How Crypto Giant FTX Suddenly Imploded

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🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Once a leader in the world of cryptocurrency, Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX is scrambling for funds. It’s now facing a shortfall of $8 billion after Binance walked away from a rescue attempt. WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff on what this means for the crypto ecosystem. Further Reading: -Tensions Between Crypto Giants FTX, Binance Spill Into Public View -Binance’s Deal for Rival FTX Marks Power Shift Amid Crypto Turmoil -The 30-Year-Old Spending $1 Billion to Save Crypto Further Listening: -The Rise of Binance - And The Effort to Reel it In -The ‘Death Spiral’ of a Stablecoin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How crazy has this week been in the world of cryptocurrencies?
0:09.0	Oh dear God, I raised a glass to all of the crypto reporters who haven't stopped in a week.
0:16.0	This feat of it has surprised everyone.
0:20.0	Things move fast in crypto, but the speed and the depths of the potential bit balls are really...
0:27.0	Like honestly, I think everyone's been surprised by it.
0:31.0	So yeah, it's been a lot.
0:33.0	That's our colleague, Caitlin Ostrov, who covers cryptocurrency.
0:37.0	The reason it's been a crazy week is because one of the biggest names in crypto,
0:41.0	a company called FTX, is imploding.
0:44.0	The FTX, so the brink of collapse, apparently, according to the latest headlines...
0:49.0	Is this the Lehman moment for crypto?
0:51.0	That's the question some in the industry are now asking.
0:54.0	There's leading cryptocurrency exchange FTX faces bankruptcy.
0:58.0	FTX founder Sam Bankman, free to apologize for the chaos that's happening in the crypto industry right now.
1:04.0	No one thought that it was going to fail.
1:08.0	It was a fairly big player in the ecosystem.
1:11.0	So at minimum, it's going to severely damage the cryptocurrency industry for a while.
1:17.0	And we don't know where the tentacles stretch to and where some of the fallout might be.
1:25.0	Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power.
1:30.0	I'm Ryan Knudsen. It's Thursday, November 10th.
1:35.0	Coming up on the show, the surprising and sudden crisis at one of the biggest names in crypto.
1:58.0	The current drama in the crypto world actually involves two companies, FTX and Binance.
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