Book description
A first-hand look at the extraordinary collapse of FTX, Alameda Research, and Sam Bankman-Fried
In SBF: How the FTX Bankruptcy Unwound Crypto’s Very Bad Good Guy, accomplished crypto reporter Brady Dale presents an engrossing take on the spectacular and sudden implosion of FTX, Alameda Research, and their associated companies, as well as the criminal indictments of Sam Bankman-Fried and several of his associates. In the book, you’ll go beyond the salacious details and tawdry gossip to grasp the real lessons to be learned from one of the most dramatic corporate failures in living memory.
The author explores:
- The often-confusing world of cryptocurrency and decentralized finance, offering a deep understanding of both industries
- The history of Sam Bankman-Fried, what smart money players had to say about him in 2019 and 2020, and why many decentralized finance professionals considered him a “pirate” even before FTX and Alameda blew up
- What the aggressive lobbying campaigns waged by FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried reveal about the latter’s motives and goals
An extraordinary account of almost unimaginable wealth, greed, and hubris, SBF is a can’t-miss account of a fascinating corporate tragedy that continues to unfold to this very day.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Prologue
- Timeline
- Chapter 1: I Want to Believe
- Chapter 2: The Third Turn: CZ
- Chapter 3: The Second Turn: Unstablecoin
- Chapter 4: The First Turn: The Miami Conceit
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PART I: ACQUIRE
- Chapter 5: A Portrait of Sam
- Chapter 6: Crypto
- Chapter 7: The Asia Trade
- Chapter 8: Early Alameda
- Chapter 9: The ICO Era
- Chapter 10: Crypto Winter
- Chapter 11: The Exchange Business
- Chapter 12: Select Heists
- Chapter 13: Market Making
- Chapter 14: Beginning FTX
- Chapter 15: For That, This (FTT)
- Chapter 16: Uniswap and Decentralized Exchanges
- Chapter 17: DeFi One Billion
- Chapter 18: Rationalist Line of Thinking
- Chapter 19: Black Thursday
- Chapter 20: Liquidity Mining
- Chapter 21: DAO Is the Way
- Chapter 22: The Vampire and the Unicorn
- Chapter 23: The Fuckup and the Savior
- Chapter 24: DeFi Summer
- Chapter 25: CREAM Finance
- Chapter 26: Solana
- Chapter 27: Market Cap
- Chapter 28: Sam Coins
- Chapter 29: Effective Altruism
- Chapter 30: Reef Finance
- PART II: STAR POWER
- PART III: INFAMY
- Conclusion
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: SBF
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2023
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781394196067
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