How Sam Bankman-Fried Built a $40 Billion House of Cards

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  • @masiosareiii4915
    @masiosareiii4915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    -Create an exchange
    -Create a token for your exchange
    -Pump that token
    -Borrow real assets with that fake money.
    -Now you are a Ponzi billionaire.

    • @globalismoblackman
      @globalismoblackman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well described mate lol 😂😂😂🤣

    • @jonasbaine3538
      @jonasbaine3538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Squid game coin 😂

    • @yuanruichen2564
      @yuanruichen2564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      All finance is Ponzi, but some is Ponzier

    • @danb5595
      @danb5595 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one cared to understand what a coin or token is or isn’t. Just influenced by idiots to give up their money

    • @teaguejelinek4038
      @teaguejelinek4038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Too lazy. I'll just die poor it's not too bad.

  • @ThomasWSmith-wm5xn
    @ThomasWSmith-wm5xn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    He did the absolute opposite of his pledge.
    Instead of giving away his wealth, he burned others.

    • @dennisfahey2379
      @dennisfahey2379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Monty Python's "Dennis Moore" - "He steals from the poor and gives to the rich! - Stupid B_tch!"

    • @Chris-ey8zf
      @Chris-ey8zf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      No he absolutely gave it away, just not in the way people assumed! He gave it away to all his friends (and himself) by stealing everything and then flying to Argentina.

    • @1800cc-Dead-Meat
      @1800cc-Dead-Meat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      New tech, old story.
      POOOF
      It was all hocus-pocus to begin with.

    • @snooganslestat2030
      @snooganslestat2030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hope no one is actually shocked it was bs.

    • @americanbobtail1
      @americanbobtail1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Chris-ey8zf - Did he fly to Argentina or did his plane fly to Argentina. The reason I am saying that is Argentina has an extradition treaty with the United States. It may have been a diversion tactic and he is already in a country without an extradition treaty with the United States.

  • @Thx1138sober
    @Thx1138sober 2 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Now that I'm old retired and of very moderate means, I'm so happy that I invested in my family, my health and my community instead of nonsense.

    • @danb5595
      @danb5595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Got a new coin called bankrupt coin if you are ever interested. Younger generations are learning what a Ponzi is.

    • @nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384
      @nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Amen. We need to get people off social media and create healthy local communities. That is the only way to live a happy life. Take care of your fellow humans and live a peaceful life.

    • @blasphemynbagels9324
      @blasphemynbagels9324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@danb5595 if you say I won't lose any money I'm im

    • @massimo931
      @massimo931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 BEWARE of people taking care of human fellows. SBF was apparently one of them.

    • @piccalillipit9211
      @piccalillipit9211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danb5595 - Ive been watching Downton Abby, set in the 1920's - cos Im sad - the guy that owns the castle has already lost one fortune and been bailed out by the family, now he wants to invest with Charles Ponzi. The conversations were JUST like the Cryrop Bro's of today. Its everyone else that is stupid and just does not "get it".

  • @scientificapproach6578
    @scientificapproach6578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Next:
    1. Dies of a mysterious cause
    2. No autopsy
    3. No burial site

    • @nosuchthing8
      @nosuchthing8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like the Canadian scam

  • @AlwyneAvinash
    @AlwyneAvinash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    People who steal a couple thousand dollars are called thieves and imprisoned, but people who steal billions of dollars become celebrities enjoying retirement in a hamlet

  • @GeeCoach35
    @GeeCoach35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    When I want a business story explained clearly, I come here. Was waiting for this one.

    • @gregorysagegreene
      @gregorysagegreene 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fraud, mania, and stupidity yet again repeated in history is not 'business'.

    • @michaeladams8578
      @michaeladams8578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this guy thinks brokerages are holding people's stocks lol

    • @mickflahr9702
      @mickflahr9702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      💯

  • @josyjosy7495
    @josyjosy7495 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    The worst of the worst is: scammers get away with the mega destructions they cause, and others learn from it. More and more people glorify evil and lucrative acts, even take it as a career path. Some ppl will go to hell for sure with the damage they did to innocent people. Scamming is not an IQ competition , it s a sin.

    • @stevefan8283
      @stevefan8283 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      why do you still naively think there are evil and justice in this world, wake the f up, join the revolution

    • @lokyinphotography
      @lokyinphotography 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Usually people invest because they want their money to multiply. And they're being scam it's because they're being greedy period.
      It's just the big fish knows how to eat small fish and the small fish just being baits.

