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* From [[The Defiant]] (4-5-2022): | * Scaled back its crypto ambitions globally because regulatory uncertainty has made it difficult for the firm to operate the business in a way that meets internal standards, [https://archive.is/m1nrA#selection-3811.61-3811.258 according] to a person familiar with the matter (9-5-2023). | ||
*From [[The Defiant]] (4-5-2022): | |||
''"Wall Street quantitative trading firm with more than [https://thedefiant.io/jane-street-25/ $300B] in assets. The firm also acts as a marketmaker for [[Robinhood|Robinhood’s]] crypto markets, and made its first cryptocurrency trades back in 2017. [[Sam Bankman-Fried]], the CEO of [[centralized]] digital asset exchange [[FTX (FTT)|FTX]], previously worked at Jane Street, quitting the company just two months before founding the quantitative trading firm, [[Alameda]] Research, in 2017."'' | ''"Wall Street quantitative trading firm with more than [https://thedefiant.io/jane-street-25/ $300B] in assets. The firm also acts as a marketmaker for [[Robinhood|Robinhood’s]] crypto markets, and made its first cryptocurrency trades back in 2017. [[Sam Bankman-Fried]], the CEO of [[centralized]] digital asset exchange [[FTX (FTT)|FTX]], previously worked at Jane Street, quitting the company just two months before founding the quantitative trading firm, [[Alameda]] Research, in 2017."'' | ||
Latest revision as of 10:03, 20 May 2023
Basics
- Scaled back its crypto ambitions globally because regulatory uncertainty has made it difficult for the firm to operate the business in a way that meets internal standards, according to a person familiar with the matter (9-5-2023).
- From The Defiant (4-5-2022):
"Wall Street quantitative trading firm with more than $300B in assets. The firm also acts as a marketmaker for Robinhood’s crypto markets, and made its first cryptocurrency trades back in 2017. Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of centralized digital asset exchange FTX, previously worked at Jane Street, quitting the company just two months before founding the quantitative trading firm, Alameda Research, in 2017."
Investments
- Bastion; part of the $9M Series A raise, announced on the same day as its token got launched (21-4-2022).
- Shardeum; part of their $18.2M Seed Round (18-10-2022).
- Has taken out a 25M USDC loan from BlockTower Capital. The loan, worth $25M, was facilitated by the decentralized funding platform Clearpool, it said on May 3, 2022.
