Ben McKenzie
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And it was finally crashing over the summer.
And I said, you got to have hearing for the victims.
You got to talk about the cost because all people are seeing is the, like, you know, one in a million person that makes a fortune on it.
And that's all the media focuses on.
And basically, they were...
The staffs were sympathetic, but this just wasn't the right time.
It was with the vibe.
And then that fall, Sam got arrested.
Sam Beckman Freed of FTX.
His empire exploded fantastically.
He was kind of the figurehead of crypto at the time.
He was arrested in the Bahamas and eventually extradited, and there was a chance for a hearing.
And I got the call, and...
Yeah, it was a really nice moment.
I mean, to be honest.
I was, of course, instantaneously incredibly nervous.
Yeah, no, of course, of course.
Never done it before.
I think some of them did.
Yeah.