FTX News: Here’s How Crypto Twitter Reacted To SBF’s Interview

New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin interviewed former FTX CEO SBF at the NYT’s annual DealBook summit on November 30th. This was SBF’s first public interview since his company imploded.

SBF claimed, “I didn’t ever try to commit fraud on anyone, I was shocked by what happened this month.” He added that he didn’t “knowingly co-mingle funds” between Alameda and FTX.

The former CEO and founder of disgraced crypto exchange FTX, SBF, said, “I’ve had a bad month,” on stage.

Crypto Twitter reacted aggressively to SBF’s comments on the FTX debacle, accusing him of downplaying his responsibilities and role in the saga.

Controversy

Even before the interview, Bankman- Fried’s invitation to speak at the conference stirred criticism.

Crypto Twitter didn’t go easy on him after Andrew Ross Sorkin, who is an award-winning journalist, CNBC anchor, and author of “Too Big to Fail”, interviewed him.

Sorkin questioned Bankman-Fried about whether his attorneys thought speaking at the conference was a sensible move. “No,” Bankman-Fried said. “They are very much not,” adding that he felt compelled to comment.

As the Wednesday interview began, with Bankman-Fried and Sorkin chatting via video connection to a live and virtual audience of thousands, the reactions began to pour in on Twitter.

Crypto Twitter didn’t like what SBF had said.

One user used SBF’s presence as a hook to criticise the whole conference, implying it was full of undesirable figures like Jeffrey Epstein, Osama Bin Laden, and Voldemort.

Others didn’t restrain themselves from speaking their minds on the Bird app.

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