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The downfall of a crypto power couple
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FTX executive Ryan Salame and crypto advocate Michelle Bond were an industry power couple. Their tale has turned into a legal nightmare.
PHOTO: NYTIMES
He was a wealthy cryptocurrency executive with a shiny white Porsche and a luxury condo apartment in the Bahamas. She was a crypto policy expert with political ambitions, advocating for the industry in Washington.
A romance blossomed after they were brought together by an unlikely matchmaker: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed FTX crypto exchange.
