AWS, Microsoft, Google among businesses owed money after FTX collapse

AWS, Google and Microsoft are among creditors owed money after the FTX crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy in November. Since the once-hyped company went south, founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas in December, with charges including campaign finance violations and money laundering offences. He …

[redpawn]

Well..

When you are trying to take over the world a few bad investments have to be expected, but will there be any retribution for the in house idiot pushing the investment or will they be promoted to upper management?

[GBE]

Re: Well..

When you are trying to take over the world a few bad investments have to be expected, but will there be any retribution for the in house idiot pushing the investment or will they be promoted to upper management?

The article didn't say that AWS, Google, and MS invested in FTX.

It says that FTX owes money to AWS, Google, MS.

Presumably, FTX owes money to AWS, Google, and MS for the same reasons that everybody else does: they used/acquired services/products from those companies, and have outstanding invoices from them.

[nobody who matters]

"........AWS, Google and Microsoft are among creditors owed money after the FTX crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy in November........"

Oh boo-effing-hoo.

Cry me a river.

[captain veg]

Why

Why are we still talking about FTX as is it were tech?

I can't imagine how a criminal enterprise might advertise its activities in plain sight more than these charlatans.

-A.

[Anonymous Coward]

You mean they won’t…

…take payment in magic crypto beans?