Crypto CEO Accidentally Describes Ponzi Scheme

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  • Опубліковано 25 кві 2022
  • Whoops. The magical box was actually a pyramid this whole time.
    Sam Bankman-Fried recently went on a podcast and tried to explain "yield-farming" to Matt Levine and the OddLots podcast and ended up describing a ponzi scheme. Chaos ensues.
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  • @Coffeezilla
    @Coffeezilla  Рік тому +42426

    AGED LIKE A FINE WINE 😂

    • @itisallinyourhead1709
      @itisallinyourhead1709 Рік тому +725

      In-deed. Better download this before it gets taken down. The original interview has been taken down.

    • @ShonTolliverMusic
      @ShonTolliverMusic Рік тому +409

      Cannot believe how well this aged. Kudo's bro.

    • @xxnachet
      @xxnachet Рік тому +56

      Hahaha yep

    • @tomasmanrique400
      @tomasmanrique400 Рік тому +158

      I am just watching this. What a shitshow.

    • @AJ-rm3vo
      @AJ-rm3vo Рік тому +146

      Ponzi-nomics lmao

  • @stephenbrouillette4541
    @stephenbrouillette4541 Рік тому +11160

    This has aged SO well.

    • @Bravofan
      @Bravofan Рік тому +55

      First video that came up from “Crypto Scam”

    • @karanjaggi8438
      @karanjaggi8438 Рік тому +16

      So well

    • @yourdude5260
      @yourdude5260 Рік тому +7

      bruh

    • @absurdh3ro
      @absurdh3ro Рік тому

      Perfect example of being too high off your own farts to realize you exposed yourself.

    • @yourdude5260
      @yourdude5260 Рік тому +2

      @@absurdh3ro Sleeping on bean bags.... smh...

  • @davidstegbauer7299
    @davidstegbauer7299 7 місяців тому +823

    "It's not a ponzi scheme because we added extra steps." 4 hours later the jury said it was a ponzi scheme.

    • @Gleifel
      @Gleifel 6 місяців тому +7

      Lmao

  • @genenatalejr.3593
    @genenatalejr.3593 Рік тому +1607

    He literally is telling everyone the exact crimes that he is doing. This interview would be a great thing to play at his trial hearing.

    • @Y2B123
      @Y2B123 Рік тому +34

      Defense lawyer: I’ll just claim he had no idea of what he was doing. Sam: PONZI SCHEME IS COOL. YOU SUCKERS.

    • @Sphere723
      @Sphere723 Рік тому +1

      @@Y2B123 Nah, his crime was taking the funds people were sending in to buy into these ponzi schemes and using them to invest in other ponzi schemes without their knowledge.
      He was leveraging ponzi schemes.

    • @ryanleemartin7758
      @ryanleemartin7758 Рік тому +7

      but it's different cuz crypto..

    • @CaiAllinx
      @CaiAllinx Рік тому +12

      There is literally no difference between what he's describing and the currency of a country. It's all built on trust, if everyone agrees that the value of a currency is something then it is worth that much.
      Now I will say that the trust in say the USD is a lot higher than the trust in DOGE coin but both are not infallible. Countries have fallen and currencies with them.

    • @Sphere723
      @Sphere723 Рік тому +43

      @@CaiAllinx The difference is these products are being offered like securities, not currencies. Nobody bought milk with FTX's token, just as nobody bought milk with Dutch Tulips or Telsa stock.
      People bought all these things on the hope that they would increase in value, not so they could be used as currency.

  • @naplesnola
    @naplesnola 2 роки тому +7476

    The big short: "Why are they confessing? They're not confessing. They're bragging."

    • @antabaka729
      @antabaka729 2 роки тому +191

      'Can you introduce us' - YES!!

    • @_JC_21
      @_JC_21 2 роки тому +52

      Ohhh edgy reference!

    • @pagetwentyone
      @pagetwentyone 2 роки тому +272

      Short everything that guy has touched

    • @BusinessWolf1
      @BusinessWolf1 2 роки тому +19

      p e r f e c t

    • @DailyShit.
      @DailyShit. 2 роки тому +28

      @@_JC_21 still hits the point.

  • @sapphosplace1878
    @sapphosplace1878 Рік тому +3835

    I laughed so hard when I realized this video wasn't from November. Dude wasn't even hiding it.

    • @dreed100
      @dreed100 Рік тому +41

      Yeah. I am not that much into crypto but watched this video 5 or 6 months ago.
      So when this new scandal erupted...it felt familiar lol!
      And yep. This is the same ponzi guy. It will so going to be used against him!

    • @EwenMackenzie
      @EwenMackenzie Рік тому +10

      I just thought this was broght to me *because of the scandal* now I know this guy was an open fraud

    • @sugarly69
      @sugarly69 Рік тому +3

      Incriminating evidence

    • @moosesnWoop
      @moosesnWoop Рік тому +5

      Tbh only hear about Bankman Fraud and FTX this past month. Before them its wasn't even in my sphere, let alone though that FTX wasn't anything more than 'just another exchange'

    • @NoHateLikeChristianLove
      @NoHateLikeChristianLove Рік тому

      “But I had no intention of fraud! I just wasn’t paying attention”
      All these soulless husks know EXACTLY what they’re doing to the point they’ve conditioned a good chunk of the US to defend SBF because “well if it makes money whose to say that it’s wrong?”

  • @MixtapeEntertainment
    @MixtapeEntertainment Рік тому +352

    “They’re not confessing...they’re bragging”

  • @old-morty
    @old-morty Рік тому +224

    Judge: "Well, you're sentenced to go into a box, it's a box with some bars on one side, it's not a prison cell, it's a box with few bars, you just gotta believe it"
    SBF: "Aah genius!" **prepares his quickbooks**

    • @matthewklahn3204
      @matthewklahn3204 Рік тому +2

      He loves boxes as much as the next guy.

    • @charlesm.2604
      @charlesm.2604 Рік тому

      @@matthewklahn3204 who is he to claim living inside a box isn't the next big thing?

    • @lesslighter
      @lesslighter 7 місяців тому +3

      @@charlesm.2604 solid snake and naked snake?

    • @tzarg
      @tzarg 3 місяці тому +1

      comment of that year rn

    • @BeastOfMetal1989
      @BeastOfMetal1989 Місяць тому

      Fucking QuickBooks...

  • @JohnnyClash_
    @JohnnyClash_ 2 роки тому +4647

    This video is going to age like fine wine

  • @SirHumano97
    @SirHumano97 Рік тому +2287

    "unless people decide we were wrong in a coordinated way" famous last words.

    • @itisallinyourhead1709
      @itisallinyourhead1709 Рік тому +71

      Which came true 😂

    • @OnTheThirdDay
      @OnTheThirdDay Рік тому +118

      It always happens like this: it is going good until a recession hits then the ponzi flops because people want to do some withdrawings.

