FTX 创始人 SBF 与 DCG 创始人 Barry 内部信全文

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让我们一起看看FTX 创始人 SBF 与 DCG 创始人 Barry 内部信全文

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大家好,我对所发生的事深感抱歉。我对你们所有人的遭遇感到遗憾。我对发生在用户身上的事感到遗憾。

你为 FTX 付出了一切,支持公司和我。我并不想让这一切发生,我愿意付出一切,只要能回到过去,重新来过。你是我的家人,而我却失去了你们,我们的老房子是一个放着显示器的空仓库。当我转身的时候,已经没有人可以说话了。我让你们所有人都失望了,当事情爆发时,我没能进行沟通。面对压力、泄密和币安的意向书,我愣住了,什么也没说。在公司发展的混乱中,我忘记了最重要的东西。我非常关心你们所有人,你们是我的家人,我很抱歉。我是 CEO,所以我有责任确保 FTX 保持正常良好运营。我要是细心一点就好了。我想对所发生的事情做一个更好的描述,一种我早该写出来的我所理解的最好的描述。

我将把最近发生的事情拼凑起来,做一个近似的估计,我现在没有完整的数据访问权限,无法得到精确的答案。不管流动性如何,下面我都把所有的东西都按市值计价,我相信导致本月崩溃的事件包括:

1、今年春天的市场崩盘导致抵押品价值缩水约 50%;

● 600 亿美元抵押品,20 亿美元负债;变成 300 亿美元抵押品,20亿美元负债

2、行业内大部分信贷瞬间枯竭;

● 250 亿美元的抵押品,80 亿美元的负债

3、11 月发生的一场中心化的、高度相关的崩盘,导致抵押品价值在极短的时间内再次下降了约 50%,而在此期间,市场竞价方的流动性非常少;

● 170亿美元抵押品,80亿美元负债

4、11 月由同样的攻击引发的银行挤兑事件

● 90亿美元的抵押品

5、当我们疯狂地将所有内容整合在一起时,我们发现头寸比后台系统所显示的要大,因为在 FTX 拥有银行账户之前的旧法币存款都存到了 Alameda 账户:

● 90亿美元的抵押品,80亿美元的负债

我从没想过会发生这种事。我没有意识到保证金头寸的全部规模,也没有意识到超相关崩盘带来的风险有多大。贷款和二级销售通常被用于对业务的再投资,而不是用于大量的个人消费。

我对我的疏忽深感遗憾。回想起来,我希望我们做了很多很多不同的事情。如:

1、 大幅提高对大额保证金头寸的怀疑程度

2、 检查涉及银行超相关崩溃和同时挤兑的压力测试场景

3、 更加小心 FTX 上的法币流程

4、 对总可交付资产、总客户头寸和其他核心风险指标进行持续监控

这一切都改变不了一个事实,这对你们来说很糟糕,这不是你们的错,我真的很抱歉。我要尽我所能来补偿你们和顾客,即使这要花掉我的余生。但我担心即使那样我也做不到。

我还想感谢那些给我提出的、我现在认为是正确的建议的人,他们对崩溃后 FTX 的发展方向提出了建议。当然,你们是对的。我相信,一个月前,FTX 还是一个蓬勃发展、有利可图的创新企业。这意味着 FTX 仍有价值,而这种价值本可以用于帮助每个人变得更加完整。我们很可能会筹集到大量资金;在我签署破产保护文件后大约 8 分钟,就有了数十亿美元潜在兴趣资金的出现。有了这些资金以及公司仍然持有的数十亿美元的抵押品以及我们从其他各方收到的利息,我认为我们或许可能已经向客户归还了大量的价值并挽救了企业。

当然,必须要有一些改变:要有更多的透明度,要有更多的控制,包括对我自己的监督。但 FTX 是一个非常特别的东西,你们都帮助实现了它。发生的一切都不是你的错。我们必须迅速做出非常艰难的决定。我以前也经历过这种情况,我应该知道当糟糕的事情发生在我们身上时,我们都倾向于做出不理智的决定。出于绝望,巨大的协调压力迫使所有的金融交易所(甚至包括有偿付能力的实体)申请破产,而不顾其他司法管辖区的索赔。我理解这种压力,并感同身受;很多人都被推到具有挑战性的环境中,这通常不是他们的错。我不情愿地向这种压力屈服了,尽管我应该更清楚地知道;我希望我当时听了那些看到并且仍然看到这个平台价值的人的话,这也是我过去和现在的信念。

