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Feb 2023
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In The Naked Emperor journalist Jacob Silverman explains how Sam Bankman-Fried built and destroyed FTX, a multi-billion dollar crypto currency empire. Who helped? Who was hurt? And will anything change following one of the most stunning financial collapses in modern history?


The Naked Emperor is season 1 of Understood from the CBC. All episodes are available now.

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