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Crypto collapse: FTX’s fall is one piece of a long, cold, contagious crypto winter

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Elizabeth Lopatto
More like “valar morghulis,” right, Pete?

Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures had a 19 percent stake in the now-bankrupt BlockFi, The Wall Street Journal reports. Another crypto bet from the venture capital firm also went bankrupt: Vauld Group. The last time I saw Thiel IRL, he was shilling Bitcoin at a Bitcoin conference.

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