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July 2, 2021by Laura Shin

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Gives the Tom Brady/Gisele Bundchen Backstory

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO and founder of FTX, explains FTX’s sports-centric advertising model and talks about what is on his regulatory wish list going forward. Show highlights:

  • why Sam is so excited to bring Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen onto the FTX team
  • how FTX decides on who to sponsor
  • why so many of FTX’s sponsorship are targeting US customers
  • what makes the sports industry such an attractive place to advertise for FTX
  • how FTX’s tokenized stocks work
  • what Sam learned from the GameStop/Robinhood situation
  • what makes FTX’s tokenized stocks different from Binance’s offering
  • how FTX is dealing with regulatory obstacles
  • what item is on the top of Sam’s regulatory wishlist
  • whether FTT is a security

https://youtu.be/FhgLwwdbGIc

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Episode Links

Sam Bankman-Fried

  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda 
  • Previous Unchained appearance: https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-gamestop-insanity-is-so-similar-to-crypto/ 

FTX

Website: https://ftx.com

Carbon credits: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/ftx-bitmex-to-become-carbon-neutral 

Tokenized Stocks

  • FTX guidelines: https://help.ftx.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051229472-Tokenized-Stocks 
  • CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-follows-binances-lead-with-move-into-tokenized-stocks 

FTX Sports Deals

  • NBA: https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-miami-heat-nfts 
  • Tom Brady: https://decrypt.co/74771/tom-brady-and-gisele-bundchen-invest-in-ftx 
  • TSM FTX: https://www.sporttechie.com/tsm-esports-signs-210-million-sponsorship-with-ftx-crypto-exchange
  • MLB: https://www.coindesk.com/ftx-sponsors-mlb-umpires-to-wear-crypto-exchanges-logo

Posted in: 2021, Shows, UnconfirmedTagged in: blockchain, crypto, derivatives, Dogecoin, FTX, Gisele Bündchen, regulation, tokenized stocks, Tom Brady

Our guest on this episode:
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO and founder of FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried

CEO and founder of FTX

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