Crypto Kingpins
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11 Episoder
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Introducing - Homegrown: OKC
Publisert: 6.3.2024 -
Bonus #2: CZ Pleads Guilty - The End of the Road for the Crypto Kingpins?
Publisert: 20.12.2023 -
Bonus #1: Courtroom Bombshells - An Update from Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial
Publisert: 26.10.2023 -
Episode 6: Kill Shot
Publisert: 3.10.2023 -
Episode 5: The Island Cowboy
Publisert: 3.10.2023 -
Episode 4: Coming to America
Publisert: 26.9.2023 -
Episode 3: The Wild East
Publisert: 26.9.2023 -
Episode 2: Money and a Hat
Publisert: 18.9.2023 -
Episode 1: Silicon Valley Nerds
Publisert: 18.9.2023 -
Introducing: Crypto Kingpins
Publisert: 14.9.2023
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Once upon a time, there were two titans of the crypto industry: Sam Bankman-Fried, the child of Stanford professors and founder of FTX, and Changpeng Zhao, the nomadic founder of Binance. The pair were the faces of crypto, generating billion-dollar fortunes comparable to the likes of Elon Musk and Bill Gates. That is, until their rivalry threatened to burn the entire industry to the ground.For years, the pair had waged a cold war as Sam fought to unseat Zhao, or CZ, and dominate the industry. Then, last year, CZ fired a warning shot: one that would send FTX into a downward spiral, and reveal what prosecutors describe as a staggering $8bn fraud at the heart of Sam’s empire. Now, as Sam potentially faces decades in prison, journalist Tom Wright has been investigating the hidden origins of his feud with CZ – starting with a key witness: CZ himself.