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The Silver Lining of the FTX Collapse
By Yasmin Sharbaf on November 18, 2022
Crypto Market Musings The impact of the FTX scandal continues to shake the crypto world. The exchange filed for bankruptcy last Friday after its rival Binance stepped back from saving it. And news of FTX’s corruption and bad investments just seems to keep coming. As of this writing, bitcoin is trading below $17,000 and ethereum is trading below $1,200. For the past week, bitcoin, ethereum and other coins have suffered following the FTX…
Crypto Markets Spiral on FTX’s Bankruptcy News
By Vin Narayanan on November 16, 2022
Someday, there will be a Netflix documentary about Sam Bankman-Fried. SBF — as he’s known in crypto circles — was worth more than $14 billion about 10 days ago. Today, the founder and former CEO of popular crypto exchange FTX is bankrupt. SBF’s stunning fall from grace is…
The Early Investing Podcast: Notes From the LA Blockchain Summit
By Early Investing on November 9, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of the FTX crypto exchange and a very popular figure in the crypto community, has lost nearly 94% of his total wealth. FTX was having liquidity problems, so Binance stepped in to acquire the struggling exchange. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index assumes that existing FTX investors…
There Is No Crypto “Contagion”
By Vin Narayanan on July 8, 2022
Crypto Market Musings Crypto’s recent correlation with the stock market is finally paying dividends. The stock market is rallying — and so is crypto. As of this writing, bitcoin is up almost 11% over the last five days and is trading…
Bitcoin Soars Past Altcoins
By Adam Sharp on October 8, 2021
Bitcoin has been beating altcoins over the last few weeks — which is something we haven’t seen in a long time. And I think this trend may continue for a while. We could even get a situation where bitcoin “sucks all the air out of the room,” which…
Keep an Eye on FTX Token
By Adam Sharp on September 10, 2021
FTX Token (FTT) is the native currency of the FTX crypto exchange. FTX is a very fast-growing and profitable exchange founded by 29-year-old billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried. Bankman-Fried is pretty much the Midas of the…