Guardian US: Sam Bankman-Fried was hailed as a crypto wonder child. What happened?

I got a ping from the Guardian US opinion desk wanting my hot take on the whole FTX disaster. It’s just gone up. [Guardian]

($5-and-up patrons got this yesterday. Click here to get on the magic preview list!)

This is partly an abbreviated version of my Foreign Policy piece, and partly another theme: the cult of the media billionaire.

They all want to be Steve Jobs — and keep turning out to be Elizabeth Holmes.

Stories of billionaire wonder children always seem too good to be true. That’s because they are.

Molly White of Web 3 Is Going Great had a good take for the Guardian too. [Guardian]

 

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