    • @tjenadonn6158
      @tjenadonn6158 Рік тому +86

      @@OnTheThirdDay Exactly what killed Madoff. Hard times came and people wanted cash. The cash never existed so Madoff was fucked. Same exact story here.

    • @vancouverbarista
      @vancouverbarista Рік тому +8

      "realize" not decided lol

    • @Slaat1
      @Slaat1 Рік тому +14

      well we agreed on money having any value, in a coordinated way

  • @ctontz
    @ctontz Рік тому +234

    He's not even trying to hide it. I think when he did this interview, he felt he was so much smarter than everyone else that no one would catch on. I hope they ask him about this at his hearing.

    • @Alex-vo2ew
      @Alex-vo2ew Рік тому

      Which is ironic because he sounded like a complete moron even while describing it.

    • @henripentant1120
      @henripentant1120 Рік тому +3

      He hoped that would count as reasonable disclosure

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne Рік тому

      He's not gonna go to trial, he's gonna plead out.

    • @WannabeShady90
      @WannabeShady90 7 місяців тому

      ​​@@EmeraldLavigneWell, about that... 😂

  • @joshuaduncan1477
    @joshuaduncan1477 Рік тому +198

    "Boxes that do nothing in the shape of pyramids" - coffeezilla is the take away quote

  • @Le_Petit_Lapin
    @Le_Petit_Lapin Рік тому +4346

    To think that FTX still managed to last 6 months after this interview.

    • @teeletsetse445
      @teeletsetse445 Рік тому +76

      Wouldn't be surprised to hear that FTX raised more money after this interview. Strange happenings.

    • @juansolo7485
      @juansolo7485 Рік тому +25

      Well they made it this far till someone actually looked at their balance sheet

    • @cmd2973
      @cmd2973 Рік тому

      Blows my mind. And big companies and celebrities actually investing into this piece of human trash.

    • @soulreaper9453
      @soulreaper9453 Рік тому

      They are Dems, so, it's all fake

    • @AnumaElish
      @AnumaElish Рік тому +46

      What do you expect? Crypto isn't unbacked it just backed by madness of people. And you cant predict madness of people.

  • @seriousbees
    @seriousbees Рік тому +4095

    I feel like this interview will go into a museum someday. The moment it all went wrong

    • @ShaferHart
      @ShaferHart Рік тому +59

      That's not the moment it all went down. He really is describing most of crypto lol

    • @miguelrodriguez1214
      @miguelrodriguez1214 Рік тому

      @@ShaferHart Except BITCOIN . Biotch!

    • @justins8802
      @justins8802 Рік тому +27

      @@ShaferHart well, what SHOULD happen is all of crypto collapses back to its real value of its economic utility as a decentralized currency.

    • @goranstojanovic4013
      @goranstojanovic4013 Рік тому +4

      It will go into court 😂

    • @jonathanj8303
      @jonathanj8303 Рік тому +1

      What do you mean "went wrong"? What other result could have been expected from a ponzi scheme run by a bunch of risk-addicted amphetamine users?

  • @tylermetcalf7683
    @tylermetcalf7683 Рік тому +252

    “Well if we never get caught and everyone keeps buying… it’ll never be described as a Ponzi Scheme” 😂

    • @bepreparedforwhatscoming4975
      @bepreparedforwhatscoming4975 Рік тому +3

      6:40

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Рік тому +2

      UwU I got caught

    • @oliversissonphone6143
      @oliversissonphone6143 Рік тому +9

      It's not a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme requires that someone lie to you about the value of a portfolio. This just describes a bubble with no value. Similar, but not the same.

    • @hullie7529
      @hullie7529 Рік тому

      @@oliversissonphone6143 This is not a bubble, it's not an overvalued good or product or service, it's literally nothing, you can only take money out if other people put money in, there's nothing behind it to back it up. It's a Ponzi scheme.

    • @oliversissonphone6143
      @oliversissonphone6143 Рік тому

      @@hullie7529 what are the requirements of a Ponzi scheme? List them out.

  • @michaelwilson367
    @michaelwilson367 Рік тому +50

    6:44 "...if the world never decides we're wrong about this...". Absolute gold.

  • @hoangle8030
    @hoangle8030 Рік тому +4452

    damn, you called this out 6 months before this ? You are doing journalism at a professional level. It's so glad to see how this channel has grown over the year. Earned my respect

    • @oldpostreviver2624
      @oldpostreviver2624 Рік тому +66

      Not at a professional level, at a psychic level.
      But then again I called it wayyyyyy before any of this, since the start , all you have to know is that there are people giving real money to buy fake money 😂🤡 might as well buy coins in Apex or Fortnite

    • @chuckdeuces911
      @chuckdeuces911 Рік тому +3

      This is simple, ALL crypto is a ponzi scheme, literally..

    • @mattreynolds612
      @mattreynolds612 Рік тому +15

      Reminds me of tulip's

    • @youraveragegrandma568
      @youraveragegrandma568 Рік тому +32

      “Journalism at a professional level” is an understatement considering how shitty modern journalism is

    • @brunodosreis
      @brunodosreis Рік тому +3

      Not the first time

  • @kgeor7660
    @kgeor7660 Рік тому +2641

    Dude learned his economics playing video games that generated gold coins

    • @brandodurham
      @brandodurham Рік тому +39

      😂 so accurate

    • @mikeluque6527
      @mikeluque6527 Рік тому +68

      He bumped his head up against that box one too many times.

    • @Frommerman
      @Frommerman Рік тому +20

      Dude be tryna cast high alch irl

    • @brobrio
      @brobrio Рік тому +16

      At least there is some value in the video game. There was nothing of value in this scam unless you were able to sell before the whole sh*thouse went up in flames!

    • @kvaka009
      @kvaka009 Рік тому +16

      He's not all that wrong though. If people never changed their mind about the value of the box, then it would keep being valuable. It's just that at some point, you run out of suckers to throw into the box.

  • @Namari12
    @Namari12 Рік тому +45

    The original podcast this came from has been removed and I'm so sad about that. Glad it's immortalized here

    • @tolep
      @tolep 4 місяці тому +1

      It's on YT at Bloomberg Podcasts - title:
      Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How to Make Money in Crypto | Odd Lots

  • @MattTucker
    @MattTucker Рік тому +70

    I explained Crypto to my wife about 6 months ago in almost the exact same way he has described it.
    She was getting FOMO from all her friend apparently making money from it and I told her there is zero chance I would be investing in it anytime soon. Very satisfying to watch this and see the results from this BS!

    • @TheEndKing
      @TheEndKing Рік тому +2

      Has she said anything, in response to all this happening?

    • @shoazdon7000
      @shoazdon7000 Рік тому +6

      Smart, it’s too late to invest in crypto now. Those who invested early were lucky. It’s best to see how it plays out and watch from there.

