Transcript Ep. 545: Zeke Faux’s Crypto Adventures and His Relationship With Former FTX CEO SBF.

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Zeke Faux:

Everywhere I went in crypto land, I always thought people would say like, basically, everybody bought into this number go up philosophy. People try to pretend that they have some other plan for their business and time and time again, I would find that their business plan boiled down to number go up. And that's what Alameda's business plan was.

Laura Shin:

Hi everyone, welcome to Unchained, your no-hype resource for all things crypto. I'm your host Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians. I started covering crypto 8 years ago and as a senior editor at Forbes was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full-time. This is the September 19th, 2023 episode of Unchained.

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Today's guest is Zeke Faux, author of Number Go Up. Welcome, Zeke.

Zeke Faux:

Hey, thank you so much for having me, Laura.

Laura Shin:

Yeah, I'm excited to chat. You just came out with your book, Number Go Up. Congratulations. Tell us what it's about.