Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried: ‘I got involved with no clue what a blockchain was’

Is the new financial elite so different from the old? Meet Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, which enhanced his fortune to $24bn. He has a knack for winning over sceptics, but many critics still judge cryptocurrency as something similar to a Ponzi scheme. In this interview with Joshua Oliver, he offers an alternative to that narrative, focussing on how crypto can give ordinary people control over their finances and benefit everyone involved.