Episode 1495

SBF buys the crypto dip, hedge funds short Tether, VC funding down, & more | E1495

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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

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12:38 Reaction to SBF crypto bailouts/loans

17:47 Traders short Tether: According to WSJ, multiple hedge funds have shorted Tether in trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars

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23:41 Tether’s CTO’s tweet storm

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35:08 Gary Gensler clip: “tokens have key assets of securities besides bitcoin”

39:27 Well over $100B sitting in SPACs looking for companies to invest in

54:27 VC funding is down to the lowest levels since 2020

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