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On November 30, Andrew Ross Sorkin, a reporter for the New York Times, spoke with SBF, who was the former CEO of FTX, at the NYT’s annual DealBook summit. This was SBF’s first interview with the public after his company fell apart.
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SBF said, “I never tried to scam anyone, and what happened this month shocked me.” He also said that he didn’t mix funds from Alameda and FTX on purpose.
SBF, the former CEO and founder of the now-infamous cryptocurrency exchange FTX, said on stage, “I’ve had a bad month.”
Crypto When SBF talked about the FTX mess, Twitter users got angry and accused him of playing down his responsibilities and role in the mess.
#SBF He or she is said to be one of the smartest people in the world.
His defence?
I didn’t understand the risk. @tastytrade
November 30, 2022 — Tony Battista (@Tony BATtista)
I didn’t think this SBF situation could possibly look worse, but this interview is proving me wrong… #FTX #SBF #NewYorkTimes #Interview
— CryptoTraveler ❄️ (@CryptoTraveler_) November 30, 2022
All I can see in this SBF NYT interview is how stunningly delusional he is. About everything.
This is also why you need a lawyer, and you listen to them!
Everyone wishes they could just say "sorry, I was young & dumb, hehe". But that's not how it works.
— Tyler Hayes 🦾 (@thetylerhayes) November 30, 2022
Controversy
Even before the interview, Bankman-Fried was criticised for being asked to speak at the conference.
SBF should be sitting in a jail right now, but instead he is giving an interview on the New York Times Dealbook summit.
WTF is happening?https://t.co/i3pQOVZy3b
— Carl ₿ MENGER ⚡️ (@CarlBMenger) November 30, 2022
“SBF needs to go to jail!”
The New York Times: pic.twitter.com/ynSzdFdl0Q
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. (@ParikPatelCFA) November 23, 2022
Crypto Andrew Ross Sorkin, a journalist who has won awards, is a CNBC anchor, and the author of “Too Big to Fail.” Sorkin interviewed him, and Twitter wasn’t kind to him.
Sorkin asked Bankman-Fried if his lawyers thought it was a good idea for him to speak at the conference. “No,” Bankman-Fried said. “They are not at all,” he said, adding that he had to say something.
Ross Sorkin: "What are your lawyers telling you right now? Are they suggesting this is a good idea for you to be speaking?"
SBF: "No. They are very much not." pic.twitter.com/cl5KDTVRpf
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 30, 2022
As soon as the Wednesday interview started, with Bankman-Fried and Sorkin talking through a video link to a live and virtual audience of thousands, people started to respond on Twitter.
Crypto Twitter didn’t like what SBF had said.
One user used SBF’s presence as a way to criticise the whole conference, saying it was full of bad people like Jeffrey Epstein, Osama Bin Laden, and Voldemort.
Heck of a line-up!
Congrats on this @nytimes @dealbook, seriously. pic.twitter.com/3wkz1UOWQ4
— Cory at Swan Bitcoin (@coryklippsten) November 26, 2022
Others couldn’t hold back from saying what they thought on the Bird app.
I watched that SBF @andrewrsorkin interview, and I have to say that I still can't believe what I just witnessed. I'm actually speechless at the level of reality distortion field at play here. Also… audience applauding at the end? WTF!
— David Marcus ⚡ (@davidmarcus) November 30, 2022
That was a very informative interview with @SBF_FTX: we finally know where all those billions in client funds that were collateralized with worthless FTT tokens and then "repurposed" elsewhere went.
Oh wait
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 1, 2022
my god this SBF interview is horrid
delusion at levels I have't seen since bitcoin cash days
— Psycho (@AltcoinPsycho) November 30, 2022
sbf nyt interview tl;dr
> man steals 10 billion dollars
> the crowd lols— banteg (@bantg) November 30, 2022
SBF is apparently the most liked criminal ever.
What a joke.
Drives me crazy seeing his little smirk during his interviews.
Guy should be in prison. Ruined a lot of people's lives, willingly and without remorse.
— Nebraskangooner (@Nebraskangooner) December 1, 2022
FTX exploded two weeks ago.
SBF is having Thanksgiving dinner in a penthouse with his family.
The NYT will interview him next week.
Amazon is already planning an eight-part mini series about it with two Marvel directors.
… "clown world" doesn't even begin to describe it.
— Zack Voell (@zackvoell) November 23, 2022
It is pin-drop silent and tense in the room but SBF clearly cannot perceive that across the Zoom link, so he's just sort of chatting with @andrewrsorkin like it's any other Zoom call
— nilay patel (@reckless) November 30, 2022
The SBF interview was so whacky
It just feels like lie after lie after lie
— DustyBC Crypto (@TheDustyBC) November 30, 2022
There are many more people twits on SBF’s Interview But some of them we reveal in above interview discussion where you can see how Crypto twitter reacted.
What do you think after watching SBF’s Interview….. Share your point of view in the comment box.
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