109 - SBF and the Future of FTX
Bankless14 Mar 2022

109 - SBF and the Future of FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried—or simply SBF—is the founder and CEO of FTX, one of crypto’s biggest exchanges. In this episode, we dive into how Sam built a company worth $30 billion… in less than three years! And before the age of 30!

As a centralized exchange unicorn, FTX has exploded into the mainstream, sponsoring massive sports arenas and partnerships with celebrities like Tom Brady. The mainstream-ification of FTX culminated with its Super Bowl ad with Larry David, which had a significant cultural impact on FTX and crypto more broadly.

Is Sam on Team DeFi? Or is FTX a competitor? And what about banks? SBF also recently appeared in front of Congress. After this discussion, we are increasingly convinced of the alignment between Bankless and SBF.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
5:30 SBF
9:13 Building Successful Products
15:56 Why Sam is in Crypto
20:40 Crypto Values & Opportunity
25:27 Use Cases & Decentralization
31:04 The Future of FTX
37:18 FTX vs DeFi
41:16 SBF’s Preferred Blockchains
45:12 Sam’s Legendary Tweet
53:30 FTX vs Banks
56:46 Regulation
1:03:45 Talking to Congress
1:06:02 Spectrum of Decentralization
1:10:05 Super Bowl Ads
1:16:34 Mainstream Crypto & NFTs
1:21:30 Building Wealth
1:24:45 Giving Everything Away
1:27:45 Crypto Price Predictions
1:31:27 Crypto 5 Years from Now

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Resources:

SBF on Twitter
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX
FTX
https://ftx.com/en
Sam’s Legendary Tweet
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1347964322459262977
FTX Super Bowl Commercial
https://youtu.be/BH5-rSxilxo

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures

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