# $FTX Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — August 05, 2026 > **Asset:** $FTX > **Date:** 2026-08-05 (August 05, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ftx/2026-08-05 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ftx.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @DeepSailCapital > **Author:** Deep Sail Capital ([@DeepSailCapital](https://x.com/DeepSailCapital)) > **Metrics:** 1.1K likes · 72 retweets · 60 comments · 313.3K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-05T12:07:11+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DeepSailCapital/status/2084974495702393244](https://x.com/DeepSailCapital/status/2084974495702393244) > > "It’s wild that Leopold Aschenbrenner worked at FTX, witnessed a company implode under excessive leverage, insider dealing, and poor risk management, seemingly learned nothing from it, and then nearly blew up Situational Awareness with excessive leverage and poor risk management" ### Post #2 by @CoinMarketCap > **Author:** CoinMarketCap ([@CoinMarketCap](https://x.com/CoinMarketCap)) > **Metrics:** 129 likes · 19 retweets · 40 comments · 60.5K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-05T00:12:11+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CoinMarketCap/status/2084794558819238169](https://x.com/CoinMarketCap/status/2084794558819238169) > **Visual Note:** A federal appeals court upheld Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction, ruling FTX customers were defrauded when their funds were transferred to Alameda. This image shows Sam Bankman-Fried, the central figure in the fraud case. > > "LATEST: A federal appeals court upheld Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud conviction, ruling FTX customers "were defrauded as soon as" he transferred their funds to Alameda — regardless of his stated intent to repay them." ### Post #3 by @zeroxkyle > **Author:** Kyle ([@zeroxkyle](https://x.com/zeroxkyle)) > **Metrics:** 44 likes · 2 retweets · 7 comments · 10.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-08-05T01:11:32+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/zeroxkyle/status/2084809497739137073](https://x.com/zeroxkyle/status/2084809497739137073) > **Visual Note:** A screenshot of news headlines in all caps, reading: "SITUATIONAL AWARENESS HAD 'NO LIMITS' ON LEVERAGE OR POSITION SIZES," a warning about 'HUBRIS' before the $45B AI fund collapse, and notes that the founder Aschenbrenner withheld monthly performance updates. > > "he worked at FTX's fund and learnt from the best, after all" ### Post #4 by @biren888 > **Author:** biren888.eth ([@biren888](https://x.com/biren888)) > **Metrics:** 16 likes · 0 retweets · 18 comments · 668 views > **Posted:** 2026-08-05T13:34:29+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/biren888/status/2084996467295695219](https://x.com/biren888/status/2084996467295695219) > **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample] > > "链上时代,谁在裸泳? 2026 年中,写给每一个还在这个行业里的人 各位 Builder、Degen、Ser,还有屏幕前刚被今天这根针爆了仓正在抽烟冷静的朋友们: 今天我们聊一个很实在的话题——这个行业到底在发生什么,以及你我在这个局里的位置。 一、CEX 的时代结束了 先讲个笑话。 2022 年,FTX" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*