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As founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) prepares for trial on fraud charges in the U.S., a recent Wired magazine<\/a> article highlights how the failure of cryptocurrency exchange FTX affected users worldwide.<\/p>\n Taking a moment to reconsider that which was lost by so many around the world feels fitting ahead of SBF\u2019s trial commencing next week.<\/p>\n So, while American authorities prepare for Bankman-Fried\u2019s trial, Wired\u2019s investigation finds non-U.S. customers left empty-handed by FTX\u2019s bankruptcy.<\/p>\n The piece profiles victims like Anand, a crypto analyst in India who lost his $13,000 life savings when FTX unexpectedly froze withdrawals last November. Anand started crypto trading in 2017 and considered FTX a top exchange, so he kept most of his money there.<\/p>\n In Indonesia, a startup founder told Wired he lost nearly $65,000 when FTX collapsed overnight. He had previously recommended FTX to friends who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars based on his referral.<\/p>\n Unlike speculative crypto investing common in the U.S., the article explains that FTX served real-world financial needs abroad. In countries with unstable currencies, it provided a relatively stable store of value. FTX enabled fast, low-cost cross-border transactions for global commerce without foreign exchange complications.<\/p>\n Wired reports that FTX integrated with payment systems to facilitate blockchain transactions in these markets. The exchange\u2019s collapse rippled through these systems worldwide.<\/p>\n Though operating outside regulations in many countries, Wired finds FTX\u2019s reputation as a top player in crypto won global trust. Local users viewed it as low-risk despite the lack of government oversight.<\/p>\n Wired\u2019s investigation reveals the bankruptcy left victims worldwide, from India to Indonesia, who entrusted their financial lives to FTX\u2019s portrayal as a pillar of the crypto industry.<\/p>\n The piece highlights significant gaps in the oversight and regulation of cross-border cryptocurrency companies like FTX. Even in countries with strong consumer protections, FTX circumvented local jurisdiction.<\/p>\n Wired\u2019s coverage provides a critical perspective on FTX\u2019s global impacts that go far beyond the U.S. legal proceedings against its founder.<\/p>\n The post Wired unveils the global toll of FTX collapse amid Sam Bankman-Fried looming trial date<\/a> appeared first on CryptoSlate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) prepares for trial on fraud charges in the U.S., a recent Wired magazine article highlights how the failure of cryptocurrency exchange FTX affected users worldwide. Taking a moment to reconsider that which was lost by so many around the world feels fitting ahead of SBF\u2019s trial commencing next week. So, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-165152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165153,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165152\/revisions\/165153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}