Some Alameda Research staff realised FTX had gone down when they tried to order takeout on a company card and it was declined, ex-employee says

• Alameda Research staff tried to order takeout whilst waiting for news about FTX on November 9, 2022. 
• When the transaction was declined employees realized: "Holy shit, the company is probably broke." 
• That's according to Aditya Baradwaj, who was a software engineer at Alameda when FTX collapsed.

Alameda Research staff ordered takeout for dinner on the company card as they waited for news about FTX's survival in November 2022 but the transaction was declined — a sign of the company's impending collapse, The New York Post reported Sunday.