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Former FTX executive explains what everyone doesn't understand about the exchange's meltdown
Season 5 · Episode 87

Former FTX executive explains what everyone doesn't understand about the exchange's meltdown

Zane Tackett is the former head of institutional sales at FTX. In this episode, Tackett recounts his experience working with Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX and explains how the exchange's terms of service blow a hole in SBF's criminal defense. Although SBF clai

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October 5, 202335m 25s

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Zane Tackett is the former head of institutional sales at FTX.

In this episode, Tackett recounts his experience working with Sam Bankman-Fried at FTX and explains how the exchange's terms of service blow a hole in SBF's criminal defense.

Although SBF claims he is not guilty of fraud, Tackett says "it's obvious that he knew what he was doing."


OUTLINE:

00:00 Introduction

03:32 FTX's Business Model

06:56 FTX's Balance Sheet

10:06 Michael Lewis: Going Infinite

11:14 The Real SBF

16:02 FTX 2.0

17:14 FTX Estate Asset Recovery

17:50 FTX Hacked Funds

19:06 Crypto’s Capital Markets

20:54 CeFi vs. DeFI

23:07 Effective Altruism

26:04 SBF Trial

32:57 Closing Thoughts