Raoul Pal: The Journey Man

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Exploiter Moves Funds as FTX Requests Help Nov 21, 2022

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That $600 million or so stolen shortly after collapsed crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy just over a week ago has since been converted into enough Ether to make the exploiter one of the largest holders of that coin. Now, those funds are on the move again, their conversion into other coins raising fresh questions about the perpetrator(s). We address them at the top of today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing. Elaine Ly and Ash Bennington welcome Genevieve Roch-Decter, the CEO of Grit Capital and a Chartered Financial Analyst, and Thomas Braziel, a managing partner at distressed asset specialist 507 Capital, to discuss the whereabouts of the missing funds, FTX’s potential liabilities, other vulnerable companies, and an important new deadline for customers of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network.

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New CEO Ray: FTX Beats Enron’s Bottom Nov 18, 2022

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"Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here," writes John Ray, the new CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, in a court filing. With 40 years of experience cleaning up bankrupt companies, including Enron, Ray knows what he’s talking about. Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington take up the increasingly fetid picture of Sam Bankman-Fried’s monstrosity with the CEO of crypto exchange Bitstamp, Bobby Zagotta, the CEO of crypto exchange Bitstamp, and Mathias Imbach, a co-founder and Group CEO of Swiss-based digital assets bank Sygnum. That includes a brewing jurisdictional battle between the U.S. and the Bahamas and Genesis’s desperate attempts to stay afloat.

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Raoul Pal: Real Vision - NFTs and the Evolution of Art Nov 18, 2022

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Alpha Centauri Kid (ACK) is one of the most respected artists in the NFT world. In this special episode, ACK reveals to guest host Sergio Silva the muse for his upcoming show at Christie’s auction house. He also explains his move from digital to physical art for this collection, noting its parallels to Andy Warhol’s work. ACK and Sergio also explore the past and future of NFTs, identify the artists shaping the space, and share advice for those who want to make a living through self-expression.

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Congress Would Like a Word With SBF and CZ Nov 17, 2022

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The Block is reporting that U.S. federal lawmakers want to question Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX, about the bankrupt crypto exchange’s collapse. They’d also like to hear from Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao about his company’s role in FTX’s demise. Also, Binance is said to be preparing to acquire the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital that FTX had won at auction, and centralized exchange Gemini is experiencing elevated withdrawals. Nico Brugge and Ash Bennington welcome Leigh Drogen, a general partner and the chief investment officer at Starkiller Capital, and Miles Deutscher, a crypto analyst at Crypto Banter, to talk about the latest developments in the FTX crisis.

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Web3 Wednesday – RV Twitter Spaces Nov 16, 2022

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At the top of today’s Web3 Wednesday, we’re joined by Zeneca, the founder and CEO of Zen Academy and a seed investor in Blur Marketplace. We talk about NFT education for beginners and best practices for navigating Web3. Later, former San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker and the Club dVIN team drop in to discuss the tokenization of wine. Follow @realvision on Twitter and come learn with us every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET.

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Is BlockFi About to BK? Nov 16, 2022

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that BlockFi is preparing for a potential bankruptcy filing after the crypto lender halted withdrawals from its platform last week because of significant exposure to FTX. Jeremy Varlow and Ash Bennington welcome Laura Shin, host of the Unchained podcast, and Chris Sullivan, the CEO of Hyperion Decimus, to talk about the still-spreading contagion from the collapsed crypto exchange and another WSJ report that Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to raise fresh capital…

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Crypto Update: Ask Me Anything With Raoul Pal Nov 16, 2022

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It’s been a wild week or so for crypto and macro investors alike. The FTX fiasco has clouded the future of DeFi and NFTs, the broader economic landscape continues to shift, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary path colors everything. It’s all on the table for another Ask Me Anything session with Real Vision co-founder and CEO Raoul Pal.

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How Far Will the FTX Contagion Spread? Nov 15, 2022

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CoinDesk is reporting that blockchain data show that at least some of the estimated $600 million in funds stolen during Friday’s hack of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX had been transferred to a single address earlier today. This is just one of many developments related to a collapse that continues to shake the crypto industry. Paul Guerra and Ash Bennington welcome Jeff Dorman, the chief investment officer at Arca, and Alex Kruger, the founder of Krugermacro, to today’s Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing to talk about the extent of the damage done already and how far it’s likely to spread from here.

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FTX Goes Bankrupt and Gets Hacked Nov 14, 2022

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"FTX has been hacked. FTX apps are malware. Delete them. Chat is open. Don't go on FTX site as it might download Trojans." That message from an FTX administrator was pinned on its official Telegram channel by FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller on Friday, mere hours after the crypto exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. CoinDesk initially reported “mysterious outflows exceeding $600 million.” CNN says it was just $473 million, the New York Times $515 million. Early on Monday, Binance founder and CEO Chanpgeng Zhao announced his company "is forming an industry recovery fund, to help projects who are otherwise strong, but in a liquidity crisis." Paul Guerra and co-host Santiago Velez, a co-founder and the R&D division lead at Block Digital, welcome CoinFund president Christopher Perkins – who was at Lehman Brothers when it collapsed in 2008 – and StarkWare co-founder and president Eli Ben-Sasson to assess the still-accumulating fallout from the FTX debacle and to chart potential paths forward.

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Can FTX Be Fixed? Nov 10, 2022

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Twenty-four hours is an eternity in the crypto world. Since yesterday's Real Vision Crypto Daily Briefing, Binance announced it would not go ahead with an acquisition of its beleaguered competitor FTX. Despair kicked in, and crypto prices plummeted on the news. But it’s a new day, and TRON founder Justin Sun has risen to say he’s working on an unspecified "solution" to restore "normalcy for all FTX users." Decrypt editor-in-chief Dan Roberts and Ishan Bhaidani of the DeFi Roast newsletter join Jeremy Varlow and Marco Olivera to talk about the FTX situation at the top of today’s Crypto Daily Briefing. Later, Jeremy and Marco welcome C The Light for an update on recent price action from a technical perspective.

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