FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

2022 - 12 - 15

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Sam Bankman-Fried Doc Feature Set At Myco (Deadline)

Sam Bankman-Fried FTX feature has been set at Myco following announcement of a Russo Brothers Amazon series on the topic.

While others are out there speculating about what happened, we can give the audience access to the people who were actually there.” Airing next year, the feature will include interview footage of Bankman-Fried as well as key FTX executives and rival Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao, whose single tweet was the beginning of the end for FTX and its sister company Almeda. [FTX](https://deadline.com/tag/ftx/) Founder once worth $24B who was [arrested in The Bahamas](https://deadline.com/2022/12/sam-bankman-fried-arrested-ftx-crypto-king-1235197403/) earlier this week for “financial offences.”

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No One Is Happier About Sam Bankman-Fried's Downfall Than the ... (Slate Magazine)

A philosophical schism about the point of crypto has erupted into a “boiling guerrilla war.”

[less-energy-intensive ways of mining currency](https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/how-green-is-green-crypto.html) or building [the whole weird “web3” thing](https://slate.com/technology/2021/12/jack-dorsey-web3-crypto-bitcoin.html), or even being included under the umbrella term crypto. [dropping value of Bitcoin](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/the-growing-financialization-of-bitcoin) as well as all the [scams](https://decrypt.co/6236/biggest-hacks-and-scams-in-bitcoin-history) associated with the currency. [high-level skepticism toward both Bitcoin and crypto](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-30/ftx-collapse-validates-sec-chair-gary-gensler-s-crypto-skepticism?sref=C3P1bRLC). This upset both DeFi and Bitcoin acolytes, in fact: The former said the bill would have “ [killed](https://thedefiant.io/defi-criticizes-sam-bankman-fried)” DeFi by creating a centralized system for oversight while carving out protections for SBF’s biz; the latter wanted nothing whatsoever to do with the government. Plenty of Bitcoin was traded through both [Alameda Research](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/11/09/alameda-in-eye-of-crypto-storm-takes-37m-of-wrapped-bitcoin-off-ftxus-exchange/) and [FTX](https://decrypt.co/101888/ftx-overtook-coinbase-bitcoin-volume-first-time-ever-may-report), as well as on the myriad other crypto companies that had investments in, loans from, and business deals with FTX (like BlockFi, which was also [forced to file for Chapter 11 in the fallout](https://www.coindesk.com/learn/blockfis-rise-and-fall-a-timeline/)). Other [major exchanges with FTX connections](https://www.ft.com/content/29a2f96f-6d9b-4593-abdf-ffaadc502951) and large Bitcoin holdings have lost investments, [trading volume](https://www.barrons.com/articles/bitcoin-price-trading-volume-crypto-markets-today-51670497343), and [confidence](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-05/bitcoin-s-btc-status-quo-is-making-some-long-time-observers-nervous). Places like Quebec and [Paraguay](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/14/bitcoin-miners-high-hopes-for-latin-america-dented-by-paraguay/), which once [welcomed Bitcoin miners](https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/news/pivot-magazine/2019-01-08-bitcoin-quebec), are now [turning against them](https://www.wsj.com/articles/quebec-shuns-bitcoin-mining-in-bid-to-conserve-power-11670514921). [crashing](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/21/bitcoin-btc-ether-eth-fall-as-ftx-collapse-ripples-through-market.html) to its lowest value in two years after clients withdrew [nearly all their FTX-stored Bitcoin in a panic](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-09/panicky-ftx-clients-withdrew-430-million-of-bitcoin-in-just-four-days). (Some might [disagree with that characterization](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-04/el-salvador-s-bitcoin-revolution-is-failing-badly) of the Salvadoran Bitcoin experiment!) Whatever this crypto industry is, most Bitcoin and Bitcoiners want no part of it.” The head of the Texas Blockchain Council gave a talk referring to the FTX fiasco as a “debt supercycle” that could [be ended only by turning to Bitcoin](https://crypto.news/bitcoin-could-end-debt-super-cycle-analyst-beckons/) principles. And the financial broadcaster Max Keiser tweeted that there was an explicit contrast between “ [the criminal enterprises of FTX](https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1595753787427377152)” and the “thriving” of El Salvador, thanks to the Latin American nation’s use of Bitcoin as legal tender as opposed to other “scam” coins. At a Senate Banking Committee [hearing](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/14/senate-banking-hearing-set-to-take-aim-at-ftx-and-cryptocurrency-industry-the-largest-ponzi-scheme-in-history.html) on Wednesday, plenty of lawmakers seemed ready to come down hard on the entire cryptocurrency sector.

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Top FTX exec blew whistle on Sam Bankman-Fried 2 days before ... (Markets Insider)

FTX Bahamas co-CEO Ryan Salame told local authorities that customer funds were being used to cover losses at Sam Bankman-Fried's trading arm Alameda, ...

He worked for Alameda between 2019 and 2021 before joining FTX Digital Markets, the crypto exchange's Bahamas division. Salame said that Bankman-Fried, FTX co-founder Zixiao "Gary" Wang and engineer Nishad Singh were the only employees at the crypto group that could have transferred assets held by the exchange to Alameda. A top FTX executive helped speed up Sam Bankman-Fried's downfall by alerting authorities in the Bahamas about potential wrongdoing at the crypto exchange just two days before its bankruptcy, a court filing shows.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's relatives asked Bahamas prison if he could ... (Fox Business)

Relatives of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have called the prison where he is being held in Nassau, Bahamas, to ask if he could get vegan meals delivered, ...

[GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE](https://www.foxbusiness.com/apps-products) "Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and inadequate access to medical care were problems in the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services men’s maximum-security block," the report added. Prisoners complained of the lack of beds and bedding," the report said. Sanitation was a general problem, and cells were infested with rats, maggots, and insects." "Maximum-security cells for men measured approximately six feet by 10 feet and held up to six persons with no mattresses or toilet facilities. [FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried](https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/sam-bankman-fried) reportedly have called the notorious prison where he is being held in the Bahamas to ask if vegan meals could be delivered there to him.

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 115 years of jail ... (Notebookcheck.net)

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX, has been arrested and detained in the Bahamas. The entrepreneur, who has now lost his billionaire ...

Disclaimer: The information reported here should not be used as a basis for any personal investment decision. [Buy a Trezor Model One crypto hardware wallet on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Trezor-One-Cryptocurrency-Protection-including/dp/B00R6MKDDE?tag=nbcnewsnet-20) - Conspiracy to commit wire fraud on lenders The eight charges [issued](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1557571/download) by the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, against Samuel Bankman-Fried are as follows: [arrested](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/13/inside-sam-bankman-frieds-first-hearing-after-his-arrest/) in the Bahamas on December 12 and has already made an initial court appearance in the capital city of Nassau where bail was [denied](https://www.reuters.com/legal/bankman-fried-appear-bahamas-court-us-unveil-charges-2022-12-13/). There has been surprisingly swift movement from US governmental agencies in regard to the ongoing FTX saga and its controversial figurehead, Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Ryan Salame: FTX Co-CEO blew the whistle on Sam Bankman ... (Daily Mail)

Sam Bankman-Fried's OWN co-chief executive told cops the FTX owner was funneling customers' money into his hedge fund - days before $32B crypto empire crashed.

Bankman-Fried has fallen hard and fast from the top of the cryptocurrency industry he helped to evangelize. 11, when it ran out of money after the cryptocurrency equivalent of a bank run. Bond called herself a 'strong supporter of President Trump's America First mindset and policies' in campaign literature. He is currently in a relationship with New York congressional Republican candidate Michelle Bond, 43. Earlier in November, the current FTX CEO John J. It's one of the best things that we can do for the future.' Salame said: 'Living through and going through COVID, it became abundantly clear that we're not prepared for pandemics and not prepared for … Very excited to grow with them in the long term. The massive apartment, served by two separate elevators, boasts a private terrace area with a bar and Jacuzzi spa, according to the resort's website. John Boozman and Brad Finstad, a GOP congressional candidate in Minnesota. He has not spoken publicly since FTX began to collapse in early November. government, and remains in custody after being denied bail

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Animoca founder says Asia is 'moving on' from FTX fiasco (Forkast News)

Asia's cryptocurrency community is “on the path of moving on” from the FTX fiasco, following the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, said Yat Siu, ...

[Bahamian police arrested](https://forkast.news/sam-bankman-fried-arrested-in-bahamas-what-comes-next/)Bankman-Fried on Monday at the request of U.S. [Solana ecosystem](https://forkast.news/could-ftx-woes-bring-on-another-crypto-freeze-resembling-terra-luna/). - He added: “The biggest damage with FTX was not so much financial.

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The Mysterious Problem With Sam Bankman-Fried's Political ... (Daily Beast)

Among the charges against Sam Bankman-Fried is a strange one that he broke rules surrounding political donations.

[require](https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/questionable-contributions/) the group to disgorge the money within 30 days. If the true donor is identifiable, the contribution can be refunded to the original contributor or to the U.S. “It’ll be interesting to see how these bigger groups react.” “The thing is, who are all the groups benefiting from this money?” Libowitz wondered. (Super PACs associated with SBF and Salame spent heavily this cycle—Bankman-Fried’s group put more than $23 million behind Democrats, and Salame’s spent over $12 million backing Republicans, according to FEC records.) And those amounts themselves might be fairly minor compared to what SBF gave dark money groups, which can accept unlimited amounts of money. Those contributions placed him among [the largest megadonors in the country](https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors), styling SBF as an aspiring George Soros—and, eventually, [putting pressure on Democrats](https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-took-sam-bankman-frieds-shady-ftx-crypto-money-will-they-keep-it) to return the money after FTX’s spectacular collapse last month. Another watchdog, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), appears to have seen it coming. [Pay Dirt](https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsletters?newsletter=pay-dirt&tdb_medium=top_article_paydirt&tdb_source=paydirt) is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Bankman-Fried, or “SBF” as he’s commonly known, was widely understood to be a Democratic supporter. Wealthy donors aren't supposed to be able to pick and choose which of their big contributions are public, and which ones are secret.” Citizens United opened new avenues for secret political spending, and Congress and the FEC have refused to close them,” Fischer said. Known as a “straw donor” scheme, it’s one of the few campaign finance crimes that can carry prison time.

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Bankman-Fried charges showcase U.S. prosecutor's growing role in ... (Euronews)

Now, with the fraud charges filed earlier this week against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the bankrupt FTX exchange, Williams has further solidified his ...

In the wake of Bankman-Fried’s arrest, Williams has made clear he would plow on with cryptocurrency enforcement. “This investigation is very much ongoing and it is moving very quickly,” Williams said. “Damian is doing a good job of saying, ‘we’re going to push the envelope in crypto,’ the way Preet was aggressive about insider trading.” “With these criminal cases, a lot of the time they’re regulating through enforcement.” Williams led the Southern District of New York’s (SDNY) securities and commodities task force before being nominated as the district’s top prosecutor by President Joe Biden. “This will forever be connected to the current U.S.

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