    • @blasphemynbagels9324
      @blasphemynbagels9324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Our entire country is based of scams and stealing easiest way to money without working

    • @blasphemynbagels9324
      @blasphemynbagels9324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Logically speaking if you are making ludicrous amounts of money without working that means someone else is doing the work and your money is taken directly from them

    • @ryandgarland
      @ryandgarland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The problem with this scammer is that he was wealthy to start and his family has deep political ties. So even people without money in FTX get scammed, because our government gave to money to FTX through roundabout deals with foreign nations such as Ukraine putting money in FTX from US government aid.

  • @ChopsticksKilla
    @ChopsticksKilla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    The thing is he didn’t build it “all by himself.” A lot of shady connections

    • @teaguejelinek4038
      @teaguejelinek4038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Such a good point. There's people sweating right now hoping everyone focuses on the front man.

    • @Sarah-ft8jr
      @Sarah-ft8jr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe that’s the case with a lot of things. For example Face book. Mark was just the front man and the government were behind it.

  • @obsideon1343
    @obsideon1343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    Everyone is a genius in a bull market.

    • @-TheOracle-
      @-TheOracle- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is the bear and grin it market that makes people good scratch.

    • @christopherraymond4826
      @christopherraymond4826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ... everyone is a genius in a bullshit...market...

    • @obsideon1343
      @obsideon1343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christopherraymond4826 Same difference

    • @PaintballVideosNet
      @PaintballVideosNet 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, I hate this guy so much. Not necessarily for my monetary loss, but the sheer arrogance.

    • @keithjackson4985
      @keithjackson4985 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol 😆 🤣 😂

  • @chessdad182
    @chessdad182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    It wouldn't surprise me if he had billions hidden overseas.

    • @bigkahunaburger5185
      @bigkahunaburger5185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Probably in US dollars.

    • @unicorn.julia2383
      @unicorn.julia2383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes cause he a genius.

    • @Distinctions
      @Distinctions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      His cronies just “hacked” fix and siphoned off 600 million dollars

    • @yuanruichen2564
      @yuanruichen2564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@unicorn.julia2383 and a ju

    • @PeacockRhino
      @PeacockRhino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I suppose it depends how much of his wealth was in the FTX share price.

  • @Prospektism
    @Prospektism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Dude literally admit his business was a scam on one meeting with investors, and yet he still ran the company for 6 months

  • @johnpatrick1588
    @johnpatrick1588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Celebrity endorsements are often a red flag. Celebrity restaurants are usually overrated and overpriced and don't forget about the $250 sneakers endorsed by celebrities. The list is endless.

    • @EngineerDJ_Julius
      @EngineerDJ_Julius 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guy Fieri is probably the only exception

  • @victorugo3875
    @victorugo3875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "They appear to have been joined by the hip..." 😂
    I see what you did there.

  • @karlosm2730
    @karlosm2730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    That 8% almost caught me. Then I realized, if it sounds too good to be true...

    • @michalsladek8809
      @michalsladek8809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      exactly, huge red flag

    • @1greenMitsi
      @1greenMitsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      whatabout ppl believing 20% apy from luna was normal 😂

    • @bernardwatkins1759
      @bernardwatkins1759 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      8% is not too good to be true. At&t pays a dividend yield of 7%....sbf was gambling with other people money. That's why it collapsed.

    • @jcsjcs2
      @jcsjcs2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bernardwatkins1759 Risk free 8% is too good to be true in a 0% interest environment. Especially if there is not a single company behind it that would be creating something of value -- like communication services. It was just one huge bag of inflated vapor.

    • @bernardwatkins1759
      @bernardwatkins1759 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jcsjcs2 these exchanges make money on every buy or sell trade. If you're one of the top exchanges, you have massive volume and you're making a killing. At least in the bull run. In a bear market volume dries up.

  • @khathaway414
    @khathaway414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Just remember "If it looks to good too be true it probably is".

  • @joannemeeks745
    @joannemeeks745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I don't think any of the exchanges are safe. If everyone tries to pull money out of them, you have a "bank run."

    • @aristideau5072
      @aristideau5072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pretty sure most exchanges don't operate like banks (as explained at around 12:00 in video, also I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that banks lend out $10 for every $1 that they have in actual cash deposits).
      It's only because FTX used customer funds to make risky bets with Alameda that they got in trouble. If FTX just adhered to simply charging trading fees when buying and selling coins they would have been OK.

    • @tensevo
      @tensevo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think a consortium of BNB holders would be able to bring down Binance too, if they were coordinated in selling.

