The FTX Collapse Explained: Antonio Fatás (INSEAD)

Antonio Fatás, Professor of Economics at INSEAD, makes sense of the FTX collapse and what it exposed about trust, leverage, and governance in crypto markets — a macroeconomist's read on one of the space's largest failures. With Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this matters for blockchain: FTX is the cautionary tale at the center of crypto: leverage, governance, and trust failing at once. Antonio Fatás's economist lens explains what actually broke and why it matters for the whole industry.

In this episode, we cover:

• What really caused the FTX collapse
• Antonio Fatás's macroeconomic read
• How leverage and governance gaps compounded
• What the failure exposed about crypto trust
• Lessons for regulation and digital-asset markets

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