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Twelve days after the disgraced and corrupt crypto exchange, FTX, filed for bankruptcy, the New York Times ran this headline: “Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions.” The article explains that a tiny bank in Washington state, Farmington State Bank (also known as Moonstone Bank), had received an ownership stake of $11.5 million from FTX’s sister firm, Alameda Research, which at the time was twice the net worth of the bank. More

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