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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cashandcashequivalents....

> Cash and cash equivalents refers to the line item on the balance sheet that reports the value of a company's assets that are cash or can be converted into cash immediately.

> Cash equivalents include bank accounts and marketable securities such as commercial paper and short-term government bonds.

> Cash equivalents should have maturities of three months or less.

Don't know specifics on FTX/Alameda but this is probably normal to a degree for banks/brokers or just any regular business?



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