Brett Harrison - FTX US Former President & HFT Veteran Speaks Out

<p>I flew out to Chicago to interview <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BrettHarrison88">Brett Harrison</a>, who is the former President of FTX US President and founder of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.architect.xyz/">Architect</a>.</p><p>In his first longform interview since the fall of FTX, he speak in great detail about his entire tenure there and about SBF’s dysfunctional leadership. He talks about how the inner circle of Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, and SBF mismanaged the company, controlled the codebase, got distracted by media, and even threatened him for his letter of resignation.</p><p>In what was my favorite part of the interview, we also discuss his insights about the financial system from his decades of experience in the world's largest HFT firms.</p><p>And we talk about Brett's new startup, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.architect.xyz/">Architect</a>, as well as the general state of crypto post-FTX.</p><p>Watch on <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/yXgDlIlB93A">YouTube</a>. Listen on <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brett-harrison-ftx-us-former-president-hft-finance/id1516093381?i=1000603958700">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Fib8ZVk4mzkUnNH6iB2Ro?si=ZmAEUy7HSD-FnKmUZIOyuw">Spotify</a>, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/i/108062468/timestamps">here</a>. Follow <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">me on Twitter</a> for updates on future episodes.</p><p>Similar episodes</p><p>Side note: Paying the bills</p><p>To help pay the bills for my podcast, I've turned on paid <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/subscribe">subscriptions</a> on Substack.</p><p>No major content will be paywalled - please don't donate if you have to think twice before buying a cup of coffee.</p><p>But if you have the means & have enjoyed my podcast, I would appreciate your support 🙏.</p><p>As always, the most helpf