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4 Key Takeaways from the FTX Fiasco

The real reason why the FTX failure hits so hard is not because the crypto industry was duped, but because it proved that the industry was vulnerable to being duped.

By Sam Kessler

Nov 16, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. UTC

Nov 16, 2022

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Let’s Talk About the New York Times' ‘Puff Piece’ on Sam Bankman-Fried

How complicit is the media in the FTX and Alameda Research co-founder's rise and fall?

By Daniel Kuhn

Nov 15, 2022 at 7:33 p.m. UTC

Nov 15, 2022

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Major League Baseball referees wore FTX-branded kits. (G Fiume/Getty Images)

The Long Arm of FTX

It's hard to overstate how much FTX embedded itself into the broader world. That could drive some of the response to its collapse.

By Nikhilesh De

Nov 15, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. UTC

Nov 15, 2022

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How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Effective’ Altruism Blew Up FTX

The Alameda Research and FTX founder believed he had singular insight into how to fix the world's problems. Instead, he wound up exemplifying them.

By David Z. Morris

Nov 11, 2022 at 5:06 p.m. UTC

Nov 11, 2022

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CDCROP: CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Role Regulators Played in the FTX Fiasco

The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's blockchain empire is a direct result of crypto’s centralized development and lack of U.S. regulations.

By Daniel Kuhn

Nov 10, 2022 at 7:33 p.m. UTC

Nov 10, 2022

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What Bitcoin’s Inflation Hedge Narrative Needs: More Time

Whether or not Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are long-term inflation hedges and a store of value or simply a “risk-on” speculative assets preferred in times when bond yields are unattractive is yet to be perfectly understood.

By Jackson Wood

Nov 10, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. UTC

Nov 10, 2022