    • @JJ-qo7th
      @JJ-qo7th 7 місяців тому

      @@shoazdon7000 Other early adopters were people who were given a free pile of coins at the initial launch, thereby giving them a quick way to build a pile of cash off of the idiots who bought in.

    • @bobstoner8152
      @bobstoner8152 Місяць тому +1

      close minded people stay broke

    • @PepeTheFrog2016.
      @PepeTheFrog2016. Місяць тому +2

      Still satisfied?

  • @TheFinalChapters
    @TheFinalChapters Рік тому +973

    He forgot the part where someone tries to sell their box tokens or whatever, but no one wants them and suddenly the box has a $0 market cap.

    • @leetjohnson
      @leetjohnson Рік тому +210

      That's in the final chapters, chapter 11.

    • @Elena-wh2qw
      @Elena-wh2qw Рік тому +13

      @@leetjohnson 😂😂

    • @jeskaaable
      @jeskaaable Рік тому +17

      @@leetjohnson such a great reply 🤣

    • @asdasdasdasd8970
      @asdasdasdasd8970 Рік тому +16

      And the whole fleeing the country part...

    • @PoeLemic
      @PoeLemic Рік тому +4

      @@asdasdasdasd8970 where and then even when the Feds can't locate you ...

  • @youtubeisfascism
    @youtubeisfascism Рік тому +997

    First rule of running a Ponzi Scheme is don't tell anybody you're running a Ponzi scheme.

    • @yakakiyakaki
      @yakakiyakaki Рік тому +43

      On contrary - tell them exactly what your going to do and watch all the stupid folk throw money at you like it’s going out of fashion. Can’t believe anyone took this SBF guy seriously, he was a clown from the beginning!!!

    • @axecapital1
      @axecapital1 Рік тому +2

      True .-)

    • @JeffBourke
      @JeffBourke Рік тому +6

      But he totally believed it would last forever.

    • @AH17293
      @AH17293 Рік тому +12

      @@yakakiyakaki that's what I find so hard to believe. He's talking out his ass the whole time and yet he still pulls this off. I do think we live in an era where there's less and less value in having genuinely useful knowledge and more value in pretending to have knowledge in every new trendy market.

    • @oddhouseproduction
      @oddhouseproduction Рік тому +2

      If you are a warlock you have to announce your intention to manifest properly 🪄🧙

  • @TheDiablotak
    @TheDiablotak Рік тому +102

    I said from day one, Crypto had more in common with ponzi scheming and pump and dump penny stocks then actual currency. I’m not claiming to be completely right but it sure feels a lot more right now

    • @r3zaful
      @r3zaful Рік тому

      Crypto should stay in anonymous tbh.

  • @esparda07
    @esparda07 Рік тому +78

    This actually makes sense. The dude is a computer nerd, he learned economics from video games like WoW.

    • @olutukko2681
      @olutukko2681 Рік тому +4

      @@joe5923 dependa on game actually. Some do have an actual working economy, not wow though

    • @Namugaseum
      @Namugaseum Рік тому

      Have any examples of which games do have an actual working economy?

    • @olutukko2681
      @olutukko2681 Рік тому +1

      @@Namugaseum if I've understood the game correctly albion online has. Im not sure if there even is any other games but I think that one has😄

    • @eyvindjr
      @eyvindjr Рік тому +1

      @@joe5923 Wrong. Diablo 2 had a very real player-made economy, and the currency was the very rare "Runes", which also had their own utility.

  • @tommylyndon8480
    @tommylyndon8480 Рік тому +2713

    Coffeezilla needs to do a recap video of all the times he was proven right!

    • @KOWSKY-
      @KOWSKY- Рік тому +13

      Yeah this is wild

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 Рік тому +8

      He wasn't actually proven right about anything he said here. All he did was just point to a dude who openly explained that he was essentially in the ponzi business

    • @soulreaper9453
      @soulreaper9453 Рік тому +3

      this guy is just a crypto prophet. How many times have I missed the warnings, many 😂

    • @AIGenerated
      @AIGenerated Рік тому +32

      @@soulreaper9453 it's simple in crypto assume 98% of everything will fail at some point.

    • @jacobpalmen3315
      @jacobpalmen3315 Рік тому

      @@KOWSKY- not really, if anyone wasn’t an idiot they’d know crypto is the biggest ponzi

  • @rumourhats
    @rumourhats Рік тому +778

    "Well... I'm in the ponzi business, and it's pretty good"
    that line had me dying 🤣

    • @Xin0s
      @Xin0s Рік тому +33

      this ages like a fine wine

    • @mattdeaver6850
      @mattdeaver6850 Рік тому +18

      Checking back in the day after he lost more net worth than any other single human in history.

    • @KOWSKY-
      @KOWSKY- Рік тому +3

      Bro - what you think now?

    • @attila2246
      @attila2246 Рік тому +21

      @@mattdeaver6850 He never had that money, it was all fake. Dude was always a scammer.

    • @mvs9122
      @mvs9122 Рік тому +5

      I think Bernie said the same thing

  • @skatergurljubulee
    @skatergurljubulee 7 місяців тому +53

    Back in the comments after the verdict! Anyone else? lol

  • @VonTyrant
    @VonTyrant Рік тому +91

    "If the world never decides we're wrong about this in a coodinated way"
    This guy is single-handedly creating new super villain lines. 🤣

  • @KillianTwew
    @KillianTwew 2 роки тому +2373

    His entire point is basically, "If nobody found out Bernie Madoff was full of shit, his box of money would still be alive"

    • @LowJSamuel
      @LowJSamuel 2 роки тому +57

      It's a decent point to make, though. If Bernie Madoff were transparent about what he was doing and the "investors" knew exactly the risks they were taking, would it have been so wrong? At that point it is just gambling, a "fun" game of hot potato. As long as everyone knows what they're in, let them have their fun.

    • @moshunit96
      @moshunit96 2 роки тому +247

      @@LowJSamuel if people knew what Bernie Madoff was doing they wouldn't have invested in the first place.

    • @LowJSamuel
      @LowJSamuel 2 роки тому +55

      @@moshunit96 Maybe, or maybe not. Plenty of people know exactly how these "crypto projects" "make" money, and they do it anyway. It's gambling.

    • @monash4250
      @monash4250 2 роки тому +122

      @@LowJSamuel think really hard about what u just said. It makes no sense at all. If Madoff had been open about what he was doing, ppl would pull out money immediately because no one wants to be holding the bag or "hot potato". The game of hot potato only works when an external entity is controlling when the round or game starts & stops. The moment Madoff's scam would be exposed the game would end.

    • @yu-kaichou1821
      @yu-kaichou1821 2 роки тому +32

      @@monash4250 his point is that this is what people are doing nowadays with some crypto projects. They know there is no real reinvestment to generate returns and it’s just to get the new people, but they do it anyway.

