT tokens from Alameda to FTX and several continuous transfers of stablecoins amounting to a total of $388m USD into Alameda's wallets from different sources.

Are Alameda & FTX a mutual death spiral?

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen has been digging into the incestuous links between SBF’s trading firm Alameda and the crypto exchange FTX, and their subsequent mutual death spiral. The report is now out, and makes for interesting reading.

What happened to Alameda research?

Alameda Research bore the brunt of a $1 billion loss incurred by its affiliated firm FTX after a leveraged trade on the now-bankrupt crypto exchange backfired early last year, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.