What is Alameda Research

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Alameda Research was a cryptocurrency trading firm, co-founded in September 2017 by Sam Bankman-Fried. Now part of an inquiry into the collapse of FTX. It is alleged that Alameda was using customer funds from FTX.

Sam Bankman-Fried started Alameda before starting his crypto exchange FTX in April 2019. FTX's rapid growth would not have been possible without Alameda Research as it acted as FTX's main market maker.