The former FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently in prison for 25 years for fraud, has returned to social media unexpectedly. His first tweet since January 2023 on X raised eyebrows, and many people asked, Is SBF actually tweeting from jail?
In his 10-post thread, Bankman-Fried commented on the recent mass layoffs by President Donald Trump’s administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk.
He compared the job cuts to internal mismanagement at FTX, writing, “I have a lot of sympathy for gov’t employees: I, too, have not checked my email for the past few (hundred) days.”
His unexpected return sent FTX’s exchange token (FTT) soaring 29%, jumping from $1.60 to $2.11 before settling at $1.74. However, what really caught attention was how SBF managed to tweet from behind bars.
Two viral tweets added fuel to the fire. One post claimed Bankman-Fried obtained a phone through his cellmate, hip-hop icon Sean “Diddy” Combs, allegedly paying through “favors.”
Another joked that SBF won a fight in jail to earn 12 hours of phone access, which he used to play Clash of Clans, text a mystery contact, and tweet.
Bankman-Fried is currently appealing his case and seeking a pardon from pro-crypto President Trump, who recently pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. While decentralized prediction platform Polymarket only gives SBF a 3% chance of being pardoned, his latest online stunt proves he remains a hot topic in the crypto world.
Is SBF really tweeting from jail, or is someone posting on his behalf? The mystery continues.
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