Sam Trabucco is a crypto quantitative trader who previously served as co-CEO of Alameda Research, stepping down from that role in August 2022. Sam Trabucco's Twitter Score is 382 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #624 (top 0.5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Sam Trabucco previously worked at Alameda Research as co-chief executive officer alongside Caroline Ellison, and was formerly affiliated with FTX. Alameda Research was a cryptocurrency quantitative trading firm whose strategies included arbitrage, market making, yield farming, and volatility trading. On November 11, 2022, FTX announced that related businesses including Alameda Research had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Sam Trabucco subsequently reached a legal settlement: per 2024 court documents, he agreed to surrender assets providing approximately $80 million in value to FTX debtors. The same settlement materials disclosed that his Alameda compensation had included $20 million in cash, tokens, and equity. Sam Trabucco's account has 151,181 followers as of October 2026 and has published 3,784 posts, and has been mentioned by 290 accounts a total of 545 times.
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