3AC's Kyle Davies on Why He's Crypto's Lloyd Blankfein and Why He's Not Sorry - Ep. 621
Unchained
Laura Shin
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🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Do you disagree? Am I not the Lloyd Blankfarm of crypto in 2022? |
| 0:04.1 | Hey all, this is an interview I did with Kyle Davies, co-founder of the bankrupt |
| 0:08.1 | crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which imploded in June of 2022, owing its creditors over $3 billion. |
| 0:15.0 | Back in 2012, Kyle and his co-founder Sue Ju, who were high school and college |
| 0:19.5 | buddies, started 3acC as an arbitrage shop. |
| 0:23.0 | Turning $1 million into anywhere from what they claimed was $5 billion to $10 billion at 3AC's height. |
| 0:29.2 | In fact, Kita its success was the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Arbitrage trade, creating shares of G. B.C. and then selling |
| 0:36.2 | them after a six-month lockup period since G. B. C. Traded over-the-counter at a hefty |
| 0:41.3 | premium compared to its nav, which was based on the price of |
| 0:44.4 | Bitcoin. However, when that premium switched to a discount in early 2021, suddenly 3AC would lose money |
| 0:51.6 | on that trade. |
| 0:53.0 | Then May 2022 saw the crash of Terra Luna, |
| 0:56.5 | into which 3AC had invested $200 million, |
| 0:59.7 | with their holdings of Luna hitting half a billion dollars |
| 1:02.0 | at their peak. |
| 1:03.0 | At that time, lenders tried to recall some of their loans to 3-AC. |
| 1:07.0 | When the firm could not either repay the loans or post-more collateral, |
| 1:11.0 | some of its lenders went under, such as Voyager, which had lent 3A654 million dollars. |
| 1:17.0 | Three Arrows capital was one of the major dominoes in the Cryptocarnage of 2022, and Kyle and Sue became emblems of an era of excess and direct. of was a lack of cooperation. A few weeks ago Kyle reached out to me wanting to do an interview. |
| 1:35.6 | I was surprised given his history, but welcomed the opportunity to ask him some questions about the past couple |
| 1:41.1 | years. I was dealing with a lot of health issues that week and so I'm grateful to Kyle that he was willing to push our interview from our initially scheduled time. |
| 1:48.0 | And with that, now on to the show. |
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