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>The real red flags are claiming she doesn’t use math and that she’s never lost a lot of money on a trade despite doing largely human informed trading for size…

For the peak crypto years it was almost impossible to lose money AS AN EXCHANGE. These clowns really thought they were on fire, and not just in position that random moves could be winning strategies.



> For the peak crypto years it was almost impossible to lose money AS AN EXCHANGE.

She wasn't running an exchange. You're confusing Alameda, the trading outfit, with FTX, the exchange. She was the CEO of Alameda. She was not the CEO of FTX.


My bad. But, just as bad.

It was really tough to lose money, which we all knew was unsustainable.




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