Episode description
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO and founder of FTX, explains FTX’s sports-centric advertising model and talks about what is on his regulatory wish list going forward. Show highlights:
why Sam is so excited to bring Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen onto the FTX team
how FTX decides on who to sponsor
why so many of FTX’s sponsorship are targeting US customers
what makes the sports industry such an attractive place to advertise for FTX
how FTX’s tokenized stocks work
what Sam learned from the GameStop/Robinhood situation
what makes FTX’s tokenized stocks different from Binance’s offering
how FTX is dealing with regulatory obstacles
what item is on the top of Sam’s regulatory wishlist
whether FTT is a security
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Episode Links
Sam Bankman-Fried
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda
Previous Unchained appearance: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-gamestop-insanity-is-so-similar-to-crypto/
FTX
Website: https://ftx.com
Carbon credits: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/ftx-bitmex-to-become-carbon-neutral
Tokenized Stocks
FTX guidelines: https://help.ftx.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051229472-Tokenized-Stocks
CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-follows-binances-lead-with-move-into-tokenized-stocks
FTX Sports Deals
NBA: https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-miami-heat-nfts
Tom Brady: https://decrypt.co/74771/tom-brady-and-gisele-bundchen-invest-in-ftx
TSM FTX: https://www.sporttechie.com/tsm-esports-signs-210-million-sponsorship-with-ftx-crypto-exchange
MLB: https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-sponsors-mlb-umpires-to-wear-crypto-exchanges-logo
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