FTX put $500M into Anthropic early. At today’s numbers, that stake would be worth ~$30B. But during bankruptcy they had to sell it for $1.5B. So they locked in profit… yet missed about $28B more upside. Put it in perspective: •FTX bankruptcy hole ≈ $9B •Missed Anthropic upside ≈ $28B One single investment could’ve covered the entire collapse multiple times. Big lesson: Sometimes the worst losses don’t come from bad investments — they come from being forced to sell the good ones too early.
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Wild story of timing and forced selling.
FTX put $500M into Anthropic early.
At today’s numbers, that stake would be worth ~$30B.
But during bankruptcy they had to sell it for $1.5B.
So they locked in profit… yet missed about $28B more upside.
Put it in perspective:
•FTX bankruptcy hole ≈ $9B
•Missed Anthropic upside ≈ $28B
One single investment could’ve covered the entire collapse multiple times.
Big lesson:
Sometimes the worst losses don’t come from bad investments —
they come from being forced to sell the good ones too early.