Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX on Futures, the Global Scale of Crypto and More (EP.159)
07/22/21 • 67 min
For this week’s episode, we’re chatting with Sam Bankman-Fried. He’s a 29-year-old vegan living in Hong Kong. Oh, and he’s also a crypto billionaire with a huge cult following of fans around the world. Sam is the founder of two impressive companies: Alameda and FTX. His claim to fame came after capitalizing on the South Korean crypto kimchi premium (not the fermented food) and building FTX. Founded just a few years ago in 2017, FTX is one of the fastest growing digital asset exchanges in the world. I’ve had my eye on FTX for a while now and was excited to sit down with Sam to get his thoughts on the state of crypto markets and where he sees it going. In this week’s episode, Sam and I talk about his background, how he gets it all done, his preferred way to relax, living in Hong Kong versus the United States, stablecoins (and why they matter), crypto, defi, blockchain, derivatives, regulations, who he looks up to in the crypto space, and more. Enjoy!
Guest - Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder and CEO of FTX
howardlindzon.com, ftx.com
Twitter: @howardlindzon, @SBF_Alameda, @FTX_Official, @knutjensen, @Nikita_Arora17
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-bankman-fried-8367a346
#fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
For this week’s episode, we’re chatting with Sam Bankman-Fried. He’s a 29-year-old vegan living in Hong Kong. Oh, and he’s also a crypto billionaire with a huge cult following of fans around the world. Sam is the founder of two impressive companies: Alameda and FTX. His claim to fame came after capitalizing on the South Korean crypto kimchi premium (not the fermented food) and building FTX. Founded just a few years ago in 2017, FTX is one of the fastest growing digital asset exchanges in the world. I’ve had my eye on FTX for a while now and was excited to sit down with Sam to get his thoughts on the state of crypto markets and where he sees it going. In this week’s episode, Sam and I talk about his background, how he gets it all done, his preferred way to relax, living in Hong Kong versus the United States, stablecoins (and why they matter), crypto, defi, blockchain, derivatives, regulations, who he looks up to in the crypto space, and more. Enjoy!
Guest - Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder and CEO of FTX
howardlindzon.com, ftx.com
Twitter: @howardlindzon, @SBF_Alameda, @FTX_Official, @knutjensen, @Nikita_Arora17
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-bankman-fried-8367a346
#fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
Previous Episode
Michael Sonnenshein of Grayscale Investments on Why Crypto is Here to Stay (EP.158)
On this week’s episode we brought on Michael Sonnenshein. He is the CEO of Grayscale Investments, a company that entered the world of crypto back in its earliest days. Starting as an account executive in 2014, Michael worked his way up under the guidance of Grayscale founder Barry Silbert and recently took the reins as their CEO earlier this year. He is an impressive, driven, and smart guy with formidable experience. Grayscale Investments is a big player in the crypto space, with the largest bitcoin investment product ($GBTC) and plans to ramp up an ETF. Grayscale is the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, which currently has $40 billion in assets under management and 14 different investment funds. They’re making crypto mainstream and helping everyday investors looking to buy Bitcoin on the stock market. In this episode, Michael and I talk about Grayscale’s success, crypto, retail investing, security, ETFs, decentralized finance, volatility, and more. Enjoy!
Guest - Michael Sonnenshein, CEO at Grayscale Investments
howardlindzon.com, grayscale.co
Twitter: @howardlindzon, @sonnenshein, @knutjensen, @Nikita_Arora17
linkedin.com/in/michaelsonnenshein
#fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
Next Episode
JC Parets of All Star Charts on the Bull Market, Risk Management, and Why You Can’t Teach Away Crazy (EP.160)
JC Parets is a good friend of mine who I first met back when I started Stocktwits, and he’s back for his second Panic with Friends episode. As the founder of All Star Charts, JC lives and breathes all things charts. If there’s a chart in front of him, you can bet he’ll have a strong opinion about it. His company All Star Charts is a technical analysis publication for everyone from hedge funds, to financial advisors, to individual investors. I was more than happy to bring JC back on to get his perspective on the markets and have a few laughs with him in the process. It’s fun to have market pros with such infectious energy like JC on that I can talk to for free, but I’d be happy to pay for his ideas and thoughts too. In this episode, JC and I go deep on the bull market, option strategy, the best technical indicator, gold, risk management, data, paying for ideas, and more. Enjoy!
Guest - JC Parets, CMT, President and Founder at Allstarcharts.com
howardlindzon.com, Allstarcharts.com
Twitter: @howardlindzon, @Allstarcharts, @knutjensen, @Nikita_Arora17
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcparetscmt
#fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
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