  • @xmen9916
    @xmen9916 Рік тому +3390

    This alone should convict him of fraud! He knew exactly what he was doing.

    • @jaymatthews9324
      @jaymatthews9324 Рік тому +25

      Is it fraud when he tells people exactly what he's doing and then does it? Oh yeah, that's right, when a millionaire gets butthurt, that's fraud. I forgot that our entire monetary system is 10x worse, but rich people benefit from it at the expense of everyone else, so that means it's legit.

    • @amarujuancoiz4287
      @amarujuancoiz4287 Рік тому +78

      @@jaymatthews9324 wtf are you saying. How exactly do you know it is 10 times worse specifically? Why is worse to begin with?

    • @jaymatthews9324
      @jaymatthews9324 Рік тому +10

      @@amarujuancoiz4287 Are you completely unfamiliar with how the fiat monetary system works? Because it's literally the same scheme, they just figured out how to pay your governments and media to make it super legit.

    • @bizzle4819
      @bizzle4819 Рік тому +60

      @@jaymatthews9324 what are you crying about?

    • @NoHateLikeChristianLove
      @NoHateLikeChristianLove Рік тому

      @@jaymatthews9324 Yes it is fraud. It’s a Ponzi scheme. That’s illegal. Don’t you remember this from the Madoff era?

  • @Villianova
    @Villianova Рік тому +222

    The sad part is, despite being called intelligent, he legitimately explained this while being completely unaware this is illegal.

    • @tobiasweidinger9944
      @tobiasweidinger9944 7 місяців тому +41

      He was aware

    • @venomoz1523
      @venomoz1523 7 місяців тому +18

      Bro knew exactly what he was doing. The only sad thing about this is all the people that lost money in this

    • @TheRogueWolf
      @TheRogueWolf 5 місяців тому +6

      I think he was entirely aware, but just considered himself to be such a genius that he'd be able to bullshit his way out of any consequences.
      Well, we've seen how _that_ turned out, hm?

    • @tolep
      @tolep 4 місяці тому

      What part of it? Aside of FTT, of course. If people want to trade tulip bulbs or tokens or whatever and you are just running an exchange...

  • @glovere2
    @glovere2 Рік тому +57

    You know you’re good when your show ages like this one. That’s hard to do in any field, but in Coffeezilla’s world it’s particularly impressive. Not having to regret any of your previous content says a lot about your integrity, doing a job where mistakes are easy to make and truth is hard to find. It’s called due diligence and being careful what you say and how you say it. Doing public service and being damn entertaining at the same time. Terrific work.

  • @RobinHood-yk8og
    @RobinHood-yk8og 2 роки тому +2757

    he wasn't accidentally describing a ponzi scheme.. he was deliberately describing how most current crypto-products are ponzi schemes

    • @Youda00008
      @Youda00008 Рік тому +111

      Most? Tell me one that isn't.

    • @joey199412
      @joey199412 Рік тому +125

      @@Youda00008 The classic coins that have no centralization behind them like Bitcoin. These weren't created by people looking out to profit initially and thus not ponzi schemes.

    • @kennyadvocat
      @kennyadvocat Рік тому +57

      Totally described LUNA. How is promised 18% yield assuming people would keep pumping it up forever. Who would ever sell a coin that paid that much yield? LOL

    • @LuisCarlosTejadaRodriguez
      @LuisCarlosTejadaRodriguez Рік тому +46

      This. He was obviously making a point about how useless and how most cryptos lack fundamentals

    • @thureintun1687
      @thureintun1687 Рік тому +17

      are you his brain?
      If that was the case he wouldn't be triggered like a baby at the end when OGs laughed at his talk

  • @bennybaubles
    @bennybaubles Рік тому +829

    Funnily enough this podcast will probably be used in a court as evidence against him.

    • @DCG909
      @DCG909 Рік тому +60

      Nah, he's going to get off scot free probably.
      He's spend some money in the right pockets.

    • @almighty5839
      @almighty5839 Рік тому +7

      @@DCG909 exactly

    • @brolladventures9454
      @brolladventures9454 Рік тому +14

      No he’s going to prison.

    • @vmelchers
      @vmelchers Рік тому +1

      SBF is probably out getting a face transplant in Bolivia this guy will never be caught, sadly

    • @BE-ms5cn
      @BE-ms5cn Рік тому +1

      Lmaooooo

  • @GlyphicEnigma
    @GlyphicEnigma Рік тому +78

    I think there *is* a lesson to be learned here; DON'T PITCH A PONZI SCHEME TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN TELL THEM THEY'RE WRONG XD

    • @amckx81
      @amckx81 Рік тому

      Basically the whole reason these ponzi crypto's exploded, is because young people told old people they were "missing out" or that they "just didn't get it." It was reverse ageism and shouting about how the old ways didn't work, without realizing the pyramid ponzi scheme is nothing new.

  • @m1keyfreshhh256
    @m1keyfreshhh256 Рік тому +20

    The fact this was 7 months prior is absolutley amazing

  • @DtF4EvEr1
    @DtF4EvEr1 2 роки тому +3248

    At last, a legitimate Ponzi scheme I can join without having to worry if it’s a Ponzi scheme or not

    • @TracyA123
      @TracyA123 2 роки тому +144

      Amen! What was that sage advice from a few years ago? "The best investment is the ground floor of a Ponzi scheme". Words to live by my friend...words to live by

    • @MohammadMalan
      @MohammadMalan 2 роки тому +47

      Your positive outlook is refreshing

    • @copypasta1585
      @copypasta1585 2 роки тому +73

      I don't know about you, but I admire nothing more in a Ponzi salesman than honestly!

    • @nom6758
      @nom6758 2 роки тому

      @@MohammadMalan idk if your meming but the dude is clearly shitting on ponzi scheme.

    • @Cbd_7ohm
      @Cbd_7ohm 2 роки тому +19

      @@copypasta1585 That doesn't exist unless you're a part of the ground floor ingroup lol

  • @christopheevers1724
    @christopheevers1724 Рік тому +1178

    I am speechless. If this had been a parody, I would have thought "they overdo it, it should have at least a varnish of creidibility". And he didn't "accidently" describe a Ponzi scheme, he deliberatly did it.

    • @Midfield_Media
      @Midfield_Media Рік тому +8

      I dont understand Chris. People are saying such unbelievable nonsense that I cant even process it anymore. What am I missing here? Is it as simple as "this guy has no idea what hes talking about and is making 0 sense?"