    • @reddragonflyxx657
      @reddragonflyxx657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      An exchange like this is supposed to be fully backed. They aren't a bank, so they're just holding on to customer money.

  • @seank3548
    @seank3548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    There was also a lot of bad blood between SBF and binance CEO CZ, SBF had taken shots at him on twitter and also lobbied against him in DC. Not sure CZ meant to completely kill the company but he knew what he was doing when he dumped those tokens..

    • @obsideon1343
      @obsideon1343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Oh he meant too.

    • @SmokeBurp
      @SmokeBurp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      When you pull the rug out all at once you’re hoping to do the worst

    • @LaGrandeBayou
      @LaGrandeBayou 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wows! The jewish stooge behind FTX was Laundering billions in Ukrainian fronted American Cash via a jewish Ukrainian billionaires bank with the blessings of the jewish president of Ukraine Puppetskyy who was installed by yet another jewishOligarch Ihor Koylomoyski.
      At least the ChildSexTrafficing and Drug Money Laundering operations weren’t affected.

    • @laowai2000
      @laowai2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Let's not blame CZ. Full responsibility should lie with SBF.

    • @CaptainNippon
      @CaptainNippon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      CZ made the right move, he protected Binance and his customers, now just imagine if CZ didn't do that? SBF and his gang committed fraud, and sooner or later the world would know of this.

  • @alfiey5783
    @alfiey5783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I wonder how his parents feel…. His parents are law profs at university and how their students will look at them. For their son stealing.

    • @fourshore502
      @fourshore502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      his parents probably encouraged him, they are probably in on the scam. they are quite sus themselves.

    • @PeacockRhino
      @PeacockRhino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They’re law professors which might come in handy for him if he wants to avoid a long time in federal prison for fraud!

    • @carlmorgan8452
      @carlmorgan8452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doubt it . Compound having an orgy in Bahamas on stolen 💰. Nothing to see here ....... generation X succeeding in failure again.

    • @johnstickles6789
      @johnstickles6789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Birds of a feather flock together......lmao

    • @Misaka-gt5yj
      @Misaka-gt5yj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If any of you paid attention to the Bahamas meeting with Sam, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, you would immediately realize the simiarity with Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes AND you wouldn't be asking such a redundantly stupid question.
      Just like Sam, Elizabath got her professor in on the venture way before it was exposed.
      Imagine thinking there's no similarity in script whatsoever.

  • @WiCapitalco
    @WiCapitalco 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thanks for always providing high quality content

  • @bigkahunaburger5185
    @bigkahunaburger5185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    It seems like he did the same thing banks do, there was just no regulation. Banks take in deposits and ‘siphon’ a percentage of those deposits off to offer riskier loans. If those loans go bad and end up bankrupting the bank, the depositors are left holding the bag, but there are rules to how much banks can ‘siphon’ off for loans and there is FDIC insurance to cover depositors if banks fail.

    • @bigkahunaburger5185
      @bigkahunaburger5185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@chrispaul1117 Exactly! There are regulations and safeguards in place that do not allow banks to offer unrealistic yields. If there were no regulations, I’m sure there would be banks offering higher “safe” yields while taking more risk under the surface.

    • @davidng2699
      @davidng2699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Banks also check for good collateral before they lend out money

    • @Scorpia161
      @Scorpia161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      'it seems like he did the same thing banks do except for the clear, legally enforced differences between the two'

    • @thewonderingbuddhist6123
      @thewonderingbuddhist6123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least chris paul is right

    • @life_of_riley88
      @life_of_riley88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Banks don't work like that AT ALL anymore. In fact, banks are required to have ZERO reserve assets now. They don't have anything more than $250k if something goes wrong. They're just a front for the Federal Reserve.

  • @Prolificposter
    @Prolificposter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Being that he showed up on CNBC, when it all shakes out, will this be an “American Greed” episode? Asking for a friend.

    • @delinquense
      @delinquense 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope so. And an episode for Mark Cuban and Mr. Wonderful as well.

    • @vertz4545
      @vertz4545 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A 2 parter hopefully

    • @starrababy31
      @starrababy31 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope so

    • @pavlestanimirovic6704
      @pavlestanimirovic6704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Working on it now

  • @michaelhensley8203
    @michaelhensley8203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Forgot to add $600M of customer coins were stolen TODAY and Sam is in Argentina!!

    • @alquinn8576
      @alquinn8576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      SBF is in Bahamas and Caroline was last seen en route to Dubai from Hong Kong, according to the internet

    • @carlmorgan8452
      @carlmorgan8452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They will look ..... way .... cuter behind bars. Thieves are on the run?

