Did Sam Bankman Fried Try To Pay Off Donald Trump To Skip US Election?
According to a report from The Telegraph, Sam Bankman Fried (SBF), founder and former CEO at failed crypto exchange FTX, attempted to influence presidential elections in the United States. The crypto founder has been accused of using the company’s funds to influence US politics, but new data reveals the depth of its actions. Related Reading: […]
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The FTX founder said he’d spend “north of $100 million” with a “soft ceiling” of $1 billion and added “who knows what’s going to happen between now and then.” The billionaire founder and CEO of theFTX cryptocurrency exchange Sam Bankman-Fried has revealed he intends to spend anywhere between $100 million and $1 billion to help influence the 2024 United States presidential election campaigns.In a podcast interview on May 24 Bankman-Fried was asked how much money he might donate during the next presidential election cycle, answering he’d give “north of $100 million” with a “soft ceiling” of....
The “relative newcomer” to politics joined other major CEO donors to the Democratic candidate. Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, donated $5.2 million to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.As the Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 28, Biden’s presidential campaign received a total of $79.5 million from the top 100 donors describing themselves as CEOs. Bankman-Fried is reportedly the second-largest “CEO-contributor” to the campaign after Michael Bloomberg, a co-founder of the eponymous financial and media company, who donated $56....
“A page in the book of history has turned, and there is an opening to think about some of our problems from a new perspective,” the gay Bitcoin enthusiast, Peter Thiel, who will serve on Donald J. Trump’s presidential transition team, told the New York Times after the election. “I’ll try to help the president in any way I can.” Since Donald J. Trump assumed the role of president-elect in last Tuesday’s U.S. election, much scrutiny has been put on his statements and team as the transition begins between President Obama and Mr. Trump. President-elect Trump appointed a litany of Republican....
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team has complained to a Magistrate Judge about the “outrageous” prison conditions the former FTX CEO is being held in. The attorney stated that Bankman-Fried is living on meager sustenance due to the prison’s inability to provide him with an appropriate diet. Former FTX Founder Complains Of Unsavory Prison Meals Sam Bankman-Fried, […]
In a candid panel discussion back in January this year, Anthony Scaramucci criticized Sam Bankman-Fried, whom he had considered a close friend, stating that Bankman-Fried’s actions had damaged his reputation. Sam Bankman-Fried, currently facing eight fraud charges related to his company FTX, was on the receiving end of Scaramucci’s strong words, with the financier going […]