I don’t have much hope that the charity side of things could have influenced FTX to be less risky—from what I can tell, a high tolerance for risk was core to their business practices. I just think it could have given EA folks who aren’t crypto-savvy a lot more sobriety around FTX’s relationship to EA and make them consider the potential downsides of taking FTX funding. It also would have helped in the media/reputation fallout if the donor evaluator I have in mind would have clearly labeled FTX as risky or having withheld information.
Independent of this particular case to mitigate against, I also think such a donor catalog and evaluation system would be a benefit to the community, as a sort of one-stop shop for potential grantees to learn about their options for seeking funding.
I don’t have much hope that the charity side of things could have influenced FTX to be less risky—from what I can tell, a high tolerance for risk was core to their business practices. I just think it could have given EA folks who aren’t crypto-savvy a lot more sobriety around FTX’s relationship to EA and make them consider the potential downsides of taking FTX funding. It also would have helped in the media/reputation fallout if the donor evaluator I have in mind would have clearly labeled FTX as risky or having withheld information.
Independent of this particular case to mitigate against, I also think such a donor catalog and evaluation system would be a benefit to the community, as a sort of one-stop shop for potential grantees to learn about their options for seeking funding.