Is SBF a 'pawn' and 'useful idiot' in a bigger plot to take down crypto industry? - Mark Yusko

By Herman James / December 02, 2022 / marketsanity.com / Article Link

Kitco News, Released on 12/2/22

Mark Yusko, CEO, Founder, and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management joined Michelle Makori, Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at Kitco News, to discuss the FTX collapse, whether Sam Bankman-Fried was 'money laundering' for U.S. politicians, FTX's links to the Ukrainian government, and the claim that SBF was a 'useful idiot' to take down the crypto industry.

0:00 - SBF's media treatment6:26 - Fraud allegations against SBF12:30 - SBF and Caroline Ellison as 'useful idiots'22:48 - Ukraine and FTX connections24:00 - Indications of fraud26:18 - FTX's 'money laundering'29:16 - Crypto's threat to TradFi35:19 - Regulatory arbitrage in crypto41:50 - FTX and contagion

Mark Yusko is the Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management. He is also the Managing Partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets. Morgan Creek Capital Management was founded in 2004 and currently manages close to $2 billion in discretionary and non-discretionary assets. Prior to founding Morgan Creek, Mr. Yusko was CIO and Founder of UNC Management Company (UNCMC), the Endowment investment office for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before that, he was Senior Investment Director for the University of Notre Dame Investment Office.

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