Zeke Fox
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Naomi Osaka. Yep.
Ohtani from the Angels. What about the great CryptoTani? Maybe. That's the way he trades on FTX.
Ohtani from the Angels. What about the great CryptoTani? Maybe. That's the way he trades on FTX.
Ohtani from the Angels. What about the great CryptoTani? Maybe. That's the way he trades on FTX.
I mean, yes, but it's pretty inefficient because you're advertising to a lot of people who may not already have any desire to trade crypto. So you sort of have to convince them it's like a two-step thing. You want to trade crypto, and then you should do it with us. So your conversion rate on that is going to be pretty low. And in fact, it was, Sam told me.
I mean, yes, but it's pretty inefficient because you're advertising to a lot of people who may not already have any desire to trade crypto. So you sort of have to convince them it's like a two-step thing. You want to trade crypto, and then you should do it with us. So your conversion rate on that is going to be pretty low. And in fact, it was, Sam told me.
I mean, yes, but it's pretty inefficient because you're advertising to a lot of people who may not already have any desire to trade crypto. So you sort of have to convince them it's like a two-step thing. You want to trade crypto, and then you should do it with us. So your conversion rate on that is going to be pretty low. And in fact, it was, Sam told me.
They weren't signing up a lot of customers from these ads. If you remember the...
They weren't signing up a lot of customers from these ads. If you remember the...
They weren't signing up a lot of customers from these ads. If you remember the...
Yeah, I don't think so. Or the series of Tom Brady ads. The message was like, all regular people... Basically, if you don't go trade crypto right now, you're missing out and you're a loser. Yes. And the successful people like Tom Brady are doing it.
Yeah, I don't think so. Or the series of Tom Brady ads. The message was like, all regular people... Basically, if you don't go trade crypto right now, you're missing out and you're a loser. Yes. And the successful people like Tom Brady are doing it.
Yeah, I don't think so. Or the series of Tom Brady ads. The message was like, all regular people... Basically, if you don't go trade crypto right now, you're missing out and you're a loser. Yes. And the successful people like Tom Brady are doing it.
Yes. And this is where even in the moment, I had developed my own theory of why he was doing this. I mean, he's in the Bahamas, right? This whole thing is questionably legal at best. The reason he's in the Bahamas is because he would definitely get sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission if he was in the U.S. And...
Yes. And this is where even in the moment, I had developed my own theory of why he was doing this. I mean, he's in the Bahamas, right? This whole thing is questionably legal at best. The reason he's in the Bahamas is because he would definitely get sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission if he was in the U.S. And...
Yes. And this is where even in the moment, I had developed my own theory of why he was doing this. I mean, he's in the Bahamas, right? This whole thing is questionably legal at best. The reason he's in the Bahamas is because he would definitely get sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission if he was in the U.S. And...
The biggest risk to his business would be that the government would basically say, you know what, we've thought about this a little more. Even though you're on that island, this is actually all super illegal and we're going to arrest you.
The biggest risk to his business would be that the government would basically say, you know what, we've thought about this a little more. Even though you're on that island, this is actually all super illegal and we're going to arrest you.
The biggest risk to his business would be that the government would basically say, you know what, we've thought about this a little more. Even though you're on that island, this is actually all super illegal and we're going to arrest you.
Setting aside any potential fraud, they might just be like, you're running this crazy exchange, the people in the US are getting onto it somehow, and this has got to stop. And if that happened, that could be the end for him. So anything that would lower the odds of that happening would be valuable. And so he was doing a lot of... He gave away... almost $100 million to people in Congress. Right.