2023-01-19
“For my community, I don't know how much altogether we have stuck in there.” In countries like Nigeria, FTX marketed itself as a safe haven from tumbling local currencies. “FTX ambassadors” used signup bonuses, freebees to get friends, neighbors to invest. https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
FTX posed as a haven from tumbling currencies and inflation in Africa, where the company recruited users via glitzy events, $5 sign-up bonuses, and giveaways
Alexandra Wexler / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @gksteinhauser , @sarahnemerson , @peterguest , @counternotions , and @drewhinshaw Tweets: Gabriele Steinhauser / @gksteinhauser :...
“For my community, I don't know how much altogether we have stuck in there.” In countries like Nigeria, FTX marketed itself as a safe haven from tumbling local currencies. “FTX ambassadors” used signup bonuses, freebees to get friends, neighbors to invest. https://www.wsj.com/...
New York Times
Crypto investors say Sam Bankman-Fried frequently promoted and manipulated “Samcoins”, including Solana, Serum, FTT, and Maps, to benefit FTX and Alameda
or did it? Developers complained for years that @SBF_FTX preyed on their projects for his own gain. And investors say they saw red flags in his funraising techniques https://www.ny...