A baby-faced CEO turned a Farmville clone into a Ponzi scheme

I'm surprised more business leaders don't run off with the company's money as soon as it takes off. This is basically how business worked during the "privatisation" phase in my post-Communist country: businesses getting set up to provide goods and services, only to collapse within months when the leadership runs away to Central America. After all, it's only rational if you can do it with impunity, and I doubt more money after the first $50-80 million really makes much difference. I'm honestly surprised this isn't the story of private enterprise everywhere. Growing up, basically all we dreamed of was to make a lot of money on some hustle and then run off to Rio de Janeiro to a life of luxury. Isn't this basically FIRE, which so many users here dream of?

This sounds exactly like what is happening with Axie Infinity right now. Where you need to buy in with about $500 of ethereum right now... And then get "paid" out actual rewards and supposedly can make your money back after a month or something grinding in the game.