SBF övervägde att samla in pengar från den saudiska kronprinsen
- SBF planerade att skaffa kapital via en investering från den saudiska kronprinsen.
- Ellison hävdade att Bankman-Fried använde sitt utseende som en mediestrategi för att sälja sig själv som en enkel kryptogrundare.
The prosecutor’s key witness, Caroline Ellison, endured an emotional moment in court on Wednesday as she recalled the final moments of the cryptocurrency empire she helped create, having testified for more than nine hours over the course of two days.
28-åriga Ellison gjorde flera chockerande uppenbarelser om Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), hennes tidigare chef och flamma, under hennes vittnesmål. Ellison vittnade om att Bankman-Fried uppmanade sin inre krets att begå brott och ljög för sina kunder. Hon tillade att trots sin roll som VD för Alameda, drev SBF aktivt både företaget och FTX.
One of her shocking claims was Bankman-Fried’s plans to raise capital for FTX customers by receiving funds from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Ellison said the Saudi Crown Prince was a potential FTX investor before its collapse in November.
Several reports suggest that Bankman-Fried met with the Saudi Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia almost two weeks before FTX announced its bankruptcy. Some reports claimed that SBF planned to raise $1 billion for FTX. However, Saudi investors were prepared to part with about $250 million, which was the amount a judge demanded as Bankman-Fried’s bail following his detention in the US.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the billionaire prime minister and crown prince of Saudi Arabia. He has invested in blockchain gaming through the country’s sovereign wealth fund. But he remains a controversial figure for his alleged involvement in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
SBF ville ha en räd mot Binance
Prince Mohammed’s potential investment was one of the details mentioned in Ellison’s online diary, which she called “Things Sam is Freaking Out About.” The former Alameda Research head testified that part of SBF’s obsession was “turning regulators against crypto exchange Binance.”
Enligt Ellison trodde Bankman-Fried att en razzia på Binance was the best way to attract customers from the exchange and improve FTX’s market share. Ellison said SBF had claimed that a raid on Binance was something “regulators had been promising for a while, but it never happened.”
Interestingly, Binance emerged as a possible savior for FTX after news of the platform’s struggles emerged. However, Binance withdrew from the offer after concluding that FTX’s issues were “beyond our control or ability to help.”
Ellison also claimed in her Wednesday afternoon testimony that Bankman-Fried’s messy look was a deliberate PR tactic. She noted that SBF “believed his hair had been very valuable” and assumed that his hair had contributed to his bonuses from his early days as a trader at Jane Street.
Ellison believed her former boss tried to project an image of being a simple founder in the crypto world. Bankman-Fried allegedly tried to sell himself as a focused man who didn’t care about the lavish life of a wealthy businessman.
He told reporters that he drove a Toyota Corolla as proof he was unconcerned with an extravagant lifestyle. Ellison, however, claimed that the Corolla was an integral part of his media plan and that he didn’t begin using it until he had returned his more luxurious company vehicle.
Jag har täckt några spännande historier under min karriär som journalist och tycker att blockchain-relaterade historier är väldigt spännande. Jag tror att Web3 kommer att förändra världen och vill att alla ska vara en del av den.
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