With his $32-billion crypto empire in ruins — and under investigation for possible securities violations — FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried decided to slide into the DMs of a Vox reporter.
- In an exchange Tuesday night, he told her that his progressive-themed philanthropy was “mostly a front” and his pro-regulatory comments were largely a “PR” move, adding, “Fuck regulators.”
- On Wednesday, Bankman-Fried sullenly promoted the conversation on Twitter.