EPISODE · Jun 22, 2026 · 6 MIN
FTX: The Fastest Collapse of a Crypto Empire - Part 1: The first lie
from The Fraud Archive – Iconic Cons, Scams and Financial Crimes explained in minutes
Imagine a company that looks like the future of money. Fast. Clean. Almost frictionless. Now imagine that behind the glow of that promise, customer funds are already moving into places they were never meant to go.That is where the FTX story begins. Not with a loud explosion, but with a small, ordinary breach that would eventually swallow a thirty-two billion dollar empire. Sam Bankman-Fried came out of a very specific financial world. He was shaped by quantitative trading culture, by the post-two thousand eight search for speed, by the idea that software could do what older institutions could not.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/ftx-sam-bankman-friedThe Fraud Archive is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to exploring history's greatest cons, scams, and financial crimes.Support the podcast and access exclusive content on Patreon:https://thearchivenetwork.com/supportDiscover more archives and stories:https://thearchivenetwork.comExplore this archive:https://thefraudarchive.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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