FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (“SBF”) has been attracting attention for the past two days with a thread of mysterious tweets in the form of single letters. A few hours ago, he made it complete:
WHAT HAPPENED? [NOT LEGAL ADVICE. NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. THIS IS ALL AS I REMEMBER IT, BUT MY MEMORY MIGHT BE FAULTY IN PARTS.]
As Bankman-Fried promised a few days ago, at some point he will give his perspective on the story of FTX’s downfall. An article published late yesterday afternoon by the New York Times (NYT), which interviewed SBF, falls far short of those claims.
The article, titled “How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapsed,” does not even mention the words “Fraud,” “Enron,” “Crime,” “Illiquid,” “Stolen,” “Hidden,” Criminal,” or “Back door.”
As the NYT reports, SBF gave interview on Sunday that lasted until after midnight. During it, he seemed “surprisingly…
