What the Heck Happened to FTX? (The 2-Minute Version)

A crypto-disaster explained in simple words

Nabil Alouani
3 min readNov 11, 2022

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A picture of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX logo.
Source — Wikimedia Commons

FTX went from being the third crypto exchange in the world to filing for bankruptcy in less than a week.

For context, cryptocurrency exchanges are platforms that allow customers to buy, sell, and trade digital currencies using traditional money — and vice versa.

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Nabil Alouani

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