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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

FTX is bankrupt and SBF was on trial, so why are people still buying FTT tokens?

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When FTX collapsed last November, the crypto exchange’s native token, FTT, was thrust into the spotlight.

The coin’s public-facing use was to give customers discounts and perks. But in the trial of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, prosecutors made it clear that the token was also instrumental in manipulating the balance sheets of both the crypto exchange and its sister trading firm, Alameda Research.

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