    • @BigWickEnergy_
      @BigWickEnergy_ Рік тому +1

      Easy to say in hindsight

    • @tommykarrick9130
      @tommykarrick9130 Рік тому +25

      The thing is I don’t know if these guys even realized they were running a fraud, I don’t think any of these literal children running the company ever did research on financial regulation or principles or or understood why a perpetual money machine couldn’t exist, I think they were so stupid that they genuinely just thought “wow! We’re making so much money! What a great business model!” And didn’t realize how easily the whole thing could fall apart
      Not that that excuses it of course, just shows how deluded they were

    • @dovif5313
      @dovif5313 Рік тому

      He is pretty much saying all crypto are ponzu schemes

    • @123batina
      @123batina Рік тому +10

      @@tommykarrick9130 Yup. Have you seen those kids running the show. Id ask photo ID in the club before approaching to make sure they are of legal age... Not that I want to belittle anyone. But this kind of ignorant nonchalance is very indicative.

  • @JGComments
    @JGComments Рік тому +43

    I love how the finance guys are openly laughing at what he’s doing.

    • @charlesterrizzi8311
      @charlesterrizzi8311 7 місяців тому +4

      They literally called it a Ponzi scheme in the podcast

  • @RussellCHall
    @RussellCHall 7 місяців тому +9

    Why is YT recommending this old video to me today ? Checks news, oh I see.

  • @FatAlbert1020
    @FatAlbert1020 Рік тому +576

    6:50 “If the world never decided we were wrong about this in a *coordinated* way…”
    Binance CEO: I’m about to coordinate this mans whole career

    • @vendels4154
      @vendels4154 Рік тому +15

      yeah in a nutshell, this happened lol

    • @ShaferHart
      @ShaferHart Рік тому +3

      Indeed lmao

    • @ShaferHart
      @ShaferHart Рік тому +8

      But who will coordinate the coordinator? Binance is on shaky ground itself. They can't even market in the US lol

    • @supersai4198
      @supersai4198 Рік тому +7

      @@ShaferHart Binance doesn't get a say. If Tether collapses, sorry WHEN Tether collapses. Crypto will shrink to significantly. Binance will have no choice but to shutdown at that point.

  • @grantconnell760
    @grantconnell760 Рік тому +324

    Had to come back here in the wake of FTX’s blowup / meltdown. No one can say SBF himself didn’t warn you

  • @connorgoosen2468
    @connorgoosen2468 Рік тому +20

    "They're not confessing; they're bragging"
    - The Big Short

  • @nerv007
    @nerv007 7 місяців тому +11

    REALLLY aged like fine wine

  • @gaminacthemaniac6444
    @gaminacthemaniac6444 2 роки тому +2098

    They described the Ponzi scheme so Coffee won't have to, but he will anyway. You are the man Coffee.

    • @rajbhattacharya4427
      @rajbhattacharya4427 2 роки тому +2

      People seem to be incredibly stupid when it comes to anything dealing with the internet. It's sad, not only because millions-if not billions-of people will be ripped off. But because venal people will end up destroying the internet.

    • @Lee-One
      @Lee-One 2 роки тому +8

      Well he tried to say it in a way so it didn’t sound like a ponzi and coffee said it in a way it it’s easier to understand

    • @tokertalk9648
      @tokertalk9648 2 роки тому +1

      The whole space is one gigantic scam. The most degenerate of gamblers in the space get tilted when you speak this truth and make wailing cries of "FUD" and "Waaaaaaahh you just dun understaaaaaaand it" because simple truth gets in the way of the amount of fiat dollars (which they pretend to hate yet wildly chase) they think they will make.

    • @harisbbbbaaa
      @harisbbbbaaa 2 роки тому

      they took his jUuub

    • @thecryptobeard
      @thecryptobeard Рік тому

      Coffee is the lil-unorginal-man riding on the trends of others.

  • @Coffeezilla
    @Coffeezilla  2 роки тому +3370

    "they pour another $300 million in the box and you get a stake and then it goes to infinity and then everyone makes money." - Sam Bankman-Fried 2022.

    • @waynetastic1746
      @waynetastic1746 2 роки тому

      _" _*_OH NO!_*_ Something that's crypto related in-fact turned out to be a giant _*_SCAM_*_ ? Who'da thunk it? 😰"_

    • @traceyoung5592
      @traceyoung5592 2 роки тому +138

      I think he might have a future in Central Banking.

    • @youngsavage2937
      @youngsavage2937 2 роки тому +22

      Ahh yes coffee, CryptoDefiTokenomicsPumpenomicsNon-fungibleNon-investment advice🤓 pls notice me!😅

    • @sunraiii
      @sunraiii 2 роки тому +37

      Source: Trust me bro.

    • @rainersainvil7632
      @rainersainvil7632 2 роки тому +1

      Sam Bankman Fried has other huge scams, his company is illegal in the US and he's done a ton of lobbying. You should investigate Coffee, so much in pump and dumps, FTX, Tether, lobbying and regulation.

  • @bruno3
    @bruno3 Рік тому +950

    Correction: Crypto CEO accidentally describes... Crypto. But he said the quiet part out loud and that's why the others who were with him started nervously laughing. "Come on, Sam. We're trying to run a business here. Don't say it like that!" But let's all keep pretending only a few bad apples are actually Ponzi schemes.

    • @MrAwesumo
      @MrAwesumo Рік тому

      I agree and disagree I think blockchain technology is here to stay but I do agree most of what’s in crypto now is just scams it’s like a rabid stock market however it’s tested the time not because of NFTS, Doge or even Bitcoin but because of the decentralisation part like web3 in a way crypto has always been a psychological question like a VPN it’s just another way of doing things I know people who love crypto because of USDC they don’t have anything else. (If you don’t care about getting rich quick you’ll see crypto differently)

    • @atoms4sail
      @atoms4sail Рік тому +38

      you get it.

    • @favray
      @favray Рік тому +27

      Eh, depends if the coins are accepted or not. If you can genuinely use it as a means to purchase goods then it’s rlly not.

    • @drzerogi
      @drzerogi Рік тому +100

      You're right. Crypto is only valuable as long as enough people believe is valuable. And that value is not backed by any tangible thing. Even fiat currency is backed by the power of government and those who produce goods and services in the society it represents.

    • @ThePkmnmaster0
      @ThePkmnmaster0 Рік тому +18

      Matt Levine was not and will never be a crypto supporter. That is not what was happening here

  • @greenwitch9836
    @greenwitch9836 Рік тому +11

    Just catching up on your library. You had him all those months ago. Great work Detective! Love your channel.

  • @stevebryan5779
    @stevebryan5779 Рік тому +640

    Great call out guys. I hope when he goes to trial they use this interview to show he knew exactly what he was doing with intent to fraud.

    • @CryptoMike747
      @CryptoMike747 Рік тому +11

      They will

    • @suyahatesntr
      @suyahatesntr Рік тому +6

      They'll definitely 😂

    • @TronBons
      @TronBons Рік тому +14

      Highly doubt he is going to any trials.. his MIT kids team will remain rich and this will blow over soon.

