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Podcast: Raoul Pal: The Journey Man
Episode: Binance Agrees to Acquire FTX
Description: “We have come to an agreement on a strategic transaction with Binance for FTX.com,” tweeted FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried at 11:03 a.m. ET, thus containing what threatened to be the crypto industry’s greatest meltdown. That agreement, however, means Binance will acquire FTX and “help cover the liquidity crunch,” as CZ put it in his tweet announcing the ceasefire. As the dust settles, Ash Bennington and Marco Olivera welcome Jack Niewold, the founder of the Crypto Pragmatist newsletter, to talk about where FTX, Binance, and the industry go from here. Later, Jason Schwartz, a tax partner and the co-head of...