    • @youtbe999
      @youtbe999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@carlmorgan8452 Brandon to the rescue. No worries.

    • @TheFrenchPug
      @TheFrenchPug 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No he's not. Catch up on the latest.

    • @thoughtsofalostoneofalosto2591
      @thoughtsofalostoneofalosto2591 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@youtbe999 🤣🤣🤣✌❤✊

  • @fluxbios
    @fluxbios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Playing Jenga with a jenga tower that was literally on fire with a massive influx of termites

  • @Nobodyofimportance2u
    @Nobodyofimportance2u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I think about 50% of the market is comprised of valuations just as crazy as this

    • @roseoverdose6451
      @roseoverdose6451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think there's about a 10% chance your comment is accurate.

    • @cheesesniper473
      @cheesesniper473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Works 50% of the time, all the time.

    • @Zb_Calisthenic
      @Zb_Calisthenic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When the tether bomb explodes BTC to 2k eth 150$

    • @AnhNguyen-hn9vj
      @AnhNguyen-hn9vj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      possibly that's how wall street and stock worked. lol fake companies with fake investment and fake bankruptcy. lol

  • @jdsguam
    @jdsguam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I thought these exchanges looked pretty damn shady back in July and so I moved everything to cold storage.

    • @shauna996
      @shauna996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you going to sell everything now? How would you sell everything if you’re worried about everything dropping 90+%.

    • @jdsguam
      @jdsguam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shauna996 I'm not worried. I have no plans to sell until it makes financial sense to do so. Could be this time next year with any luck.

    • @Sarah-ft8jr
      @Sarah-ft8jr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My brother in law has a new. wallet called StrikeX . Please look into it

    • @jdsguam
      @jdsguam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Sarah-ft8jr My brother in law's brother in law said not to look into it.

    • @jmsjms296
      @jmsjms296 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jdsguam LOL

  • @exoticbutters2781
    @exoticbutters2781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    His name is now Sam Bankrupt-Fried.

    • @gregorysagegreene
      @gregorysagegreene 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They should make a new movie
      about how he split the Pina Colada atom.
      ... 'Young Madoff'.

    • @toolegittoquit_001
      @toolegittoquit_001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bankrupt-fraud

  • @susancorgi
    @susancorgi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    It's absurd how many ppl blame CZ (dumping FTT) for SBF's scam. Anybody would sell the shit coin once they knew it's shit. Wouldn't you?

    • @tensevo
      @tensevo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      interesting how binance now restrict withdrawls, and they operate similar to FTX.

    • @bigkahunaburger5185
      @bigkahunaburger5185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Insider trading by Binance?

    • @ilikenicethings
      @ilikenicethings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But when Binance/CZ decided to sell their FTT tokens, did they really have to tweet about it?

    • @svda814
      @svda814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bigkahunaburger5185 they didn’t buy anything tho

    • @vjbk1587
      @vjbk1587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn right!

  • @Kier4n99
    @Kier4n99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This + Patrick Boyle's video = full knowledge of the situation. Thank you

    • @ZanathKariashi
      @ZanathKariashi ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, I dunno why WSM skipped out on the sultry wood nymphs. It's critical to understand the case.

  • @kondor9998
    @kondor9998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    You had me at “8% yield”. Scam.

    • @shauncoptcoat9378
      @shauncoptcoat9378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If it sounds too good to be true, it is

    • @mortalstorm
      @mortalstorm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bernie was guaranteeing 10% and that was when prevailing interest rates were much higher than the ones available when sbf made the offer.

    • @kondor9998
      @kondor9998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mortalstorm Exactly. Why give anyone 8% under those conditions??

  • @nikitakucherov5028
    @nikitakucherov5028 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When your crazy uncle borrows $300 for groceries but instead loses at the local casino 🎰

  • @PInk77W1
    @PInk77W1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    “If u sold me all the Bitcoin in the world for $25.
    I would pass.”
    Warren Buffet

    • @carlmorgan8452
      @carlmorgan8452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't take wooden nickles either

    • @brunon44
      @brunon44 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carlmorgan8452 Usually spelt nickel.

    • @Elizabeth-jk4yj
      @Elizabeth-jk4yj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carlmorgan8452 often spelt nickel

    • @costcorotisseriechicken2520
      @costcorotisseriechicken2520 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brunon44 I don't think spelt would be very good either. Don't want the mice eating my savings.

    • @ralphpal
      @ralphpal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then he is idiot

  • @Chironex_Fleckeri
    @Chironex_Fleckeri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    8:09 holy sh*tcoin it's the glasses girl with the pencil head from the 90s animated series Recess. Always wondered what she was up to these days.