    • @FatAlbert1020
      @FatAlbert1020 Рік тому +19

      @@TronBonsactually no. The world has been spoiled by the longest bull run in the modern financial era. Crypto could only thrive and exist in a booming economy- not one where people are cautious and take safe bets. The longer this economic downturn lasts, the more ferocious the people and repercussions will become

    • @drbichat5229
      @drbichat5229 Рік тому +2

      Nothing will happen. He gave money to a lot of politicians

  • @ppmny7015
    @ppmny7015 Рік тому +174

    "Boxes that do nothing that are in the shape of pyramids."
    You are brilliant 🙏

  • @maxwellhouse750
    @maxwellhouse750 Рік тому +18

    He predicted the future. He now lives in a box that really is worth nothing.

  • @leobastian_
    @leobastian_ 8 місяців тому +5

    he basically says "you call it a ponzi scheme, but i say "what if it is, but it doesnt collapse afterwards"

  • @MK-lk7nc
    @MK-lk7nc Рік тому +97

    Six months later and the magical pyramid shaped box that does nothing and generates money forever has collapsed in on itself and robbed a bunch of people. Who could have guessed?

    • @theprogram863
      @theprogram863 Рік тому +6

      LOL just discovered Coffeezilla but he deserves all the victory laps he wants to take. 😀

    • @jobob47
      @jobob47 Рік тому +3

      indeed. did not see that one coming. (sarc)

  • @thomaswilson4495
    @thomaswilson4495 Рік тому +623

    I think the world decided he was wrong about this, in a coordinated way.

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Рік тому +37

      Can I have my money back?
      "No."
      Oh...uh, I hope you like jail.

    • @sweetspiderling
      @sweetspiderling Рік тому +4

      💀💀💀

    • @anderivative
      @anderivative Рік тому +18

      oddly, it was kind of an accident by Binance's CZ divulging that FTX was a pile bc of its native shitcoin. Probably would have happened in the near future one way or another but without Binance diving in to their books I dont think we'd know this yet.

    • @sweetspiderling
      @sweetspiderling Рік тому +1

      @@anderivative sad but true

    • @hanneswitt9842
      @hanneswitt9842 Рік тому +6

      underrated comment

  • @Eddie100official
    @Eddie100official 7 місяців тому +12

    CONVICTED.

  • @blakksheep736
    @blakksheep736 7 місяців тому +7

    Breaking news: SBF has been found guilty on all 7 charges, sentencing in a couple months.
    We won. 🎉

  • @JustinMcBride21x
    @JustinMcBride21x Рік тому +305

    I love that you can hear the interviewers in the background laughing as he's explaining this box of his because I'm just imagining them looking at each other like "So who's gonna tell him?"

    • @brettpgh3312
      @brettpgh3312 Рік тому +47

      People called this kid a genius, routinely. I'm dumbfounded.

    • @eatcake3073
      @eatcake3073 Рік тому +1

      @@brettpgh3312 Maybe because he maked money like water. Those elite are totally dreaming of that too.

    • @bigal3928
      @bigal3928 Рік тому +17

      Many of them had money invested with him... they are shocked, laughing as a way to process the shit storm they are in bed with.

    • @Dan16673
      @Dan16673 Рік тому +8

      @@brettpgh3312 MIT physics. He is prolly very smart but got insane greedy

    • @AoDAzrael
      @AoDAzrael Рік тому +22

      @@brettpgh3312 I mean maybe he was, but being a genius doesn't make you immune to hubris. A lot of people like to say that the USD is also a made-up currency backed by nothing while ignoring the fact that it's actually backed by US economic output and military might. He likely shut off the skeptical part of his brain and fully bought into this idea that we're headed to a brand new world where old rules about money don't apply.

  • @elisatseng6286
    @elisatseng6286 Рік тому +860

    This has aged incredibly well! How did the whole world manage to ignore all the warning signs??

    • @NoticeDesign
      @NoticeDesign Рік тому +131

      The "whole world" didn't. The people actually active in crypto is a tiny minority. They just have huge microphones and talk about it nonstop. So it seems like a lot of people are in it.

    • @chuckdeuces911
      @chuckdeuces911 Рік тому +19

      Idk, crypto is still live so what's changed? People still Democrat..

    • @jaywye
      @jaywye Рік тому +21

      "LOL FTX GOOD, SOLANA GOOD, YOU'RE JUST A HATER"

    • @bate01071
      @bate01071 Рік тому +14

      @@chuckdeuces911 yes, there are crypto tokens still. It’s pretty bipartisan as far as the reach of crypto. Not sure what your on about.

    • @danieltracy7136
      @danieltracy7136 Рік тому +16

      How ignored.... greed

  • @SportsCardCollectorChronicles
    @SportsCardCollectorChronicles Рік тому +1

    This video just ages better and better as time moves on.. EPIC moments!!! Well done Coffee

  • @starb0146
    @starb0146 21 день тому

    So lucky to have watched this the first time it was posted. Keep it coming Coffee brother! 😉❤❤

  • @Lixhul
    @Lixhul 2 роки тому +419

    This is why I truly believe a crash will happen. Eventually there will be so many boxes that people start to realise there is no value in them.

    • @sniper.93c14
      @sniper.93c14 2 роки тому +5

      Are you saying that the Luna crash and along with most of the major cryptos are therefore a sign of the time to come?

    • @Lixhul
      @Lixhul 2 роки тому

      @@sniper.93c14 When we see what most of the crypto coins do, the answer is absolutely nothing. I do believe a crash like the internet bubble will happen

    • @musicforbands
      @musicforbands 2 роки тому

      @@sniper.93c14 the failing boxes will become case studies from which a new form of crypto (but its still crypto) will emerge legalities will make it seem gov legit (but its not)

    • @ilyasofficial1617
      @ilyasofficial1617 2 роки тому +46

      @@sniper.93c14 i believed majority of crypto are empty boxes

    • @hoisinholdup
      @hoisinholdup 2 роки тому +14

      This happens every market cycle. Altcoins get annihilated when people lose faith in them, and move to blue chips, stables or completely out the sector

  • @rol1in0n20s
    @rol1in0n20s 6 місяців тому +5

    I love how the podcast host is laughing in his face the whole time and you can HEAR the smile in his voice, he's like "oh they like me I'll keep talking!"

  • @samratdutta4373
    @samratdutta4373 Рік тому

    Never watched any other video of this channel yet.
    This alone deserves the subscription. :D

  • @Mishkafofer
    @Mishkafofer Рік тому +60

    He is not admitting, he is bragging.

  • @shamrock73
    @shamrock73 Рік тому +110

    He forgot the part when people take their money out the box.

    • @grayr3d
      @grayr3d Рік тому +2

      Hahahhahahahaa that not even a point, it's one way road LOL

    • @RustOnWheels
      @RustOnWheels Рік тому +1

      That’s exactly it. That’s why crypto at a large is a scam. People store their money in it hoping that more people store their money in it so it becomes more valuable, so more people store their money in it. At no time should anyone remove their money or the whole thing falls apart.
      It’s a big box stuffed with dead money.

