Listen Now: Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

Tides of History

• Episode: Listen Now: Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
• Website: Tides of History
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• Duration: 00:08:58
• Published: 2023-06-05 10:00

From Wondery and Bloomberg, the makers of The Shrink Next Door, comes a new story of incredible wealth, betrayal, and what happens when “doing good” goes really, really bad.

When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29-year-old, he pledged to donate his billions to good causes. But when Sam's crypto exchange FTX collapsed, billions of dollars went missing, and Sam was in handcuffs, those who knew him were left wondering — who was Sam really? A well-meaning billionaire who made a mistake? Or a calculated con man?

Listen to Spellcaster: Wondery.fm/SC_TOH

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