Collapsed US crypto firm FTX put billions in 3 Kenyan firms

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Disgraced former CEO and founder of collapsed crypto-exchange FTX. AFP PHOTO

Crypto exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research, which have filed for bankruptcy in a United States court, invested billions in at least three Kenyan start-ups in what could throw the young firms into financial wild waters.

Regulatory filings and court papers show that Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed $32 billion crypto empire through investment arm Alameda Research, pumped billions of shillings into local digital finance start-up Mara and remittance company Chipper Cash.

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