| Description |
1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 "Unhinged": October 20, 2022 -- A Showdown in D.C. -- Chapter 2 What's Beef? -- Influencer Problems -- The Betrayal -- Chapter 3 House of Cards -- Shifting Feelings on Economics -- Out of Checks and Out of Balance -- Clinging to Corruption -- Chapter 4 Finance Needs an Upgrade -- The Invisible Hand -- Financial Crimes of My Lifetime -- The Revolving Door -- Ulterior Motives -- Chapter 5 What's at Stake? -- Money, Power, and Corruption -- How Crypto Can Help |
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"Code Is Law" in DeFi -- Centralized Finance in Crypto -- Chapter 6 Rugs and Revolutions: A History of Crypto Exchanges -- The Early Days -- A New Generation of Crypto Exchanges -- Crypto Prophets versus Crypto Profiteers -- Chapter 7 SBF: The Man behind the Myth -- Sam's Family -- Effective Altruism (EA) and Political Philanthropy -- Sam's Hypocrisy -- Chapter 8 FTX: A Myth Born in a Bull Market -- The Birth of FTX -- The Bull Run -- The Rise of FTX -- Chapter 9 Bear Market 2022 -- Lunatics -- The Suspects -- Chapter 10 Contagion -- Celsius -- Three Arrows Capital -- The New JP Morgan |
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Unsustainable Yields -- Chapter 11 Scam Bankman Fried -- SBF Exposed -- God Mode -- "Sam Coins" -- Chapter 12 Whistleblowers -- ICP -- NuGenesis -- Warning! -- More Sources -- Chapter 14 A Rival Goes in for the Kill -- Chapter 15 "1) What": The Fall of FTX -- Chapter 16 Hip-Hop Politics -- The Six-Figure NFT -- A Twist of Fate -- A Change of Plans -- Chapter 17 My Trip to the Bahamas -- The Journey Begins -- The Albany -- Chapter 18 Side Quests -- Keyboard Warrior -- Calm before the Storm -- Chapter 19 High Stakes -- Local Politics -- Drawing the Wild Card -- One Last Stop -- Homecoming |
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Chapter 20 Justice? -- Another Change of Plans -- Our Enemies Are Still Human -- Lesson Learned? -- Chapter 21 The Final Showdown -- Aftermath -- The Case -- The Fallout -- Chapter 22 Regulators, Mount Up! -- The Unelected Sheriff -- Binance Takes on the SEC -- Operation Choke Point -- Pulling up the Ladder -- Ideal Vision for Crypto Regulation -- The AI Age -- Hope -- Epilogue: Catching Up with the Bitsquad -- Appendix: Timeline of Events -- Glossary of Terms -- Notes -- Index -- EULA |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
FTX (Firm)
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Cryptocurrencies.
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Financial services industry -- Corrupt practices
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cryptocurrencies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1394210345 |
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9781394210343 |
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