The FTX co-founder, nicknamed SBF, appeared with world leaders and celebrities. But a new podcast series shows how this carefully staged production was about to fall apart.
Max Chafkin
Annie Massa
Hannah Miller
Listen and subscribe to Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried in Amazon Music
For a four-day conference on blockchain and decentralized finance, Crypto Bahamas in April 2022 was a surprisingly star-studded affair. Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were there. So were Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. But the center of attention was one of the crypto world’s hottest figures: Sam Bankman-Fried.
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