25 - The FTX Acquisition
Book of Heroes: A Storybook Brawl Podcast
English - March 29, 2022 23:00 - 43 minutes - 37.6 MBVideo Games Leisure Games Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 24 - Playing for the Long Game
Next Episode: 26 - New Patch + Peter Pants Character Tiers
This week, Jesse and Sidney discuss the acquisition of Storybook Brawl by FTX US, a cryptocurrency exchange. We cover the facts of what happened, the reasons the community is upset, and our own opinions on the acquisition. This episode also contains an update about the future of the show.
Sources:
Official announcement - FTX Acquires Storybook Brawl
Wikipedia articles on cryptocurrency, NFTs, FTX, and Blizzard Entertainment
Steam rules about games that involve cryptocurrencies
Steam Charts for Storybook Brawl
FTX podcast on Storybook Brawl
Solana Energy Use Report
Axie Infinity Wikipedia page
New York Times article on Bitcoin's energy consumption
FTX Climate website
Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs
Article about Sam Bankman-Fried's philanthropy
Givewell article on cost to save a life
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