BTC118: Deep Dive Aftermath of SBF and the FTX Disaster w/ Mark Goodwin (Bitcoin Podcast)
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Stig Brodersen
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
There has been a lot of news coverage on Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX disaster and all the pieces that led to its final meltdown. Mark Goodwin is the writer of the newly released article covering all the ins and outs of this major financial news story. And we cover it all in this episode.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Mark's thoughts on the cover of the Magazine.
05:35 - The timeline of FTX's founding.
09:59 - SBFs network and how was it even possible.
25:28 - Why and how SBF donated to 456 individual political campaigns.
31:36 - Where did 80,394 Bitcoin go in the Luna Foundation?
39:09 - Who was Nikolai Mushegian and why is he important?
01:00:57 - The current digital dollar pilot program with the FED of New York and BNY Mellon.
01:03:43 - Mark's thoughts on everything being about the dollar vs Bitcoin.
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
- Mark Goodwin's Article about SBF and FTX.
- Mark Goodwin's Twitter.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:02.7 | Hey everyone, welcome to this Wednesday's release of the Bitcoin Fundamentals podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | Boy, there has been a lot of news coverage on Sam Bankman-Freed and at the FTX disaster |
| 0:13.1 | and all the pieces that led to its final meltdown. |
| 0:16.7 | But it's been a little bit of time and a lot more facts have been learned about everything |
| 0:21.6 | that's happened. |
| 0:22.9 | More importantly, what are the broader themes and key interests that are materializing |
| 0:28.2 | from the government, big banks, the crypto exchanges and other key players that were all involved? |
| 0:34.5 | Well to cover that topic and much more is the editorial director for the print Bitcoin |
| 0:39.7 | magazine, Mr. Mark Goodwin. |
| 0:42.5 | Mark is the writer of the newly released article covering all the ins and outs of this major |
| 0:47.9 | financial news story and we cover it all in this episode. |
| 0:52.1 | So sit back and get ready to hear some interesting and crazy stories. |
| 1:00.3 | You're listening to Bitcoin Fundamentals by the Investors Podcast Network. |
| 1:05.8 | Now for your host Preston Pish. |
| 1:18.9 | Hey everyone, welcome to the show. I'm here with Mark Goodwin. Mark, welcome to the Investors |
| 1:23.3 | Podcast and Bitcoin Fundamentals. |
| 1:25.6 | Thank you Preston. |
| 1:26.6 | It's absolutely honor to be here. |
| 1:28.1 | Huge fan of the podcast. |
| 1:29.3 | You guys always have amazing guests. |
| 1:31.5 | Super happy to be here representing Bitcoin Mag and thanks so much Preston for having me. |
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