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Sam Bankman-Fried

Former CEO, FTX (Former)

Search every verified Sam Bankman-Fried interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, has been speaking publicly from prison, where he is serving a 25-year sentence at MDC Brooklyn. In a March 2025 interview with Tucker Carlson, he described his conditions as "dystopian" but said he was not in physical danger and that staff had been generally helpful. He stated that he did not consider himself a criminal, disagreeing with the Department of Justice's view, and expressed regret over the FTX bankruptcy, claiming that the company would have had roughly $93 billion in assets against $15 billion in liabilities had it not collapsed, and that assets were dissipated by those controlling the bankruptcy process. In an earlier December 2022 interview with The Block, conducted shortly after FTX's collapse, Bankman-Fried discussed the company's failure, saying he was not very involved in Alameda Research due to his full-time role at FTX and conflict-of-interest concerns. He acknowledged that Alameda had been extended substantial credit by FTX, which came under severe stress and "effectively blew out." He also said he believed FTX US was solvent and should have returned customer funds without an insolvency process, and he criticized the handling of the bankruptcy negotiations, suggesting a lack of attention to detail.

Recent appearances

  • Convicted crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried insists he's innocent in exclusive prison interview

    Susan Li reports on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried speaking from prison, found guilty of major financial schemes. Susan Li's exclusive interview reveals SBF wants a White House pardon and defends himself, claiming customers were repaid. Subscribe to Fox Business: https://bit.ly/2D9Cdse Watch more Fox Business Video: https://video.foxbusiness.com Watch Fox Business Network Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — the busin…

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  • Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Campaign to Reclaim the FTX Story

    ► For more, visit Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/... As Sam Bankman-Fried prepares to appeal his 2023 fraud conviction, Reveal and Mother Jones investigates the collapse of FTX that put him behind bars and the controversial bankruptcy that has unfolded in its aftermath. We reviewed thousands of pages of legal records and corporate documents and spoke to key insiders, including Bankman-Fried’s parents and Bankman-Fried himself, whom we interviewed more than a half-dozen times in prison. These interviews gave us rare insight into the arguments that Bankman-Fried’s legal tea…

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  • Sam Bankman-Fried on Life in Prison With Diddy, and How Democrats Stole His Money and Betrayed Him

    Sam Bankman-Fried is doing 25 years behind bars, and is now sharing a cell block with Diddy. He joins us from prison for an update on his new life. Suscríbete a nuestro nuevo canal de Tucker Carlson en Español:    / @tuckercarlsonespanol   Paid partnerships with: iTrust Capital: Get a $100 funding bonus at https://www.iTrustCapital.com/Tucker PureTalk: Switch your cell phone service to a company you can be PROUD to do business with at https://PureTalk.com/Tucker #TuckerCarlson #SamBankmanFried #Diddy #FTX #crypto #DonaldTrump #cult #truecrime #Bitcoin #JoeBiden #SBF #PDiddy #news #politic…

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  • Sam Bankman-Fried Speaks To The New York Sun From Prison

    In an interview from behind bars, the jailed crypto king proclaims his innocence, asserts that FTX was never insolvent, and charts his rightward political migration. https://www.nysun.com

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  • EXCLUSIVE : Sam Bankman-Fried Interviewed Hours Before Arrest

    Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried speaks to Forbes Digital Assets Director of Research Steven Ehrlich from the Bahamas. Looking more tired and disheveled than usual, and without his trademark FTX T-shirt, Bankman-Fried sat down to try and explain what happened, who was at fault and whether anything could have stopped the sudden collapse of his exchange, whose valuation reached $32 billion.

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  • Disgraced FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried says he hopes to ‘pay people back’ - BBC News

    Disgraced crypto-exchange boss Sam Bankman-Fried has said he hopes to start a new business to make enough money to pay back victims of the FTX collapse. The 30-year-old faces several federal investigations into his former company's handling of funds. Speaking in a luxury complex in the Bahamas, the former billionaire denied fraud but told BBC Cyber Reporter Joe Tidy he was "not nearly as competent as I thought I was". It is estimated that more than a million FTX users are locked out of their crypto wallets and cannot access their funds. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #ftx #sb…

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  • Sam Bankman-Fried on the FTX scandal (full)

    In this episode of The Scoop, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried describes how a legacy payment system linked FTX’s future to Alameda Research’s fate, and explores why regulators and auditors alike failed to discover this relationship. https://www.theblock.co/post/192005/2... For more episodes like this visit: https://www.theblock.co/podcasts Episode 121 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block's Frank Chaparro, and Sam Bankman-Fried, Co-Founder of FTX and Alameda Research. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever…

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  • FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried on the Crypto Exchange's Collapse | WSJ

    FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sat down with The Wall Street Journal to discuss what happened to the billions of dollars deposited by the exchange’s customers. This interview has been edited for length. Photo: Kenny Wassus/The Wall Street Journal #WSJ #SBF #FTX

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  • FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried denies 'improper use' of customer funds | GMA

    The former FTX CEO spoke to George Stephanopoulos and ABC News following both companies in his cryptocurrency empire filing for bankruptcy last month. Subscribe to GMA's YouTube page: https://bit.ly/2Zq0dU5 Visit Good Morning America's homepage: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/ Follow GMA: Facebook:   / goodmorningamerica   Twitter:   / gma   Instagram:   / goodmorningamerica   Watch full episodes of GMA: http://abc.go.com/shows/good-morning-... https://hulu.tv/2YnifTH SIGN UP to get the daily GMA Wake-Up Newsletter: https://gma.abc/2Vzcd5j #cryptocurrency #ftx #sambankmanfried #ba…

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  • Sam Bankman-Fried Interviewed Live About the Collapse of FTX

    Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the cryptocurrency firm FTX, gave his first live interview since his company filed for bankruptcy. Andrew Ross-Sorkin of The New York Times asked Bankman-Fried to address allegations of fraud and mismanagement and whether the people and organizations who are owed money will get any of it back. Watch the full interview from the DealBook Summit event. Follow our reporting here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/...

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  • Watch FTX CEO's Entire Testimony to Congress in December 2021

    In December 2021, Congress held a hearing, titled, Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States. At the hearing was former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Watch his complete testimony in this video. Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 https://bit.ly/39Ub3bv Subscribe to our channel:    / @cnethighlights  

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  • FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried: Bloomberg Crypto 09/27/2022

    "Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX CEO & Founder, says his company has upwards of $1 billion in free cash and is still exploring M&A opportunities. Katie Stockton, Founder and Managing Partner of Fairlead Strategies, says Bitcoin and the Nasdaq 100 index are highly correlated. -------- Follow Bloomberg for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more: http://www.bloomberg.com Connect with us on... Twitter:   / business   Facebook:   / bloombergbusiness   I…

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