    • @tmassak6860
      @tmassak6860 Рік тому +2

      Well sam is not wrong. It is the same thing in Gold market, collectable cards market even barbie collecters market ... he was right boomers don't understand how money works

    • @Yotrymp
      @Yotrymp Рік тому +4

      @@tmassak6860 Clearly he doesn't understand money either, as he lost billions.

    • @tmassak6860
      @tmassak6860 Рік тому +2

      @@Yotrymp Don't get me wrong i'm not defending him, i never liked him in the first place. What he did is plain robbery and should be prosecuted regardless of the field he is working in, but that has nothing to do with what he was saying in this video

  • @copee2960
    @copee2960 7 місяців тому

    You were way ahead of the curve ...great work coff....respect from the UK

  • @thebreak247
    @thebreak247 Рік тому

    This is amazing to watch now. Love your channel, keep up the good work.

  • @nenadmomcilovic9133
    @nenadmomcilovic9133 Рік тому +147

    What's annoying is they take your money, spend it on properties and then declare bankruptcy. And get away with it.

    • @mrschneebly9691
      @mrschneebly9691 Рік тому +22

      People wanted unregulated trading and got unregulated trading. Pretty easy to get away with breaking nonexistent laws.

    • @PeterSedesse
      @PeterSedesse Рік тому +7

      read a stat that like 80% of bankruptcies are people with more than 10 million in assets

    • @brando3098
      @brando3098 Рік тому

      @@mrschneebly9691 Is there any regulated legitimate crypto stock markets currently one could invest in ??? My cousin think he has like 60billion dollars LMAO

    • @tessierrr
      @tessierrr Рік тому

      @@mrschneebly9691 yea no bank ever fucked people over right and got away with it 🤣

    • @nateshepardson1204
      @nateshepardson1204 Рік тому +2

      You misspelled Democratic Party

  • @vwabi
    @vwabi Рік тому +63

    6:40 "If the world never decides we're wrong about this, right?" - FTT is down 90%, looks like the world really did decide he was wrong.

  • @user-rk6ir8cq6p
    @user-rk6ir8cq6p Місяць тому +2

    SBF 2020: "Pretend it does literally nothing. It's just a box"
    SBF 2024: "Why is the window in my box fitted with vertical bars?"

  • @andrewhoward4471
    @andrewhoward4471 Рік тому +2

    Coffezilla you were way ahead of this guy. I subscribed and going to binge watch your channel. Just absolutely amazing video. Thanks

  • @kondor99999
    @kondor99999 Рік тому +68

    This aged really really well

  • @erik-001-
    @erik-001- Рік тому +108

    This aged very well 😄

  • @HamletNOR
    @HamletNOR 6 місяців тому +6

    Ahhh... Watching this at the end of 2023 is weirdly satisfying to say the least!

  • @americandissident9062
    @americandissident9062 8 місяців тому +11

    The reason he just flat out describes a ponzi scheme without hitting the brakes at all is because SBF is not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. He's good at using computers but otherwise he's a midwit. He's just an average dude who has better than average computer skills and above average charisma when talking to boomers in suits.

  • @NiklasAndersson7
    @NiklasAndersson7 Рік тому +93

    He describes a bubble. Be it tulips in the Netherlands (1634), Dotcom companies (1999), Railway stocks (1840) or Crypto (2022). Always ends badly.

    • @FellTheSky
      @FellTheSky Рік тому +2

      Pfft.. and 2008 subprime? as if people cared about that.
      The only thing that matters is that "if you buy you'll become rich". Nobody cares about fundamentals, earnings, etc.
      People got what they deserved.

  • @lyndellmoore1696
    @lyndellmoore1696 Рік тому +31

    "Everything has a price, but not everything has VALUE"- Eric L. Moore

  • @transsnack
    @transsnack Рік тому

    Man, this just keeps getting better and better as time passes. This is great!

  • @tungamarkal9552
    @tungamarkal9552 Рік тому +11

    One thing to always destroy a triangle scam is they can never tell you exactly what it is you are getting

  • @deprogramr
    @deprogramr 2 роки тому +1203

    This reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend a few months back. We were talking about how markets interact with cryptos, stocks, real estate, and fiat currency, etc.. It was a big conversation, but it ended with us basically both saying "They're all chasing yields, but where are the actual yields?", then we looked at each other with a face of "Uh-oh :/ " lol!

    • @cptrelentless80085
      @cptrelentless80085 2 роки тому +62

      Fascinating stuff

    • @dansrod5952
      @dansrod5952 2 роки тому +6

      What do you mean when you say "markets interact". Do you have an example of what thos markets could be? Just trying to understand

    • @DumbledoreMcCracken
      @DumbledoreMcCracken 2 роки тому +96

      @@dansrod5952 money sloshing around between buyers and sellers, and sloshing between "asset classes"

    • @theonewhoknocks2835
      @theonewhoknocks2835 2 роки тому +16

      lend money, get interest. simple

    • @DumbledoreMcCracken
      @DumbledoreMcCracken 2 роки тому +70

      @@theonewhoknocks2835 which doesn't work with a deflationary currency

  • @user-bn5gy1mg7q
    @user-bn5gy1mg7q 7 місяців тому

    This is such a good rewatch.... every.... single.... time

  • @zombygunslinger
    @zombygunslinger Рік тому +21

    7 months before the indictments! BTW Kevin O'Leary was saying a week ago there was not yet any evidence of fraud, in case you wonder about how complicit he was in this.

    • @rock90753
      @rock90753 Рік тому +1

      Kevin is a fraud as well

    • @varunsharma1889
      @varunsharma1889 Рік тому +2

      Kevin O'Leary is payed by FTX so he isn't allowed to say anything negative against FTX

    • @kesayo
      @kesayo Рік тому +1

      @@varunsharma1889 Yeah but you can't really use that in court. Like "I'm sorry judge, I knew it was fraud but they paid me a ton of money to keep quiet so I couldn't say anything."

  • @Pabloparsil
    @Pabloparsil 2 роки тому +1636

    I think he is an honest dude, he is fully aware he is describing Ponzis and I don't think he intends to justify or condemn them, he is just describing what most "crypto projects" are

    • @rebel8814
      @rebel8814 2 роки тому +43

      Yes

    • @SaadAhmed3000
      @SaadAhmed3000 2 роки тому +79

      Sam is one of the few good ones in the space

    • @arminius6506
      @arminius6506 2 роки тому +165

      I think he's just like one of my dumb friend who think they ponzy schemes are genuine business.

