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Tristan Bove

Binance’s CZ says he never shorted FTX’s crypto token—and the decision to stop selling it was ‘very expensive’

Shot of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao speaking onstage at a Binance event in Italy (Credit: Antonio Masiello—Getty Images)

In 2008, a group of Wall Street traders saw the housing crash coming and decided to bet against the housing market, striking it rich in a story dramatized in the 2015 biographical film The Big Short.

A Twitter post featuring the faces behind this year’s failed crypto ventures—including SBF’s—for a movie called The Big Short 2, an imaginary sequel to the 2015 film, made the rounds over the weekend. 

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