FTX Employees Worldwide Learned of Bankruptcy Along With the Public

“We found out on Twitter,” an employee at an FTX subsidiary outside of the U.S. told CoinDesk on the condition of anonymity, fearing retribution. The same person said that FTX’s staff in Turkey had put their salaries and bonuses into the company due to distrust of local banks and inflation of the lira. FTX Turkey has been allowing customers to withdraw some sums in Turkish lira intermittently since Thursday, according to its Twitter posts. “It’s a f**king disaster.”