Crypto-meltdown: The story of Sam Bankman-Fried

Cryptocurrency is having a year from hell.  And it’s been a massive fall - the market capitalisation of the crypto market has fallen from around $US3 trillion last year to around $US 800 billion.  As part of the fall, one of the world’s most famous crypto cowboys came down to earth. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of crypto exchange FTX

We’re joined by Paul Vigna, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal... he’s written a book called The Age of Cryptocurrency.  Paul explains who SBF is, and how he had such a spectacular fall.

In this episode of the Briefing, we look at the rise and fall of the crypto cowboy, Sam Bankman-Fried

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