    • @-TheOracle-
      @-TheOracle- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will see your holy Sh*tcoin and raise you a fried Bankerman. I heard she and Bernie-made-off with the Wolf of Wally Street's money. The wolf read the sign hanging on her door, "Enr-on at your own risk." The wolf simply did not get that sign until it was too late. LOLOLOL
      Reply

  • @eurobonusabc7427
    @eurobonusabc7427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don't feel sorry for the FTX investors. Seriously, someone promises 8% return which was way higher than any hard currency risk free rate and people don't question it and blindly invests into something they don't understand, they deserve whatever comes! As Warren Buffet says, he won't touch anything he doesn't understand. If something looks too good to be true, it probably is ....

  • @ruckmarch
    @ruckmarch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was waiting for your channel to post on this guy. Love your content

  • @cancel.lgbtq.6892
    @cancel.lgbtq.6892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    When something seems too good to be true , it probably is.

  • @Moyopheus
    @Moyopheus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Been waiting for this episode!! What destruction of value! There are lessons to be learned here.

    • @life_of_riley88
      @life_of_riley88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What value? It's ALL nothing. Literally just maths. People are buying maths.

  • @briandixon992
    @briandixon992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We need to get people off social media and create healthy local communities. That is the only way to live a happy life. Take care of your fellow humans and live a peaceful life.

  • @SPLSE
    @SPLSE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for explaining this clearly and without emotion.

  • @Ciborium
    @Ciborium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Caroline Ellison is described in serious articles about FTX as a "sultry wood nymph". What reputable investment firm does not want a "sultry wood nymph" and children's book fan as CEO?

    • @achtung001
      @achtung001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      just another due

    • @YI-iq5rt
      @YI-iq5rt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She had a few yrs experience at credit Suisse , then boom she was a ceo

    • @LoveClassicMusic0205
      @LoveClassicMusic0205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I see you watched Patrick Boyle's video on the subject.

    • @LeonMortgage
      @LeonMortgage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@LoveClassicMusic0205 I was going to make the same comment lol

    • @mbg9650
      @mbg9650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She has good connection to be promoted CEO.

  • @TonyMontana-pe6vf
    @TonyMontana-pe6vf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    SBF was another classic Bernie Madof case.

  • @AssetPolitics
    @AssetPolitics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I think Binance offering to buy FTX then pulling out was just a way for Binance to buy time to get themselves together

    • @galea2623
      @galea2623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Or another strategic move to signal to the market that FTX isn't worth a damn. Why would you buy your competition when you can destroy it for free?

    • @AssetPolitics
      @AssetPolitics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@galea2623 the thought of them coming in and saving the day would give them a pretty loyal customer base honestly. but regardless, I won't be surprised if Binance is the next to fail lol

    • @galea2623
      @galea2623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AssetPolitics I highly doubt that any of the customer still have trust enough to kept participating. Most likely after binance bail then out, most of the customers would be gone and binance would be left holding the bag.

    • @AssetPolitics
      @AssetPolitics 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@galea2623​didn't think about that..I can see that as well

    • @susancorgi
      @susancorgi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      could be

  • @jagoz9367
    @jagoz9367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I read the article on Fortune magazine about SBF and saw him as a new tech pioneer. But in less than a week my opinion of him as a visionary have evaporated into thin air, I should start reading between the lines when it comes to such charismatic individuals

  • @jonasbaine3538
    @jonasbaine3538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Proves an Ivy League education does not equal a trust worthy person

    • @jonasbaine3538
      @jonasbaine3538 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrispaul1117 yeah. makes me want to research the people who are running companies deeply before investing. ftx and alameda both run by people screwing each other...

    • @user-gz7fh8vo6e
      @user-gz7fh8vo6e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, intelligence does not equal morals or ethics.

  • @vanesslifeygo
    @vanesslifeygo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This guy lives up to the name BANKMAN-FRIED!

    • @gilanggilang9859
      @gilanggilang9859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      is it jew name?

    • @jellybryce7742
      @jellybryce7742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gilanggilang9859 of course!

    • @EroticOnion23
      @EroticOnion23 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just more tribe-members robbing non-tribe-members, nothing to see here move along...😅

    • @khanhcao3123
      @khanhcao3123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gilanggilang9859 is the name chang, Chinese?

    • @gregorysagegreene
      @gregorysagegreene 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You guys are soooo cancelled. 😆🤣😆

  • @stachowi
    @stachowi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tether collapsing will make this look like a joke... Tether (with Bitfinex) is literally the same thing.

