Risk of Ruin

The Disrespected

May 1, 2023

01:12:42

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Legend of Sam Bankman Freed

2min

The Importance of Being Out on an Island

3min

The Legend of SPF

2min

Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes: A Scam

2min

The PR Aspect of Last Year's News

2min

The SPF Billboard

2min

The Disrespect of a Former President

3min

The Role of Cynicism in the SPF Ponzi Scheme

2min

10.

Mark Zuckerberg's Trash Talk on Twitter

2min

11.

How Gary Wang and Sequoia Met in the Cross-Country Arbitrage

2min

12.

The Implosion of the FTX Exchange

1min

13.

The Unforgiving Events That Followed the FTX Bankruptcy Filing

4min

14.

Silvergate: A Criminal Exchange After FTX Blows Up

2min

15.

The Match Between Silvergate and the Crypto World Was Serendipitous

3min

16.

Silver Gate and the Senn Network

2min

17.

The Silver Gate and Signature Bank

2min

18.

Silver Gate's Compliance First Culture Doesn't Pass the Laugh Test

2min

19.

The Silver Gate: A Silent Killer

2min

20.

Zerohead's Hot Takes on Crypto Bank

2min

21.

Wells Fargo Buys Silvergate Bank

2min

22.

Silvergate: A Criminal Operation

3min

23.

The Future of Cryptocurrency

5min

24.

The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank

5min

25.

The Problem With Bird Scooters

2min

26.

The VC Culture of Silicon Valley

5min

27.

The Rise of the VC Community

2min

28.

The Trash Talk Will Continue in the People Who Love It

4min

29.

How to Channel Your Difference Into an Edge

4min

Marc Cohodes was the subject of the prior episode titled "Life's Too Short." Marc returns to the podcast to talk about figuring out the FTX scheme, using that to short Silvergate, and Signature Banks, and also the banking turmoil that has followed.

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Life's Too Short
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lifes-too-short/id1527018692?i=1000498472731

Odd Lots episode with Sam Bankman-Fried
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-bankman-fried-and-matt-levine-on-how-the/id1056200096?i=1000531062191

Alan Lane on the Pomp Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alan-lane-ceo-of-silvergate-why-bitcoiners-shouldnt/id1434060078?i=1000457223824

Risk of Ruin Newsletter
https://riskofruinpod.substack.com/

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