Donald Trump wanted $5b from Bankman-Fried not to run for president
New book excerpt: "His team returned with the not terribly Earth-shattering news that Donald Trump might indeed have his price."
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New book excerpt: "His team returned with the not terribly Earth-shattering news that Donald Trump might indeed have his price."
In the excerpt published in the Washington Post, Michael Lewis said Sam Bankman-Fried was planning to give $15-million to $30-million to Sen. Mitch McConnell to defeat the ‘Trumpier’ candidates in Senate races
The excerpt from 'Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon' did not discuss why Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, did not press ahead with the plans
Former Alameda Research software engineer Aditya Baradwaj can pinpoint the “exact moment” he knew the party was over for Sam Bankman-Fried and his once-booming FTX cryptocurrency empire.
A former software engineer working at a trading firm associated with FTX realized the company was on the brink of collapse when they couldn't order takeout food to their Hong Kong offices.