Crypto’s Most Urgent Question: Where Will FTX’s Aftershock Be Felt?
- Everyday traders are at risk of losing money held on exchange
- Genesis, Galaxy Digital report multi-million dollar exposures
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The bankruptcy of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX.com put an end to questions about its survival and opened a panoply of new ones, most urgently: how far will the influence of its collapse reach?
Overstating FTX’s heft in the cryptosphere is difficult. From blue-chip venture investors to celebrity endorsements, from Silicon Valley to Washington, from lenders to yield farmers and market makers, the three-year-old firm cut a wide swath through online commerce. Getting a handle on the repercussions of its demise is apt to take months.