  • @kartoffel1181
    @kartoffel1181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was totally out of the loop and was wondering what even happened, but i was also sure that I can count on you to make a good video on FTX

  • @TheFrenchPug
    @TheFrenchPug 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    All I know is SBF has to be in a sheer panic right now along with his playmates. They know they're going to be a Lifetime movie soon.

  • @anuraagt
    @anuraagt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nicely put together video, very informative. Thank you.

  • @BstarBme
    @BstarBme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A better question is why haven't you mentioned the fact that he was one of the biggest campaign donors for Dems and federal relief money sent to Ukraine was being invested in ftx???

  • @mathewomolo
    @mathewomolo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's so bullshit how they lose other people's money and act like they had as much warning as the users and that they didn't see this coming from day one.

  • @cris1735
    @cris1735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was watching the video with my little bro. And as soon as Sam Bankman Fried's face popped up, my bro called him a goblin and ran away. Kid's got a good intuition.

  • @llcoolmartine
    @llcoolmartine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That thumbnails is pure genius! Bernie Maddof indeed :)

  • @hilalchouman8548
    @hilalchouman8548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Sam Bankman-Fried was born and raised to an upper-middle-class Jewish family in California, he is the son of Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, both professors at Stanford Law School.

    • @Dan-yf2df
      @Dan-yf2df 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His ethnicity is not relevant to what happened. Jews are prominent in many fields such as the arts, finance, industry, literature, but above all science and technology. About 1/4 of all Nobel prizes in science have been awarded to recipients with a Jewish background. As a result a disproportionate number of Jews will appear in the news for better or worse.

    • @resevoirdog
      @resevoirdog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Therefore what ..?

    • @hanktrill1498
      @hanktrill1498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@resevoirdog y3

    • @resevoirdog
      @resevoirdog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hanktrill1498 therefore .. ya? Wtf does that mean. You can't just drop an anti Semitic turd and not claim it

    • @morwickchesterham3875
      @morwickchesterham3875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@resevoirdog How is it 'anti-semitic'? please explain...

  • @blehbleheh
    @blehbleheh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    SBF has to come clean to his wife's boyfriend about his decisions.

  • @hanooi7450
    @hanooi7450 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    8% return? Isn't that the same return given by Madoff?

  • @snowlockk3464
    @snowlockk3464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He basically said he was running a pozi scheme and people still lined up to give him their money.

    • @ralphpal
      @ralphpal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well everyone gets bailed out

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises6710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In your world I'm bankrupt. But in my world I'm a billionaire.

  • @anthonyyoung6489
    @anthonyyoung6489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The biggest crime of this whole debacle was that with all that money he was banging a shrew.
    Coulda had a lot better.

    • @gregorysagegreene
      @gregorysagegreene 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, look at Fuckaberg?

    • @anthonyyoung6489
      @anthonyyoung6489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gregorysagegreene zucchiniberg is a lizard. His wife is Chinese. Born year of the dragon.
      You have to pay attention.
      Lizards and dragons can make babies.

  • @laotzu2453
    @laotzu2453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The first clue, why is an honest business set up in the Bahamas?

  • @alankeungz79
    @alankeungz79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    MIT, traders, genius....all a bunch of crap. Never trust 2 types of people, bankers and traders.

  • @johnnyrocketed2225
    @johnnyrocketed2225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best explanation I’ve seen so far. You filled in a lot of little gaps for me. Thanks!!

  • @WillieFungo
    @WillieFungo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:50 what a glorious image here. Almost looks like he's floating 🤣

  • @Alister22ful
    @Alister22ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Must be scary watching your entire networth plummet into the earth's crater like that. I, once, saw a South Korean streamer livestream his trades when the whole Terra Luna was going down. He was on full panic mode, trying to dollar cost average down his losses. Reportedly he invested his parent's entire life savings into LUNA. Sad, but also funny watching someone not you, lose.

    • @tomo1168
      @tomo1168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't think it's funny. But it is still his fault.

    • @miguel1795
      @miguel1795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      schadenfreude. taking joy in the misfortune of others

    • @Alister22ful
      @Alister22ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is the hubris of men that they think they can progress in life in easy mode. When reality sets in, what is there to do, but to laugh at oneself?

    • @saltymonke3682
      @saltymonke3682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@tomo1168 it's funny when you told hardcore sheep Cryptobros that they're wrong.
      oh, not just funny, it's satisfying

    • @tensevo
      @tensevo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it is funny because everybody thinks they are right, until they are wrong.

