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Riki Thompson, Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Washington

What's a polycule? An expert on polyamory explains

Given the complexity of polycules, it's important for participants to be on the same page. Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images

With the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the media shined a spotlight on the personal lives of founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his inner circle.

It turns out that Bankman-Fried, his on-and-off girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, who served as CEO of FTX subsidiary Alameda and others involved in the company have dabbled in polyamory. Polyamorous relationships are a form consensual non-monogamy in which partners seek out multiple romantic or sexual relationships.

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