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Sam Bankman-Fried

FTX: exchange-token + ecosystem-flywheel model (and its collapse)

Founder of FTX and Alameda Research whose cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in 2022 in one of the largest financial frauds in US history.

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10 May 2026
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