  • @ponderingsojourner
    @ponderingsojourner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 7:27-29 SBF's right leg couldn't stay still. 😁

  • @MichaelLaFrance1
    @MichaelLaFrance1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Referring to Bankman-Fried as a 'Bernie Madoff' ignores Fried's real mentor...Charles Ponzi.

  • @dguy-xk4fc
    @dguy-xk4fc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can not understand why you would go secretly gambling with customer funds like this when you are already a billionaire. It is the most greedy thing ever. He is such a smart guy, how can he engage into this when you already know it is not sustainable and doomed to fail in the long term. It is setting yourself up for disaster. Sometimes greed clouds the mind I guess.

  • @mikekirkpatrick6718
    @mikekirkpatrick6718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As long as an idiot gets born every minute, scammers will be around to take their everything..
    As simple as this cliche is, just so simple is the irrefutable truth in 'if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is'
    My experience has taught me that it ALWAYS IS.

  • @Bleach420
    @Bleach420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SBF's girlfriend worked as a risk manager for guess who...
    Credit Suisse😂😂😂

  • @claudiaboelte4037
    @claudiaboelte4037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for this concise presentation. As the Bible tells us, there is nothing new under the sun. Have lived long enough to have seen this before. My motto: Go back to the old paths, and all will be well with your soul. I am so sorry for all the people who lost their savings.

  • @qwaszxerdfcvtyghvb
    @qwaszxerdfcvtyghvb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    when you transfer 10000$ the bank transaction goes through multiple checks and sometimes it can be rejected same thing if you deposit cash in a bank... but for some mysterious reasons companies like this shit plays with billions of dollars without any government supervision, or questions.... at the same time the investors are stupid to trust their billions funds to some guy who was born yesterday and now after the crisis they found out that a 20 somthing Harry Potter fan was the CEO of the company they invested in, great due diligence work.

    • @life_of_riley88
      @life_of_riley88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a huge issue with the SEC and Gary Ginsler is at the center of it.

  • @fredlacroix6865
    @fredlacroix6865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    its funny how institutional investors think this kid was the next steve jobs

    • @user-pc7ef5sb6x
      @user-pc7ef5sb6x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      greed, my friend.

    • @BertGraef
      @BertGraef 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just shows you how moronic these financial folks really are. They drown in thier own hubris.

    • @manonamission2000
      @manonamission2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lots of parallels between Elizabeth Holmes and SBF

    • @gregorysagegreene
      @gregorysagegreene 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steve *made* shit.

  • @First.Last.99
    @First.Last.99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Is it possible that SBF wanted to steer focus from FTX to DEFI with those regulation proposal? sure looks like it

    • @tuckerbugeater
      @tuckerbugeater 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      he wants regulatory reform and kyc

    • @First.Last.99
      @First.Last.99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tuckerbugeater you mean "he wanted" ...

  • @dkaoboy
    @dkaoboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    People put their life savings into this brokerage? Wow! They deserve to lose it all.

    • @jordan5881
      @jordan5881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do think deserved is a strong word, but damn, talk about ignoring warning signs. I’m not saying suits equal trust but when your onstage and everyone is in suits, (including a former president) maybe don’t invest with the slob in basketball shorts. Something ain’t right. Oh well, hero worship will continue…

  • @cpm1003
    @cpm1003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There's an intersting story these kids should read, about a man named Charles Ponzi...

  • @kquat7899
    @kquat7899 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is what happens when interest rates are set too low.

    • @life_of_riley88
      @life_of_riley88 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you say: "malinvestment?" Knock knock,
      Who's there? Austrian economists. . .

  • @MrWarrenRB
    @MrWarrenRB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So he was using Alameda Research to make risky bets with customer money. Wow.

  • @dbrock1553
    @dbrock1553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a bit ironic that Elizabeth Holmes is back in the news today due to her upcoming sentencing. SBF and Holmes are very similar stores and in very different ways they both managed to fool the "experts" of the financial industry into believing they were these young wizards of their respective fields.

  • @rodrigodelius
    @rodrigodelius 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He is currently in Argentina

    • @valdomero738
      @valdomero738 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If he goes to Argentina they are gonna whack him.

  • @Lazarus1095
    @Lazarus1095 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think that when he was playing video games at that teleconference, he was laughing his ass off on the inside.

  • @Dota2funny
    @Dota2funny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    and all for a 15% yield? they could have bought ccc bonds that have the same yield

    • @elestimatev6743
      @elestimatev6743 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      how can purchase them?

