{"id":1739851,"date":"2022-11-15T13:48:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739851"},"modified":"2022-11-15T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:48:19","slug":"former-crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-whose-entire-fortune-just-went-to-zero-is-calling-around-for-new-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-whose-entire-fortune-just-went-to-zero-is-calling-around-for-new-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Crypto Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, Whose Entire Fortune Just Went To Zero, Is Calling Around For New Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-whose-entire-fortune-just-went-to-zero-is-calling-around-for-new-investors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739851&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried spent the weekend soliciting new investments for his bankrupt cryptocurrency platform in the hopes of repaying customers.<\/p>\n<p>The company filed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/30-year-old-billionaire-loses-entire-fortune-overnight-as-his-bahamas-based-cryptocurrency-empire-implodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bankruptcy<\/a> on Friday after users discovered that firms controlled by Bankman-Fried were allegedly fraudulently intertwined, causing his multibillion-dollar fortune to disappear overnight. According to a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-attempts-to-raise-fresh-cash-despite-bankruptcy-11668520573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Wall Street Journal, Bankman-Fried and a handful of remaining employees have been calling investors, asking for commitments to refund existing customers.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried is attempting to cover an $8 billion deficit in client funds. Companies do not usually raise new equity during bankruptcy proceedings since they are required to prioritize repaying debtholders with any remaining assets.<\/p>\n<p>Alameda Research, a trading firm launched by Bankman-Fried and led by his girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, allegedly borrowed customer funds from FTX to make trades, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/11\/13\/sam-bankman-frieds-alameda-quietly-used-ftx-customer-funds-without-raising-alarm-bells-say-sources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from CNBC citing one unnamed source. The company underestimated the amount FTX would need to keep on hand in case customers wanted to remove their funds.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional investors and individual traders suddenly demanded withdrawals last week after an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2022\/11\/02\/divisions-in-sam-bankman-frieds-crypto-empire-blur-on-his-trading-titan-alamedas-balance-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> published by CoinDesk revealed that FTX and Alameda Research allegedly had significant overlap on their balance sheets in the form of the cryptocurrency FTT, which FTX invented.<\/p>\n<p>FTX, which is headquartered in the Bahamas and incorporated in Antigua and Barbuda, boasted a value of more than $30 billion before the sudden liquidity crisis. Sequoia Capital, one of the leading venture funds in Silicon Valley, announced a $150 million loss due to the collapse in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sequoia\/status\/1590522718650499073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to investors defending the company\u2019s due diligence process. \u201cWe are in the business of taking risk. Some investments will surprise to the upside, and some will surprise to the downside,\u201d the letter remarked. \u201cWe do not take this responsibility lightly and do extensive research and thorough diligence on every investment we make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports of the suspicious fundraising <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrjasonchoi\/status\/1592502790932156418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">techniques<\/a> utilized by FTX during the company\u2019s launch three years ago emerged online after the company\u2019s bankruptcy. One email from Alameda Research sent to potential investors promised \u201chigh returns with no risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/here-are-the-democrats-and-republicans-who-received-campaign-cash-linked-to-bankrupt-crypto-empire-ftx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a> nearly $39 million during the recent midterm elections, with nearly all of his donations benefiting Democratic candidates or political action committees, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outside-spending\/top_donors\/2022?disp=D&#038;type=V&#038;superonly=N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> from Open Secrets, which listed him as the nation\u2019s sixth-largest individual midterm donor. FTX Co-CEO Ryan Salame donated heavily to right-leaning organizations, according to more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/outside-spending\/donor_detail\/2022?id=U0000004758&#038;type=I&#038;super_only=N&#038;name=Salame%2C+Ryan+D.+%26+Susan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> from Open Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>FTX spent considerable funds on aggressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/from-brady-to-shaq-here-are-the-celebrities-who-lost-big-on-the-ftx-implosion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass-market advertising<\/a> campaigns over the past three years. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele B\u00fcndchen, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tom-brady-confirms-divorce-from-wife-gisele-bundchen-after-13-years-of-marriage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">divorced<\/a> last month, were reportedly once brand ambassadors with the company and held equity stakes, while Golden State Warriors player Steph Curry agreed to a similar arrangement. The company also signed deals to become the \u201cofficial cryptocurrency exchange partner\u201d of Major League Baseball and established an arrangement to rename the Miami Heat\u2019s home court the FTX Arena until at least 2040. It is not clear whether celebrities paid in cryptocurrency continue to hold their digital coins in at-risk FTX accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried, a self-proclaimed \u201ceffective altruist,\u201d had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/billionaire-ftx-founder-who-lost-entire-fortune-gave-massive-sum-to-democrats-before-empire-collapsed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preparing<\/a> to spend as much as $1 billion during the 2024 election cycle to keep the Democratic Party in control of the White House. His parents, Stanford Law professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-ukraine-and-a-30-year-old-crypto-billionaire-how-the-implosion-of-ftx-connects-to-the-global-elite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well-connected<\/a> within Democratic circles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried spent the weekend soliciting new investments for his bankrupt cryptocurrency platform in the hopes of repaying customers. The company filed for bankruptcy on Friday after users discovered that firms controlled by Bankman-Fried were allegedly fraudulently intertwined, causing his multibillion-dollar fortune to disappear overnight. 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