FTX Europe today announced the appointment per October 1st, 2022 of Dr. Marcel Lötscher, LL.M. MBA, to the newly created position, Head of Regulatory Strategy. Lötscher is being hired to continue FTX’s global expansion into Europe and the Middle East, giving users in European Economic Area and the Middle East access to FTX’s innovative products, including industry-leading derivatives, options and volatility products, tokenized stocks, and other services and products. He will be focused on working with European regulators, including the Swiss Financial Market Supervisor Authority (FINMA) and th ..read more

FTX Announces Partnership with AZA Finance to Expand Web3 in Africa March 16, 2022 – London – FTX, a global digital currency exchange, today announced it is partnering with AZA Finance to expand the adoption of Web3 and digital currencies throughout Africa. Together, they will lead efforts to connect the Web3 economy with the unstoppable growth of the African continent. FTX is a global crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. The company is a powerhouse in the digital currency sector, having recently announced the close of a $400 million Series C funding round which increased the valuatio ..read more

Sadin will be responsible for forging partnerships to help major gaming studios and developers integrate Web3, cryptocurrency, and digital asset ownership into their offerings FTX today announced the appointment of Steve Sadin to the newly created position, Head of Gaming Partnerships. In this role, he will be responsible for collaborating with major gaming brands as FTX establishes a new gaming division designed to help developers launch tokens and digital asset ownership using FTX’s upcoming crypto-as-a-service platform ..read more

Announcing FTX Gaming’s official partnership with IndiGG for India gaming. The Indian gaming industry is at a once-in-a-generation inflection point. India has over 400 million gamers with the number expected to grow to 650 million by 2025. Gaming grew from a \$0.8bn industry in 2019 to a \$1.8bn industry in 2021. This number is expected to cross \$7bn by 2025. Mobile gaming dominates, accounting for 80-85% of users and revenue ..read more

This chart does a pretty good job of summarizing how 2021 went for FTX. But there’s a lot of background that went into achieving the growth displayed above, so let’s dig in. 2021 was a transformative year for FTX. Going into it we were valued at $1bn with no VC investment, had yet to hit the million user mark, and had never done any marketing or a single advertisement; all of which is somewhat understandable for a company that hadn’t even existed for 2 years ..read more

At FTX, we are transforming the future of financial services and building towards a future of web3. FTX Ventures is launching today to accelerate this vision, for builders, by builders. We believe doing right by our users starts by building great products. In this ethos, FTX Ventures is looking to back great teams building great products, across sectors. We are excited to back builders who share our values: move fast, make the impossible possible, do right by users, follow-through, and improve the world ..read more

Sam Trabucco is a quantitative crypto trader and the co-CEO of Alameda Research. Prior to Alameda, he worked as a quantitative trader at Susquehanna International Group (SIG), trading bond ETFs and working on their sports betting desk. Sam has a degree in math and computer science from MIT. How would you describe your process? And how do you balance quant discipline with other inputs? When I am actively trading, I try to keep an eye on everything ..read more

The views, information and opinions expressed in this article are solely of the interviewee, should not be considered financial or investment advice, and do not represent those of FTX. FTX is not responsible, does not endorse, and does not verify the accuracy of any of the views, information or opinions presented in this interview If you turn on the TV, or read the financial press, financial pundits & investors alike are talking about “The Everything Bubble ..read more

The views, information and opinions expressed in this article are solely of the interviewee, should not be considered financial or investment advice, and do not represent those of FTX. FTX is not responsible, does not endorse, and does not verify the accuracy of any of the views, information or opinions presented in this interview. By Dan Matuszewski Partner/Co-Founder CMS Holdings LLC. Prior to CMS I ran Circle Trade the OTC trading desk for Circle and before that worked for Kraken ..read more

It’s hard to believe we are only halfway into 2021. When we reflect on what we’ve achieved operationally, who we’ve onboarded, all the incredible products we have pushed out, and how far the FTX name has spread—the feeling is at once inspiring, surreal, and humbling. Looking towards the remaining half of this turbulent year, we see opportunities for further expanding our global product line, our US operations, our international presence, and our charitable efforts ..read more