The Naked Emperor Episode 1: The Hype

The Naked Emperor Episode 1: The Hype

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The Naked Emperor Episode 2: The Beginning of the End

We return to the beginning of Sam Bankman-Fried’s lucrative foray into crypto and ask: how did it all fall apart? Sam Bankman-Fried rose to the top of the crypto world with help from his friends. Gary Wang was a former fellow math-camper and brilliant programmer; Caroline Ellison ...  Show more

The Naked Emperor Episode 3: Busted

In the weeks after FTX filed for bankruptcy Sam stuck to his story: he did not commit fraud. FTX’s post-collapse CEO claimed the company had been a managerial and financial disaster, writing that he had never seen “such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete ...  Show more

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