Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, who is mostly content with making statements on Twitter after the collapse of the crypto exchange he once ruled, said that he will talk with New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit to be held on November 30 in New York.
FTX CEO SBF: “I will speak next Wednesday”
“I will be speaking to @andrewrsorkin at the @dealbook summit next Wednesday (11/30),” he wrote on Twitter.
While she had previously been scheduled to appear at the event, speculation has risen about her whereabouts and potential travel plans as she faces scrutiny in the US and abroad.
Bankman-Fried did not specify whether he would attend the event in person or conduct the interview via videoconference. The New York Times has yet to respond to a request for comment.
The conference’s schedule, which will bring “top business and policy leaders together on a single stage”, was announced on October 18, weeks before FTX’s problems were in the international news.
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Other planned participants include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
I’ll be speaking with @andrewrsorkin at the @dealbook summit next Wednesday (11/30). https://t.co/QocjPtCVvC
— SBF (@SBF_FTX) November 23, 2022
The tweet sparked a backlash from Twitter users, with many questioning the legality of any possible involvement.
In a letter released Tuesday, Bankman-Fried apologized to his former colleagues and explained why the crypto exchange failed. “I didn’t want this to happen,” he added.
However, the collapsed cryptocurrency He claimed there was still hope for the stock market. With the collapse of FTX, a crisis began to spread in the sector and many companies were affected by this situation.
*Not investment advice.