Descrição:
From the incomparable Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The Big Short) comes the wild and still ongoing story of Sam Bankman-Fried and the world of cryptocurrency. This is as much a character portrait as it is an exploration of a pocket of the financial industry that still baffles so many.From the best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center.
When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?
In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading,… Ler mais
