E19 Low Level Barbarians: The Fall of FTX – How did FTX Collapse, Alameda Research Sandal, The Crash, The Fallout

Low Level Barbarians, co-hosted by Alex Le, Dave Chang, Jianggan Li and Andrew Gananantham, is a show that covers discussion and debate around trending topics from Asia on Asia. Topics can range widely from technology, startups, VC, investing, society, economics, and more. You can view summaries of Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 10, Special Episode, Episode 11, Episode 12, Special Episode, Master Debater’s Corner, Episode 13, Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode 16, Episode 17, and Episode 18.

In this episode, Alex Le discusses with Chong Siong and his colleague from Team Rocket Research (TRR) on the background of FTX, what caused the collapse, and the long term consequences.

Here are the key topics discussed:

• Introduction to FTX (00:05:35)
• Before the Fall – Luna/Celsius (00:06:50)
• Systemic Contagion (00:12:29)
• On-Chain Fiat? Impact of Retail/Institutional $ (00:15:29)
• Why No Bank Run Infrastructure (00:19:02)
• Alameda Research Scandal (00:23:03)
• Beginning of FTX Fall (00:24:22) and why Is There Lack of Clarity (00:26:02)
• The Crash of FTX (00:27:33)
• Crypto Corporate Governance (00:35:52)
• Binance Pull Out (00:38:11)
• Broad Implications From Fallout (00:51:09)
• Generational Appeal to Crypto (00:59:15)
• The Future of Crypto into 2023 (01:04:45)
• On White Papers (01:08:03)
• Regulation & Crypto Winter Coming (01:16:24)
• Crypto Regulation/Crypto Fracturing (01:18:18)
• Long Term Impacts – Crypto Winter (01:23:55)

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