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FTX collapse
The cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapsed amid allegations of misuse of customer funds.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2022.
Why it matters
It changed crypto regulation, exchange governance, and public trust in digital assets.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
The cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapsed amid allegations of misuse of customer funds.
It changed crypto regulation, exchange governance, and public trust in digital assets.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2022-008
- Date or period
- 2022-11
- Type
- Financial / crypto collapse
- Focus
- Financial / technology
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- Nassau / global crypto markets, Bahamas / global
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- FTX; Alameda Research; customers; regulators
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 25.0443, -77.3504 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “FTX collapse.” World Events record 2022-008. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2022/2022-008/