--- title: "We’re Obsessed With Caroline Ellison’s Diary Being Evidence in the FTX Case" description: "If you thought Caroline Ellison's tumblr was salacious, just wait until the public gets a look at her personal diary." date: "2023-05-24" modified: "2023-05-24" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/caroline-ellison-diary" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Future Society" tags: - "caroline ellison" - "ftx" - "sam bankman-fried" - "the digest" --- # We’re Obsessed With Caroline Ellison’s Diary Being Evidence in the FTX Case ![If you thought Caroline Ellison's tumblr was salacious, just wait until the public gets a look at her personal diary.]() *\Image: Caroline Ellison\* ## Exes and Ohs In one of the strangest cases in financial history, a key figure is a millennial who used to blog about her love life — so naturally, we're morbidly fascinated to see what's inside her diary, which is apparently a key piece of evidence in the upcoming trial. As the [*New York Times* reports](), federal prosecutors purportedly have a "mountain" of evidence in their case against FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who's being accused of everything from defrauding investors to campaign finance violations. According to the *NYT*'s sources close to the matter, the trove of documents prosecutors are wading through ahead of Bankman-Fried's October trial is among the largest ever collected in a white-collar securities case. And nestled in that mountain of evidence? A small black notebook that belonged to Ellison that was reportedly a diary of sorts. Per three sources familiar with the soon-to-be-infamous diary, Ellison recorded daily observations in it, and although those sources remained mum on their contents, another admission — about evidence in which the Alameda Research CEO "expressed personal and professional resentment" — makes us very intrigued to see what's in it. ## Blog About It Of all the figures involved in FTX's downfall, details about Ellison have stood out for their degree of personality and unusual, though so far we've only had tidbits to go off. Unearthed last November, a [Tumblr blog that very likely to have belonged to Ellison]() makes reference to a sort of Machiavellian style of polyamory lend credence to the theory that she, Bankman-Fried, and others within the FTX sphere in the Bahamas might have been romantically or sexually involved. "When I first started my foray into poly, I thought of it as a radical break from my trad past, but \[to be honest\] I've come to decide the only acceptable style of poly is best characterized as something like 'imperial Chinese harem,'" the since-deleted blog reads. "None of this non-hierarchical bullshit; everyone should have a ranking of their partners, people should know where they fall on the ranking, and there should be vicious power struggles for the higher ranks." If that's the sort of content that was on her blog, maybe we'll finally get some clarity from her diary — and we, for one, can't wait. **More on FTX:** [*SBF and Friends Apparently Joked About Their "Tendency to Lose Track of Millions of Dollars in Assets"*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()