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New FTX CEO Criticizes Management of Crypto Exchange During Sam Bankman-Fried's Tenure; Next Steps for Binance

The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022.

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This episode is sponsored by minima.global, Circle and Pastel Network.

"The Hash" team discusses New FTX CEO John J. Ray III issued a scathing assessment of "unprecedented" poor management practices by his predecessor, Sam Bankman-Fried, in a series of filings in a Delaware court. Also, Binance.US, the American arm of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is preparing to bid for bankrupt lending platform Voyager Digital, according to CoinDesk.

See also:

Confusion Abounds As Binance and OKX Suspend Support for USDC, USDT on Solana, Then Backpedal

Binance to Relaunch Bid for Bankrupt Lender Voyager: Source

FTX Affiliate Alameda Research Loaned $4.1B to Related Parties – Including $1B to Sam Bankman-Fried

New FTX Boss Condemns Management of the Crypto Exchange During Sam Bankman-Fried's Tenure

FTX's New Leadership Is in Touch With Regulators, May Have Over 1M Creditors, New Filings Say


This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”

HOSTS

William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

William Foxley
Zack Seward

Zack Seward is CoinDesk’s contributing editor-at-large. Up until July 2022, he served as CoinDesk’s deputy editor-in-chief. Prior to joining CoinDesk in November 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of Technical.ly, a news site focused on local tech communities on the U.S. East Coast. Before that, Seward worked as a reporter covering business and technology for a pair of NPR member stations, WHYY in Philadelphia and WXXI in Rochester, New York. Seward originally hails from San Francisco and went to college at the University of Chicago. He worked at the PBS NewsHour in Washington, D.C., before attending Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Zack Seward
Jennifer Sanasie

Jennifer Sanasie is an executive producer and senior anchor at CoinDesk, with over a decade of journalism experience across the U.S., Canada, and South Africa. Beyond media, she has worked closely with Web3 companies on marketing, content, and business strategy.

Jennifer holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, a Master of Laws in Innovation and Technology from the University of Toronto, a BA in Media Studies from the University of Guelph, and a Journalism Diploma from Humber College.

She owns BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, G7, and DCNT. She also holds a mix of NFTs, altcoins and memecoins worth under $1,000.

Jennifer Sanasie
Wendy O

Wendy O runs the largest and most-watched female-run crypto YouTube program globally, "The O Show," which focuses on bringing tech-heavy information to the masses in a clear and easy-to-understand format. Prior to going full-time crypto at the end of 2018, Wendy worked at the largest infectious disease company in the world. Her role there consisted of working with newly diagnosed and existing patients to coordinate their care. Working with 300+ patients per month gave Wendy the ability to effectively communicate complex information to people from all different cultures and backgrounds which she uses while creating content. Wendy was born and raised in Los Angeles County, California and takes pride in hosting free events for her community and making sure the unrepresented have access to free crypto education. She holds BTC, ETH, GALA along with other cryptocurrencies along with NFTs above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Wendy O