(Bloomberg) — FTX’s viral Super Bowl ad featured multiple versions of a deeply skeptical Larry David. In light of the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse, his…
The creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm is among the slew of stars being sued for promoting FTX’s services and products. The lawsuits allege they lured unsophisticated investors into the debacle.As the Canadian national soccer teams head to their respective FIFA World Cups, Derek Van Diest is on the scene to cover all the action. Expect expert insights and analysis in your inbox daily throughout the tournaments, and weekly on Thursdays for the rest of the season.
The celebrities could be liable if the investors can prove they failed to disclose that they were being paid to promote the crypto exchange or had invested in the company, or were hawking unregistered securities. The pending lawsuits are in federal court in Miami and San Francisco.Read More: Sam Bankman-Fried Fooled the Crypto World and Maybe Even HimselfArticle content
To determine whether a given item constitutes a security, courts tend to fall back on the Howey Test. It gets its name from a 1946 Supreme Court decision defining a security as “an investment of money in a common enterprise with profits to come solely from the efforts of others.” If the item in question meets that definition, the court held, then it doesn’t matter “whether the enterprise is speculative or nonspeculative, or whether there is a sale of property with or without intrinsic value.
“We are taking a close look at them” as part of the regulator’s broader probe into FTX’s failure, he said.tap here to see other videos from our teamBrady and Bundchen joined the company’s $20 million ad campaign in 2021 and made a commercial — “FTX. You In?” — showing them urging acquaintances to join up. They also took equity stakes in FTX Trading Ltd., according to the Miami complaint.
The commercial featured him as a skeptic of other inventions, such as the Sony Walkman and, earlier, the wheel. “Don’t be like Larry,” the ad cautioned. It made FTX one of the most retweeted brands during the game, lawyers for the investor in the Miami complaint said.Article content
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