I really don't think anyone was confused about yield farming being a Ponzi. Everyone who was in it just thought they'd get out before it blew up. Not really related to FTX blowing up.
This distinction keeps getting lost in all this. Exchanges like Celsius and Voyager were pretty explicit about the fact that they were taking your crypto and lending it out to people to generate yield. Anyone with a brain should have realized that involved some risk of losing your assets, especially when you compare their rates to what was available elsewhere at the time. Those exchanges blowing up because of bad loans was entirely foreseeable and not surprising.
But that's not why FTX blew up. They went down seemingly due to straight up fraud and/or theft. FTX users had no indication that FTX was doing anything other than holding their assets and collecting transaction fees. They're completely different situations.
But that's not why FTX blew up. They went down seemingly due to straight up fraud and/or theft. FTX users had no indication that FTX was doing anything other than holding their assets and collecting transaction fees. They're completely different situations.