Episode 824
Nov 30, 2022
Why was so much money sitting in FTX?
Plus, election detritus.
When the former cryptocurrency exchange FTX went under, billions of dollars in investments seemingly vanished. A listener asked us why FTX customers didn’t move money to a wallet. We’ll get into it and answer more of your questions about what happens when your company goes public and who benefits when you make a charitable donation at the grocery store checkout lane. Also, where do political campaign signs end up when the election’s over?
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “What Are The Risks Of Crypto Savings Accounts?” from Forbes
- “Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Larry David and Other Celebrities Are Being Sued for Pushing FTX” from Observer
- “The Ups and Downs of Initial Public Offerings” from Investopedia
- “So Your Company Is Going Public? 5 Things Every Employee Should Know” from Nasdaq
- “How to recycle political campaign signs” from Today
- “Who Gets the Tax Benefit For Those Checkout Donations?” from the Tax Policy Center
- “Where do your donations at the checkout register go?” from Marketplace
- “Meet America’s Charity Checkout Champions 2021” from Engage for Good
- “‘Checkout charity’ can increase a shopper’s anxiety, especially when asks are automated” from The Conversation
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