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October 6 - October 7, 2023
“It just seems like there isn’t enough money in politics,” said Sam.
There had been $15 billion in customer deposits on the exchange. Or there was meant to be that amount, held in either fiat currency or bitcoin and ether.
This is exactly the kind of detail that is incredibly important to understand. $15b in $USD is relatively stable. $15b in ETH or BTC can dissolve into $10b or $7b or less on a moment's notice. You can't understand the actual run without understanding the dynamics of cryptocurrency, and Lewis just refuses? Except when he starts talking about executive compensation and how FTT wasn't totally fake.