More crypto companies are going to fall to Ponzi scheme-style bankruptcy, but cryptocurrency will remain a crucial tool for exchange funds globally, a venture capitalist told Fox News.
“Overall, I think you’re going to have most things crash,” said Joe Lonsdale, an investor and a co-founder of software company Palantir. Various crypto lenders, crypto tokens and other parts of the ecosystem were “a Ponzi scheme, and it made no sense whatsoever.”
“This is what you’d expect in any situation where you have stuff that’s not regulated,” he added.
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Over the last several years, crypto projects have been “valued not based on cash flows, not based on creating value in the economy, but based on what people would pay for it,” Lonsdale said.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is facing an onslaught of legal repercussions over his involvement in the collapse of FTX.
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FTX, a Bahamas-based crypto exchange, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early November after reportedly losing at least $1 billion.
Another large crypto company, BlockFi, also announced its bankruptcy last week, following other crypto companies like Celsius Network and Voyager Digital into Chapter 11 proceedings.
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