Praxis Founder Dryden Brown’s Utopian Visions

December 12, 2023Posted inAltman, Samuel H, Bankman-Fried, Sam, Computers and the Internet, Content Type: Personal Profile, Dryden Brown, Fashion, Fringe Groups and Movements, High Net Worth Individuals, HK FTX Trading Ltd (Futures Exchange), internal-great-read, internal-sub-only, Mediterranean Sea, Neo Nazi Groups, Praxis, SoHo (Manhattan, NY), Start-ups, Thiel, Peter A, Venture Capital
Dryden Brown wants Praxis to be a crypto-city for tech bros and tastemakers. Just don’t ask for details.

How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality

July 6, 2023Posted inActors and Actresses, Bankman-Fried, Sam, Brady, Tom, Bundchen, Gisele, Celebrities, Computers and the Internet, Football, HK FTX Trading Ltd (Futures Exchange), Models (Professional), Nonfungible Tokens (NFTs), Start-ups, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Virtual Currency
The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash. Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.

The Super Connector Who Built Sam Bankman-Fried’s Celebrity World

June 23, 2023Posted inAgents (Business), Bankman-Fried, Sam, Bankruptcies, Celebrities, Computers and the Internet, Content Type: Personal Profile, Fashion, Frauds and Swindling, HK FTX Trading Ltd (Futures Exchange), K5 Global Advisor LLC, Kives, Michael, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Venture Capital, Virtual Currency
Michael Kives, a former Hollywood agent, connected FTX’s founder to Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton and others. His firm got $700 million in exchange, a lawsuit claims.

The Super Connector Who Built Sam Bankman-Fried’s Celebrity World

June 23, 2023Posted inActors and Actresses, Agents (Business), Bankman-Fried, Sam, Bankruptcies, Bryan Baum, Celebrities, Computers and the Internet, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, HK FTX Trading Ltd (Futures Exchange), K5 Global, Michael Kives, Parties (Social), Start-ups, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Venture Capital, Virtual Currency
Michael Kives, a former Hollywood agent, connected FTX’s founder to Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton and others. His firm got $700 million in exchange, a lawsuit claims.