‘Big Short’ Author Michael Lewis Almost Ready To Publish Book On SBF

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Michael Lewis, ο συγγραφέας των μπεστ σέλερ του The Big Short: Μέσα στη μηχανή Doomsday και Moneyball: Η τέχνη του να κερδίζεις ένα άδικο παιχνίδι, αποκάλυψε ότι έχει σχεδόν ολοκληρώσει τη συγγραφή του βιβλίου του για τον Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) και την κατάρρευση του χρηματιστηρίου κρυπτογράφησης FTX.

Lewis’s upcoming book about Bankman-Fried is titled, Going Infinite: the Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon. Lewis initially crossed paths with SBF in late 2021 after a friend had asked him to meet the FTX founder and get a read on him.

Speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami on May 19, Lewis didn’t offer a specific publishing date but indicated that he wants the book to drop around when SBF’s trial starts in October.

A quick search on Amazon does show, however, that the book has a tentative release date of Oct. 3.

*Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon. Πηγή: Amazon.*

Lewis was reportedly close to φινίρισμα the book just before Το FTX κατέρρευσε περιβόητα in November 2022. The subsequent criminal charges against SBF added an entirely new angle to the story behind the former billionaire crypto mogul.

Οι ιστορίες του SBF και του FTX

Εξιστορώντας τη διαδικασία γραφής ενώ μιλούσε στο συνέδριο του Bitcoin, ο Lewis το πρότεινε το δράμα του FTX έσωσε τελικά το βιβλίο.

«Σκέφτηκα «Δεν έχω βιβλίο», είπε, προσθέτοντας:

“I had this conversation with a kind of person I used as a sounding board…and he said, ‘Your problem is you don’t have a third act. You have the first two acts, but you don’t have a third act.‘ And I said, ‘That’s absolutely right; I don’t know how to end it.‘ A week later, FTX blows up. I was so grateful.“

The author didn’t want to give a rundown of too many details in the book but said he was able to get a first hand-look at FTX’s meltdown as it happened.

“It aims to read like a piece of fiction,” he said, adding, “If you didn’t know anything about crypto. If you didn’t even know who Sam Bankman-Fried was. You might think, ‘this is just a made-up story.’”

Lewis also disclosed at the conference that he owns a modest amount of Bitcoin (BTC) locked up in the FTX bankruptcy.

Είμαι κουρασμένος, συγγνώμη, αυτό είναι φυσικά ο Michael Lewis!

— Joe Nakamoto (@JoeNakamoto) 19 Μαΐου 2023

Given that Lewis provided an engaging and in-depth run of the key players and moments surrounding the 2008 housing bubble crisis in The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, his next book on SBF is bound to have some interesting insights.

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During his appearance at the conference, Lewis revealed he had interviewed people from SBF’s inner circle, FTX employees, and government officials in the Bahamas and the United States.

Έχει επίσης πρόσβαση στο SBF εδώ και δύο χρόνια, με τον ιδρυτή του FTX συνεχίζοντας to allow Lewis to interview him during his house arrest in Palo Alto, California.

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