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Podcast: This Week in Startups
Episode: SBF buys the crypto dip, hedge funds short Tether, VC funding down, flying nuclear cruise mockup | E1495
Description: First, we dig into the crypto contagion where FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is stepping in to backstop crypto lenders (2:56). Then, we check in on the billions of dollars sitting in SPACs- remember those (39:27)? We do a quick hit on the venture market drying up in Q2 (54:27) before we get into our We Live in the Future: a mockup of a SkyCruise luxury airliner that uses nuclear power and never lands (1:16:36).
(0:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s show!
(2:56) FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried seems to be acting as the crypto industry's personal backstop right now
(11:25) Embroker...