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FTX Wasn’t a Ponzi Scheme but a Real Business: Said American Author


Oct, 02, 2023
< 1 min read
by CoinEdition
FTX Takes Legal Action: Sues Ex-Clinton Aide Firm K5 Global for $700M
  • Michael Lewis, American author and financial journalist, said FTX wasn’t a Ponzi scheme and had “great real business.”
  • SBF was planning to pay Donald Trump $5 billion to not run for president.
  • Lewis said that FTX’s fall was due to a financial collapse.

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX wasn’t a Ponzi scheme and had great real business, according to best-selling American author Michael Lewis. In an interview with CBS News, Lewis shared his stories of meeting FTX’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, and claimed that people were “misreading him.”

Lewis stated that FTX’s fall was a “financial collapse” and said, “If no one had ever cast aspersions on the business, if there hadn’t been a run on customer deposits, they’d still be sitting there making tons of money.”

Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly gave multi-million dollars to support Republican candidates and was one of Joe Biden’s biggest donors. Moreover, he allegedly cornered over $100 million in customer funds for political reasons.

In the interview, Lewis stated that SBF was considering paying Donald Trump $5 billion not to run for president. The reason why SBF didn’t go through wit…

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MainNewsFTX Wasn’t a...

FTX Wasn’t a Ponzi Scheme but a Real Business: Said American Author


Oct, 02, 2023
< 1 min read
by CoinEdition
FTX Takes Legal Action: Sues Ex-Clinton Aide Firm K5 Global for $700M
  • Michael Lewis, American author and financial journalist, said FTX wasn’t a Ponzi scheme and had “great real business.”
  • SBF was planning to pay Donald Trump $5 billion to not run for president.
  • Lewis said that FTX’s fall was due to a financial collapse.

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX wasn’t a Ponzi scheme and had great real business, according to best-selling American author Michael Lewis. In an interview with CBS News, Lewis shared his stories of meeting FTX’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, and claimed that people were “misreading him.”

Lewis stated that FTX’s fall was a “financial collapse” and said, “If no one had ever cast aspersions on the business, if there hadn’t been a run on customer deposits, they’d still be sitting there making tons of money.”

Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly gave multi-million dollars to support Republican candidates and was one of Joe Biden’s biggest donors. Moreover, he allegedly cornered over $100 million in customer funds for political reasons.

In the interview, Lewis stated that SBF was considering paying Donald Trump $5 billion not to run for president. The reason why SBF didn’t go through wit…

The post FTX Wasn’t a Ponzi Scheme but a Real Business: Said American Author appeared first on Coin Edition.

Read the article at CoinEdition