There has been a lot of news coverage on Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX disaster and all the pieces that led to its final meltdown. Mark Goodwin is the writer of the newly released article covering all the ins and outs of this major financial news story. And we cover it all in this episode.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Mark's thoughts on the cover of the Magazine.
05:35 - The timeline of FTX's founding.
09:59 - SBFs network and how was it even possible.
25:28 - Why and how SBF donated to 456 individual political campaigns.
31:36 - Where did 80,394 Bitcoin go in the Luna Foundation?
39:09 - Who was Nikolai Mushegian and why is he important?
01:00:57 - The current digital dollar pilot program with the FED of New York and BNY Mellon.
01:03:43 - Mark's thoughts on everything being about the dollar vs Bitcoin.
Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
- Mark Goodwin's Article about SBF and FTX.
- Mark Goodwin's Twitter.
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