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Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried blames himself for FTX’s collapse, admits he ‘f---ed up’
Cnbc ^

Posted on 11/10/2022 8:50:33 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted Thursday morning that he is “sorry,” admitting that he “f---ed up” and “should have done better.” The post comes as the one-time hero of the crypto sector is begging for billions of dollars to stave off bankruptcy. “I also should have been communicating more very recently,” wrote Bankman-Fried. “Transparently--my hands were tied during the duration of the possible Binance deal; I wasn’t particularly allowed to say much publicly. But of course it’s on me that we ended up there in the first place.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; crypto; cryptocurrency; delusionalsystem; ftx; sambankmanfried
This is the clown who bankrolled the dems. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
1 posted on 11/10/2022 8:50:33 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Value of FTX went from 32 billion to zero.

Schadenfreude.


2 posted on 11/10/2022 8:51:36 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Honesty is the best policy. Now, compensate your customers.


3 posted on 11/10/2022 8:51:52 AM PST by NautiNurse (There was a 2022 mid-term Red Wave...in Florida! )
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To: NautiNurse

LOL ... with what?


4 posted on 11/10/2022 8:54:45 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: NautiNurse

With IOU’s?


5 posted on 11/10/2022 8:56:41 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

At least he didn’t blame Trump.


6 posted on 11/10/2022 8:57:28 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: bankwalker

Surely he has hard assets. Somewhere.


7 posted on 11/10/2022 9:00:22 AM PST by NautiNurse (There was a 2022 mid-term Red Wave...in Florida! )
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To: Red in Blue PA

Mossad has him back in Israel and they’re probably pulling toenails by now


8 posted on 11/10/2022 9:02:54 AM PST by struggle
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To: Red in Blue PA

By all means keep using the f bomb so people I care about don’t have to bail you out.


9 posted on 11/10/2022 9:04:27 AM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Belly Up.


10 posted on 11/10/2022 9:17:15 AM PST by cranked
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yep. That’s what I’m thinking.

I’m into crypto and thought hard about picking up some FTT a year and a half ago. Good thing I didn’t.


11 posted on 11/10/2022 9:32:37 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Red in Blue PA

He’s got some $$$ stashed somewhere. Watch where he moves to in 6 months or a year.


12 posted on 11/10/2022 9:37:03 AM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: Red in Blue PA

https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-mercedes-f1-takes-major-hit-in-crypto-crash-as-32-billion-sponsor-faces-bankruptcy/


13 posted on 11/10/2022 9:41:02 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Red in Blue PA

2nd largest Dem donor, and was still donating while the business was collapsing.


14 posted on 11/10/2022 11:41:15 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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