    • @Playerz714
      @Playerz714 2 роки тому +25

      @@SaadAhmed3000 ehhh it doesn't help when promotes shit like it tho

    • @SaadAhmed3000
      @SaadAhmed3000 2 роки тому +35

      @@Playerz714 he's not promoting Lol

  • @chipsun2504
    @chipsun2504 Рік тому +363

    Dude coffeezilla deserves an Emmy, and the Nobel peace prize. Ur a hero man.

    • @sirius1696
      @sirius1696 Рік тому

      Pulitzer

    • @PaquiPaqui73
      @PaquiPaqui73 Рік тому +1

      The Pulitzer.

    • @nickl5658
      @nickl5658 Рік тому +1

      The right prize is a Pulitzer prize.... the equivalent of a Nobel in journalism.

  • @valenciasainz
    @valenciasainz 3 місяці тому +2

    Company: *"Why should we hire you"*
    SBF: *"My mother is proud of me."*

    • @valenciasainz
      @valenciasainz 3 місяці тому +1

      This is a joke.
      (I don't think she's proud of him at all)

  • @iced9244
    @iced9244 Рік тому +2

    This keeps getting better and better

  • @patrickconrad396
    @patrickconrad396 Рік тому +490

    He didn't just describe a Ponzi scheme. He describes the entire crypto currency market. That's how they work. And the chances they actually accomplish the promises they make are astronomical. But the more people that they convince the more they can scam.

    • @distinctga5811
      @distinctga5811 Рік тому +33

      If it serves as a medium to facilitate trade then it inherently has value. This is decided upon by consensus. It's the same as the USD. It has no intrinsic value, but we all accept it as a medium to facilitate trade, which grants it value. It is entirely possible that the crypto market was simply a coordinated activity to promote the creation of technologies that can be used to facilitate the adoption of the digital dollar.

    • @edwardriley7339
      @edwardriley7339 Рік тому +12

      like penny stocks in the 80s lol
      did anyone actually watch wolf of wall street?
      because i feel like crypto wouldnt take of otherwise lol

    • @wisesquirrel4986
      @wisesquirrel4986 Рік тому +6

      @@distinctga5811 What can we do if people later decide the exact opposite by consensus?, do I just lose it all?

    • @distinctga5811
      @distinctga5811 Рік тому +6

      @@wisesquirrel4986 Yes. This is why investing in currencies with high levels of confidence is important. However, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. Money is tight right now, so everything is cheap. (stocks, crypto, bonds) I wouldn't be discourages by prices in most areas. The Crypto market remains very risky though.

    • @clickthisforawsomnes
      @clickthisforawsomnes Рік тому +1

      I mean at least the original and currently actually valued coins are more of an open system. And the pitch is we can remove a middle man with this automation system. But it’s already hit a point where everyone has built most of the improvements of the core foundation. The second step is what’s going on now where some systems are saying you can use this to also verify or pay into it to get work done. So companies have to buy a coin to pay into the system to anonymous miners who in turn sell computing work. And then there’s actual value. Other coins went the other way where they wanted full privacy so that person can stay anonymous if they wish. That gives that system value. What doesn’t give something value is if people know about it. It’s why you get what’s happening now where people seem to value it over how popular something is. There’s a reason major system players still held a core value while so many died. It showed what has value and what’s a house of cards with people that don’t understand the core idea (why cz and every other crypto company hated these guys. They literally are what the founders of crypto wanted to remove)
      Also funny that this is the one with huge US government ties.

  • @JustTheHighlights
    @JustTheHighlights Рік тому +47

    Need a part 2 where you just say
    I 👏TOLD 👏YOU 👏SO! 👏
    😂

  • @johnsmith42688
    @johnsmith42688 6 місяців тому +3

    Wow this isnt even clickbait...he ACTUALLY described a ponzi scheme

  • @singaporeghostclub
    @singaporeghostclub 5 місяців тому +7

    Crypto is ponzi on its essence.

  • @nielsbishere
    @nielsbishere Рік тому +50

    Coming back to this after FTX collapsed with popcorn

  • @ChristopherTucker138
    @ChristopherTucker138 Рік тому +67

    The order in which I've discovered your videos have been hilarious. Started with the SBF FTX crash and then this one... like a fine wine.

  • @JeweloftheWorld2000
    @JeweloftheWorld2000 4 місяці тому +3

    I legitimately use this to explain Ponzi schemes.

  • @CashewChickenEnjoyer
    @CashewChickenEnjoyer 8 місяців тому +3

    Really funny to look back on this now.

  • @chadwolf3840
    @chadwolf3840 Рік тому +143

    He doesn’t even sound like a sophisticated scam artist. You nailed this guy.

    • @OsirisLord
      @OsirisLord 6 місяців тому

      All of these guys are grifters. They all know what they are doing EXCEPT SBF who doesn't seem to understand what he's doing is a crime and he just said it out loud. Anyway he was found guilty of all seven charges and will be serving a combined prison sentence of 110 years.

  • @eFiggidy
    @eFiggidy Рік тому +27

    I love how this video was recommended after Graham Stephan’s FTX “apology” video.

  • @JimFergusonAtticus
    @JimFergusonAtticus 6 місяців тому

    oh what a year it’s been :) Great work coffee!

  • @Omar-et7sb
    @Omar-et7sb Рік тому

    Damn dude... take my sub. You nailed this!

  • @sganet_
    @sganet_ Рік тому +70

    Don’t let these UA-camrs off the hook!
    Meet Kevin, Jeremy Lefebvre, Andrei Jikh, Graham Stephen, Tom Nash, Brian Jung… and so on, they all promoted the scam!

    • @DocOrtmeyer
      @DocOrtmeyer Рік тому +9

      Holy crap that’s like…. All of finance UA-cam 😂

    • @drawcoder
      @drawcoder Рік тому +3

      More like "finance" UA-cam

    • @eduardotijero6900
      @eduardotijero6900 Рік тому +3

      Don't forget minority mindset

    • @sganet_
      @sganet_ Рік тому +1

      @@eduardotijero6900 at this point, there’s just too many. And this list doesn’t even include the tiktok grifters.

    • @metalrockstarizer89
      @metalrockstarizer89 Рік тому +3

      Very highly disappointed with Tom Nash and Graham Stephen. They literally became almost the embodiment of what they preached against fake gurus years ago when they first started out

  • @GETxMAULED
    @GETxMAULED Рік тому +194

    Can't be a pyramid if it's a box 😮

    • @foobarFR
      @foobarFR Рік тому +9

      It's a pyramid shaped box.

    • @GETxMAULED
      @GETxMAULED Рік тому +6

      @@foobarFR mind blown.

    • @foobarFR
      @foobarFR Рік тому +5

      @@GETxMAULED several billions USD blown, too

    • @blckbldng
      @blckbldng Рік тому +1

      pyramid shaped box filled with 17th century tulip bulbs

    • @tame1773
      @tame1773 Рік тому +2

      @@foobarFR Cant wait to put my life savings in this brand new trapizoid shaped box!