BROADCASTS.com

Longtime crypto reporter Brady Dale has beat Michael Lewis to market with the first book on the dramatic collapse of FTX. In stores today, \u201cSBF: How the FTX Bankruptcy Unwound Crypto\u2019s Very Bad Good Guy,\u201d tells the tale of the outsized role that Sam Bankman-Fried played in the FTX-Alameda death spiral. Drawing on years of reporting and interviews with SBF himself, the book charts the rise and fall of the one-time crypto wunderkind. \u201cIt became clear to me that Sam got really addicted to fame,\u201d said Dale.\nListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\nShow highlights:\n\nBrady\u2019s background and how he came to cover crypto\n\nhow covering the space for a crypto outlet is different from a more mainstream publication\n\nhow Brady was able to finalize his book so fast\xa0\n\nwhat Brady\u2019s favorite parts of the book are\n\nwho was really responsible for the collapse of the FTX empire\n\nwhether Sam Bankman-Fried will plead guilty\xa0\n\nwhether FTX will make a comeback\n\nhow SBF thinks differently from other people, and how it led to his downfall\n\nwhy Brady thinks the \u201cdot-com bust\u201d for crypto has yet to arrive\n\nwhether crypto has betrayed its cypherpunk ideals\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\nCrypto.com\nGuests:\n\nBrady Dale, writer and reporter at Axios, and author of \u201cSBF: How the FTX Bankruptcy Unwound Crypto\u2019s Very Bad Good Guy\u201d\nPrevious coverage of Unchained on Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX:\n\nThe Chopping Block: Was FTX a Scam From the Very Beginning?\xa0\n\nHow Much Prison Time Is FTX\u2019s Sam Bankman-Fried Facing?\xa0\n\nWhy the Legal Process for FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried Could Take Years\n\nThe Chopping Block: SBF Wants to Win in the Court of Public Opinion. Will He?\n\nJesse Powell and Kevin Zhou on How FTX and Alameda Lost $10 Billion\n\nIs the Collapse of Crypto Lending Over, or Is It Just Starting?\n\nDid the Bahamian Government Direct SBF and Gary Wang to Hack FTX?\n\nThe Chopping Block: Why Lenders Didn\u2019t Liquidate Alameda When It Was Underwater\xa0\n\nErik Voorhees and Cobie on Why FTX Loaned Out Customers\u2019 Assets\n\nThe Chopping Block: FTX: The Biggest Collapse in the History of Crypto?\n\nSam Bankman-Fried on How to Prevent the Next Terra and 3AC\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices