Astral Codex Ten

FTX

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FTX

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FTX is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 32 times across 32 issues between December 06, 2021 and March 03, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “big crypto companies moving to the Caribbean for regulatory reasons, eg FTX moving to the Bahamas”; “Crypto exchange FTX announces the launch of the Future Fund”; “EA is friendly with FTX and they might be able to help set this up”. It most often appears alongside effective altruism, Metaculus, AI.

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  • Category: Organizations
  • Mention count: 32
  • Issue count: 32
  • First seen: December 06, 2021
  • Last seen: March 03, 2026

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December 06, 2021 · Original source
...ows very conclusively that you’ve got a crypto-friendly regulatory climate, so many easily-spooked crypto companies will flock to you. This makes sense in the context of big crypto companies moving to the Caribbean for regulatory reasons, eg FTX moving to the Bahamas and Binance moving to the Cayman Islands . But if I understand correctly, both of these companies make on the order of $1 billion a year. If El Salvador can tax them at...
Open Thread 214
March 07, 2022 · Original source
1: Crypto exchange FTX announces the launch of the Future Fund (blog announcement, Twitter thread), a philanthropic organization run by various great people who I trust. They hope to spend $100 million - $1 billion per year on cause areas that improve the long-term future, including AI alignment, biosecurity, climate, nuclear war, education, prediction markets, and many more. What this means for you:
Inline links: blog announcement, Twitter thread, many more
Impact Markets: The Annoying Details
July 15, 2022 · Original source
Advantage: We're asking people to spend thousands of dollars on meaningless tokens with no direct personal use value, this is usually a hard sell, but people get excited about this kind of deal when you call it an "NFT". Also, many cryptocurrency users have lots of money and like investing it in experimental projects. Also, EA is friendly with FTX and they might be able to help set this up.
ACX Grants: Project Updates
November 04, 2022 · Original source
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Open Thread 250
November 13, 2022 · Original source
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The Psychopharmacology Of The FTX Crash
November 16, 2022 · Original source
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Open Thread 251
November 20, 2022 · Original source
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Mantic Monday: Twitter Chaos Edition
November 21, 2022 · Original source
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Why I'm Less Than Infinitely Hostile To Cryptocurrency
December 08, 2022 · Original source
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Open Thread 254
December 12, 2022 · Original source
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Links For December 2022
December 28, 2022 · Original source
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Even More Bay Area House Party
January 04, 2023 · Original source
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2023
January 31, 2023 · Original source
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Announcing Forecasting Impact Mini-Grants
February 24, 2023 · Original source
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OpenAI's "Planning For AGI And Beyond"
March 01, 2023 · Original source
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Kelly Bets On Civilization
March 07, 2023 · Original source
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Your Book Review: Lying for Money
May 26, 2023 · Original source
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Your Book Review: The Laws of Trading
July 21, 2023 · Original source
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Links For September 2023
September 28, 2023 · Original source
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Open Thread 298
October 16, 2023 · Original source
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My Left Kidney
October 27, 2023 · Original source
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October 31, 2023 · Original source
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In Continued Defense Of Effective Altruism
November 28, 2023 · Original source
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Against Learning From Dramatic Events
January 16, 2024 · Original source
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Seems Like Targeting
January 31, 2024 · Original source
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Love And Liberty
February 14, 2024 · Original source
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Links for May 2024
May 29, 2024 · Original source
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Your Book Review: Silver Age Marvel Comics
August 16, 2024 · Original source
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Book Review: Deep Utopia
October 17, 2024 · Original source
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Links For December 2024
December 17, 2024 · Original source
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Tech PACs Are Closing In On The Almonds
October 21, 2025 · Original source
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Mantic Monday: Groundhog Day
March 03, 2026 · Original source
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