FTX is a victim of the stadium curse #ftxcrash #stadiumcurse #ftx #ftxstadium #cryptocrash #ftxtoken
11 Nov 2022 · 0 min
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In this brief commentary, the speaker argues that FTX’s massive marketing expenditures—$21 million on a Super Bowl ad and $135 million to secure the naming rights of Miami Heat’s arena as the FTX Arena—have contributed to its imminent bankruptcy. He frames this as an example of the “stadium curse,” a pattern where companies that invest heavily in stadium naming rights and high‑profile advertising end up collapsing financially, citing historical cases such as Enron and PSINet as parallels.
