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Erik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers’ Assets - Ep. 419

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift, and Jordan Fish, aka Cobie, crypto investor and host of UpOnly, talk about the collapse of FTX.  Show highlights: the links between FTX and Alameda what kickstarted the blowup of FTX why Erik and Cobie think that Bankman-Fried's behavior was “sociopathic” why the $10 billion hole is so shocking to Cobie considering the advantages that FTX had as a company whether this would have ever happened if the prices hadn’t plummeted in the bear market the tension between advocates of privacy and those who want to limit criminal activity why Erik believes that SBF’s donations to both political parties are bribery whether regulators can prevent an exchange from collapsing whether Changpeng Zhao did a better job at investigating FTX than anyone at the SEC the likelihood that this will result in criminal charges how blockchain technology is the solution to the problem of centralized exchanges doing things in the dark Tether’s decision to freeze USDT owned by FTX Erik’s response to Bitcoin maximalists who say FTX was caused by altcoins whether it is a mistake for exchanges to issue their own tokens how big the contagion could be in the industry why nobody should leave a significant amount of their net worth in a centralized exchange Erik’s message to regulators whether SBF was aligned with the values and the ethos of crypto Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Ava Labs DeFi Saver Erik: Twitter ShapeShift Previous Unchained episodes: Why ShapeShift’s Erik Voorhees Thinks Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism Is Bullshit Shapeshift’s Erik Voorhees on How Crypto Will Separate Money and State Cobie: Twitter Substack UpOnly Previous Unchained episodes: Cobie and Chris Burniske on How to Navigate a Crypto Bear Market Episode Links Previous coverage of Unchained: Sam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC The Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto? FTX Collapse: FTX Tapped Into Customer Accounts to Fund Risky Bets, Setting Up Its Downfall SBF’s video talking to regulators Unchained coverage: FTX May File for Bankruptcy After Binance Walks Off the Deal FTX Needs $8B to Meet Investor Withdrawals: Report Tron Founder Justin Sun Says He Is Working With FTX on a Solution US DOJ Joins SEC and CFTC Probe of FTX FTX-Issued Wrapped Solana Tokens Could Add to DeFi Contagion: wBTC Creator Sequoia Capital Writes Off $214M FTX Investment to Zero Binance’s dropped deal with FTX CZ’s announcement SBF’s announcement Binance’s merkle-tree proof-of-reserves Unchained coverage: Binance Set to Buy FTX Amid Liquidity Crisis SBF’s Net Worth Plummets 94% In One Day: Report There are Rumors that Alameda Went Down With 3AC in Q2 Alameda Owes More Than $30M in DeFi Debt Coinbase and Genesis Declare No Exposure to Collapsing FTX  Binance Might Have Triggered a Liquidity Crisis as FTX’s Main Wallet Lost 290K ETH in Two Days Binance to Liquidate Millions Worth of its FTX’s Token Holdings FTX’s Stablecoin Reserves Hit One-Year Low Alameda’s Balance Sheet Sparks Controversy Crypto regulation Industry Leaders Debate How to Regulate DeFi Bankless debate between SBF and Erik Voorhees  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, this has been the biggest news week in crypto, quite possibly for all of

0:05.5

crypto history.

0:07.1

Sympathies to everyone who has lost money or has had their fun stack or who simply feels

0:11.4

betrayed.

0:12.4

I hope that all of this gets resolved for all of you very quickly.

0:16.9

The Friday show on Unchained is typically a short interview followed by a recap of other

0:20.9

news, but this week we have an hour long discussion between Jordan Fish aka Kobe of up

0:27.4

only TV and Eric Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift.

0:31.5

It's a fantastic discussion unpacking the FTX Fiasco, how this could have happened and

0:36.6

what it all means.

0:38.1

One note that there were some technical difficulties, so Kobe's portion cut out a bit and we didn't

0:43.2

know until after we wrapped.

0:45.2

He was gracious enough to re-record those answers and we did our best to edit it at all

0:49.0

to be as seamless as possible.

0:51.3

After the interview we have a briefer than normal news recap and then a truly special

0:55.7

fun bits.

0:56.7

A stand-up comedy special with comedian and author Ginny Hogan, all about the FTX Binance

1:02.3

drama.

1:03.3

Be sure to listen to the end for that.

1:06.2

Just a quick note before we begin, Unchained is doing its annual survey.

1:10.0

Head to surveymunky.com slash R slash Unchained 2022 to tell us how you think we're doing and

1:15.6

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