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Jun 2021
59m 11s

FTX - Building Crypto Exchanges FTX and ...

KEVIN ROSE
About this episode

Kevin chats with FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. FTX is a cryptocurrency exchange that offers derivatives, options, volatility products, and leveraged tokens. Serum, created by FTX, is a decentralized exchange (DEX) and ecosystem that brings unprecedented speed and low transaction costs to decentralized finance. It is built on Solana and is completely permissionless.


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Sam Bankman-Fried (@SBF_Alameda) is the founder and CEO of FTX.


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