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{{a|myth|}}Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Named after the character [[Chance the Gardener]], in Hal Ashby’s 1979 film ''Being There'' in which Chance, a mentally-challenged, sheltered gardener who has never left his house, accidentally becomes an trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and a powerful insider in Washington politics, and impliedly president.
Named after the character [[Chance the Gardener]], in Hal Ashby’s 1979 film ''Being There'' in which Chance, a mentally-challenged, sheltered gardener who has never left his house (''Peter Sellers''), accidentally becomes an trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and a powerful insider in Washington politics, and impliedly president.
 
It turns out that crypto-guru SBF was similarly challenged. Who knew.
 
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*[[FTX]]
*[[Crypto asset]]
*[[The dog in the night-time]]


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Sam Bankman-Fried.

Named after the character Chance the Gardener, in Hal Ashby’s 1979 film Being There in which Chance, a mentally-challenged, sheltered gardener who has never left his house (Peter Sellers), accidentally becomes an trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and a powerful insider in Washington politics, and impliedly president.

It turns out that crypto-guru SBF was similarly challenged. Who knew.

See also

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/plotsummary