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37: Sam Bankman-Fried is Known as Crypto's Bailout King. Is His Own Empire Broke? (w/ Mike Burgersburg)
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37: Sam Bankman-Fried is Known as Crypto's Bailout King. Is His Own Empire Broke? (w/ Mike Burgersburg)
FromScam Economy
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60 minutes
Released:
Nov 7, 2022
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Mike Burgersburg of Dirty Bubble Media joins Scam Economy to talk Sam Bankman-Fried aka SBF, founder of the crypto exchange FTX and the crypto hedge fund Alameda Research. Burgersburg explains to host Matt Binder his recent investigations into SBF's interesting ties with Celsius Network, the failed crypto lender, how FTX propped up Celsius and its CEL token, how Celsius paid FTX with users' assets even after it supposedly froze all of their funds, FTX's own stablecoin FTT, SBF's prominence as the guy who shows up to bailout failing crypto companies, and his report into Alameda and how SBF's entire empire may vey well be insolvent.
Check out Mike Burgersburg's Dirty Bubble Media newsletter to read his reports featured on this episode:
- https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/celsius-liquidated-user-assets-to
- https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/ftxed-the-tangled-ties-of-celsius
- https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/is-alameda-research-insolvent
Coindesk's look into Alameda: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/02/divisions-in-sam-bankman-frieds-crypto-empire-blur-on-his-trading-titan-alamedas-balance-sheet/
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Check out Mike Burgersburg's Dirty Bubble Media newsletter to read his reports featured on this episode:
- https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/celsius-liquidated-user-assets-to
- https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/ftxed-the-tangled-ties-of-celsius
- https://dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/p/is-alameda-research-insolvent
Coindesk's look into Alameda: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/02/divisions-in-sam-bankman-frieds-crypto-empire-blur-on-his-trading-titan-alamedas-balance-sheet/
Visit ScamEconomy.com
Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder
Released:
Nov 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (65)
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