With FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried: The Role of Centralized Exchanges in DeFi, NFT, Metaverse and Web 3.0 Ecosystems

01/26/22 • 31 min

Henri Arslanian and Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder and CEO of FTX, share an in-depth discussion on some of the most significant developments in today’s crypto landscape, from the continued institutionalization of the space via the arrival of traditional financial firms and funds to the burgeoning DeFi, Web 3.0, NFT, and metaverse niches. The pair also explore some of the biggest regulatory hurdles that are preventing firms from the non-crypto world from more seriously exploring opportunities in digital assets before pivoting to discuss how crypto can be applied to the act of philanthropy and whether the crypto commujnity is “giving back” enough. This episode is ideal for anyone out there interested in gleaning a bird’s eye view of today’s crypto ecosystem and each of the trends that are driving the industry forward. This episode was filmed live at the Asian Financial Forum in January 2022.

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