The Network Behind FTX with Marty Bent & Michael Krieger

Unlimited Hangout with Whitney Webb

Mary Bent and Mike Krieger join Whitney to unravel the network behind the meteoric rise of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX and what was actually going on at the company. The discussion goes far beyond the obvious fraud at FTX and looks at the networks that brought Bankman-Fried to power and were using him as a front for a dangerous agenda.

Originally published 11/22/22. Show notes Follow Guests: Marty Bent on Twitter
Michael Krieger on Twitter

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Chapters

1. FTT Coin (00:00:00)

2. Worse than Enron (00:13:23)

3. Caroline Ellison (00:20:44)

4. Senate Legislation (00:27:18)

5. Crypto regulation (00:31:21)

6. "Everything app" (00:34:28)

7. Narrative control (00:43:32)

8. SBF's father (00:49:03)

9. Effective Altruism (00:54:20)

10. MacAskill (01:00:26)

11. Jane Street (01:06:11)

12. SBF and EA (01:09:28)

13. MacAskill groomed SBF (01:15:50)

14. EA movement (01:23:31)

15. SBF funding Propublica and The Intercept (01:29:39)

16. Investigation into FTX (01:39:50)