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Nov 2022
1h 13m

141. FTX: Beyond Ponzi

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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Join us as we take a close look at the amazing series of events in a week in which FTX went from being one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the world, to being exposed as a fraudulent ponzi scheme, and its founder went from being a globally acclaimed & highly politically influential successful genius entrepreneur and philanthropist to a reviled con art ... Show More
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