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Tales From The Crypto: The Rise and Fall of FTX Audio Up True Crime
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4.2 • 88 Ratings
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Anthony Scaramucci and Sam Bankman-Fried were the unlikeliest of business partners. “The Mooch” is a nearly sixty-year-old son of a Long Island crane operator who sprung from Harvard Law to fight his way up the ranks of traditional financewith an infamous eleven-day stint in the White House along the way. “SBF” is a newly-thirty-year-old son of two law professors raised on an elite campus who aimed to revolutionize all that people like the Mooch represented and he’d already become a multi-billionaire on the way.But partner they did –on a series of conferences and with SBF closing a deal that could have led to his owning the Mooch’s Skybridge Partners outright -but they became something more than that and before the story ends with SBF in handcuffs, their friendship would take them everywhere from the Bahamas to Riyadh –with rumors of polycules, plentiful cups of noodles, and the Mooch toting a bag of suits he bought SBF out of instance that he could not meet the rules of Saudi Arabia in a worn out t-shirt and dirty white socks.
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Rise of The Mooch
Wall Street veteran turned crypto evangelist Anthony Scaramucci - aka “The Mooch” - runs us through his crypto origin story - his rise from blue collar Long Island to Wall Street and on to the White House.
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Before the Milk Spoils
The Mooch ascends to Donald Trump's White House where a stint with the Import-Export Bank of the US exposes him to the future: cryptocurrencies before he is called into the game as the new White House Communications Director. Eleven days later, he’s fired.
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Into the Future with Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX
Bloodied but not defeated from his very public White House firing, Anthony Scaramucci dusts himself off and looks to bring his firm into what he sees as the future: cryptocurrency - it’s during this pivot that he’s introduced to wunderkind crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried - aka “SBF”.
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Fast Friends and Fast Money
The Mooch and SBF meet in person for the first time. A fast friendship will eventually lead to a partnership. Scaramucci liked and admired the young visionary.
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The Cracks Begin to Show
The Mooch explains what he saw in SBF - why he liked him and was excited to be in business with him. The halcyon days of the now infamous Crypto Bahamas conference - with guests like Bill Clinton and Katy Perry - give way to crypto’s bruising spring and summer with the fall of several high profile projects.
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When in Riyadh, You Wear a Suit
As crypto stumbles, SBF and his FTX step in as the savior of an industry. Amidst that glow, SBF and The Mooch partner with Sam Bankman-Fried purchasing a piece of Scaramucci’s firm. Now business partners, their first stop is the guided halls of the Middle East where The Mooch will help SBF raise more money for FTX.
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Thanks for giving us a true insight to the minds of the murders and sharing your learnings with us!
Broken hearted people
Wow I listened to these in a couple of days. Amazing insight a lot of the times they sound like the average person. I do feel for these guys somewhat, the trauma they must of suffered from when they were babies. It’s a shame that the only solution is death and a tiny little room for 23 hours. AND heaps of money for their upkeep.
Their crimes are atrocious and the families of these victims must be heartbroken. My son at the age of 1 and 1/2 years went missing luckily for about 2 hours and he was safe no harm done as no one could get near him as he had a German shepherd and a blue healer looking out for him. I was crazy I couldn’t stop yelling his name and running up and down and street . I called the cops and they just got a call about him so all good. I don’t know how the families could cope with out knowing where why etc broken hearted
Best wishes to all the families,to ur followers to staff helping you and your wife and of course you & ur wonderful voice. Sorry for craping on,
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