    • @ahndeux
      @ahndeux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@elestimatev6743 Call me. I can be your broker. I'm from Pakistan and learned from the great bond experts from India and Nigeria. You probably heard of the some of the Nigerian princes we use to sell those bonds.

    • @patrickbateman783
      @patrickbateman783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ahndeux 😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😎👍

    • @elestimatev6743
      @elestimatev6743 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahndeux 😂

  • @danspencer4235
    @danspencer4235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Does anybody think he will just sit in the Bahamas and wait to be extradited?

    • @markstunell815
      @markstunell815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He went to Argentina i heard and cant be extradited.

    • @danspencer4235
      @danspencer4235 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markstunell815 Bahamain authorities say they have him. Argentina DOES have an extradition treaty with the US, so that wouldn't have saved him anyway.

    • @anfieldreds5027
      @anfieldreds5027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He could go to his homeland Israel. His country doesn't have a extradition treaty with the USA or any other country.

  • @Hawking1969
    @Hawking1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    All well and good, but let's face it, we ALL knew about the 8% interest rate, and yet NONE of us knew how he was able to offer it.

  • @albertpatterson3675
    @albertpatterson3675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Finally, an explanation the even I can understand.

    • @sylentknight
      @sylentknight 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      there are several that explain it very well, very thankful for em all.

  • @fpvgarage8072
    @fpvgarage8072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    So who is the lucky SOB that figured out how to short ftt token and took Sams money 😂

  • @DecemberNames
    @DecemberNames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for another great video.

  • @crescentprincekronos2518
    @crescentprincekronos2518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    If you look at the chart, it shows vulnerability as early as April. This wasn't a shocker, something's always been off to me.

    • @isaacongzy
      @isaacongzy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow what a genius you are. You're almost as smart as people who didn't buy into this bullshit from the start.

    • @tomo1168
      @tomo1168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      8% for your money?! you don't have to be a genius to see, that company will only last as long the bull market is going.

    • @joey_343
      @joey_343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can't seriously believe you predicted this by looking at a chart. Why didn't you short FTT then?

    • @supratiksarkar6336
      @supratiksarkar6336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah everybody knows this. But since you are so confident, why didn't you warn the world then ?

    • @viewtifuljon8105
      @viewtifuljon8105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the info Captain Hindsight

  • @denismcelligott4088
    @denismcelligott4088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the fastest I've clicked on your video!

  • @bitcoinski
    @bitcoinski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Offering an 8% guaranteed return was the canary in the coal mine...a total red flag.

  • @mazalife7015
    @mazalife7015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Funny how no one stays focused on Binances actions...
    Dump $3.2 Billion in FTT tokens on the market...then short the company as it goes down...meanwhile no one talks about Binances insider trading investigations 🤔🤨

  • @BertGraef
    @BertGraef 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    S B-F is Bernie Madoff II This financial BS never stops does it?

  • @davidduxbury9246
    @davidduxbury9246 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    7.44 you can see how much he was talking crap as his legs is shaking like he was on speed......is this the moment i get caught out...

  • @darrenlongley8491
    @darrenlongley8491 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well, since the "Giving Pledge" is a scam, go figure....

  • @jockihm831
    @jockihm831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. It's like everyone forgot about Mt Gox

  • @theeraphatsunthornwit6266
    @theeraphatsunthornwit6266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In another more rational alternate universe a crime of this magnitude is punishable by death.

  • @marvinyo5
    @marvinyo5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The question is, is anyone going to go to jail for a long time or get a criminal record???
    Probably not
    Financial crime pays the most, with the most victims and zero trouble with the law

  • @gilanggilang9859
    @gilanggilang9859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    maybe we need to stop giving billion to young and can't handle risk people that like doing fraud.

    • @herpderp3131
      @herpderp3131 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      More of a small hat problem, not of age.

  • @ViceCoin
    @ViceCoin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Robin hood delays stock trades if it is profitable for investors.

  • @markdittbenner9949
    @markdittbenner9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every Bank in America would fail tomorrow if everyone went there and asked for their money back

    • @mistamycall
      @mistamycall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Banks have to go through checks and balances and also they have insurance on deposits. You seem not know much about the banking system.

    • @SpongebobSoundByte
      @SpongebobSoundByte 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is not true. Banks are heavily regulated and require insurance

  • @j2simpso
    @j2simpso 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The key in any pump and dump scheme is to dump the instrument the second you see the price being pumped!

  • @MyWasteOfTime
    @MyWasteOfTime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If it looks too good to be true........ It probably is!