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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Taylor Swift avoided $100 million FTX debacle by questioning whether the exchange was selling unregistered securities

Taylor Swift performs onstage (Credit: Octavio Jones—TAS23/Getty Images for for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift doesn’t just write popular songs, she also has an eye for due diligence. 

When the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX approached her about a $100 million sponsorship deal in 2021, the pop star asked them, “Can you tell me that these are not unregistered securities,” according to the lawyer leading a class action lawsuit against FTX promoters.

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