Ex-CEO da FTX fala sobre o colapso da empresa
- Sam Bankman-Fried permaneceu vocal, apesar dos vários processos que enfrenta.
O colapso da bolsa de criptomoedas FTX no início deste mês é sem dúvida a maior notícia do mês. A plataforma de negociação cripto, que anteriormente tinha uma avaliação de mais de $20 bilhões, entrou com pedido de falência em novembro, após enfrentar problemas de liquidez.
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have been a key figure in investigations about the platform’s collapse. Interestingly, the 30-year-old has found it hard to stay silent despite a mountain of legal cases surrounding him.
Investidor cripto e denunciante Tiffany Fong lançado novo áudio detalhando uma conversa com o desgraçado fundador da FTX. O telefonema supostamente ocorreu em 13 de novembro, dois dias depois que Bankman-Fried entrou com pedido de falência em um tribunal dos Estados Unidos.
Como ele fez em tweets e chats anteriores, SBF no áudio afirmou que não perceber o quão alavancado ele era foi seu maior erro. Enquanto Bankman-Fried tem continuamente pediu desculpa for FTX’s downfall, crypto users remain frustrated over his refusal to address allegations of misappropriation of users’ funds.
Documentos judiciais recentes mostraram que Bankman-Fried, seus pais e alguns executivos da FTX adquiriram imóveis nas Bahamas com dinheiro corporativo. Bankman-Fried também foi acusado de má supervisão, com registros mostrando que a empresa era administrada com pouca responsabilidade.
In a court document, John Ray III, the new FTX CEO who previously cleaned up the ailing energy company Enron, claimed that he had seen “such a complete failure” of corporate controls and stated that Bankman-Fried’s empire lacked reliable data and safety measures.
While speaking to Fong, Bankman-Fried provided some explanation as to why he temporarily resumed withdrawals for residents of the Bahamas. He said,
The reason I did it was it was critical to the exchange being able to have a future. You do not want to be in a country with a lot of angry people in it and you do not want your company to be incorporated in a country with a lot of angry people in it. This was us trying to create a regulatory pathway forward for the exchange just to like kind of appease the citizens of the country that we’re currently in.
Crypto users and the rest of the world are looking forward to Bankman-Fried’s chat with New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit. However, experts do not expect the 30-year-old to offer any new explanation.