In case you haven’t been watching the news, the FTX cryptocurrency exchange collapsed last week, and with it, the fortunes of philanthropists that pledged major funding for rationalist and effective altruist (EA) causes. For some further background
EA Forum summary at time of exchange collapse
Let’s get this out of our system: What do you think about the collapse of FTX? How does it affect us, and what can we learn from it? If possible, we’ll put together a lesson-learned document that can be shared to Less Wrong.
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