FTX Could Have Repaid Creditors Many Times Over Had It Kept Its Anthropic Stake
pycui64 · x · 2026-10-28
A viral one-liner notes that if FTX had held onto its Anthropic stake instead of being forced to liquidate it for creditor repayment, the position's current value could have covered its debts many, many times over — one of the most dramatic missed windfalls in tech history.
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