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An Examination of the FTX/Alameda Collapse with Chris Sullivan (WiM238)

The "What is Money?" Show

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Is FTX a Ponzi Ponzi?

This is on the back of obviously, Terra Luna, Celsius, all these other collapses we've seen this year. Like Terra Luna, for lack of better word was a fancy Ponzi anyways, right? But it got attacked and then had a run. They didn't defraud anyone. The algorithm that tied to the token was just a bad way to do things. It's not the user base fault for being dumb or stupid. Maybe on Celsius, maybe on Luna, they should have, you know, buyer beware. On this specific instance, I think that it just highlights all of the risks of centralization, all in one.

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