也许仍然有机会拯救该公司。我相信有数十亿美元来自新投资者的真正兴趣,可以用来使客户得到补偿。但我不能向你保证任何事情会发生,因为这不是我的选择。同时,我很高兴看到正在采取的一些积极措施,如 LedgerX 被重新启动。

我非常感谢你们多年来为 FTX 所做的一切,我永远不会忘记。

DCG/Barry:

亲爱的股东们,在过去的一周里有很多的噪音,我想直接与你们沟通,澄清我们 DCG 的立场。

大多数人都知道 Genesis 的情况,但我们先回顾一下: Genesis Global Capital 的贷款业务在上周三(11月16日)暂停了赎回和新贷款发放,此前市场动荡引发了前所未有的撤资请求。这是 Genesis 贷款账簿上流动性和存续期不匹配的问题。重要的是,这些问题不会影响 Genesis 的现货和衍生品交易或托管业务,这些业务将照常运营。Genesis 的领导层和董事会决定聘请财务和法律顾问,公司正在探索所有可能的选择,以应对 FTX 的崩溃。

最近几天,有关 Genesis Global Capital 和 DCG 之间的公司间贷款的传言不断。对于那些不知情的人来说,在正常的业务过程中,DCG 向 Genesis Global Capital 借款,与数百家加密货币投资公司借款的方式相同。 这些贷款总是在公平的基础上构建的,并按当时的市场利率定价。DCG 目前对 Genesis Global Capital 负有约 5.75 亿美元的债务,该债务将于 2023 年 5 月到期。这些贷款用于为投资机会提供资金,并用于从非雇员股东手中回购 DCG 股票,这些交易是在季度股东更新中强调的。直到今天,我从未卖出过我的 DCG 股票。

你可能还记得,有一张 11 亿美元的本票将于 2032 年 6 月到期。正如我们在 2022 年 8 月的上一封股东信中所述,DCG 介入并承担了 Genesis 与 3AC 违约相关的某些责任。如 8 月所述,由于这些现在是 DCG 的负债,DCG 正在债权人委员会上参加 3AC 的清算程序,并正在为债权人的利益寻求所有可用的补救措施来收回资产。除了2023年5月到期的 Genesis Global Capital 公司间贷款和长期本票,DCG 唯一的债务是一笔 3.5 亿美元的信贷安排,来自以 Eldridge 为首的一小群债权人。

这么说吧:DCG 将继续是行业的领先建设者,我们致力于加快发展更好的金融体系这一长期使命。我们已经经受住了以前的秘密冬天,虽然这次可能感觉更严峻,但我们将共同走出它,变得更强大。DCG 只筹集了 2500 万美元的初级资本,而我们今年的营收有望达到 8 亿美元。

十年前的 2012 年,我买了第一个比特币,并决定长期投入这个行业。2013 年,我们成立了第一家比特币交易公司 Genesis 和第一家比特币基金,后来发展成为 Grayscale,现在是世界上最大的数字货币资产管理公司。Foundry 运营着世界上最大的比特币挖矿池,并正在建设未来的去中心化基础设施。CoinDesk 是业内首屈一指的媒体、数据和活动公司,他们在这个加密冬天做了惊人的报道。Luno 是世界上最受欢迎的加密钱包之一,也是新兴市场的行业领导者。tradedeblock 正在打造一个无缝的机构交易平台,HQ 作为最新的子公司,正在为数字资产企业家建立一个生活和财富管理平台。这些子公司都是独立的业务,独立管理,照常运营。最后,我们的投资组合中有 200 多家公司和基金,我们经常是行业内最好的创始人的首选。

我们感谢您的鼓励和支持,以及对 DCG 的投资意向。如果我们决定进行一轮融资,我们会通知你的。

尽管行业环境困难,但我对加密货币和区块链技术在未来几十年的潜力一如既往地感到兴奋,DCG 决心保持在前沿。

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