ChainCatcher news, Zhu Su posted on X that the FTX exchange unauthorizedly converted a large amount of cryptocurrency deposited by Three Arrows Capital into USD in May 2022.Zhu Su emphasized that these assets were not "loaned" to FTX, and the exchange had no right to dispose of these funds. The co-founder of Three Arrows Capital also stated that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) should not be pardoned and called for him to be imprisoned for 250 years.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried recently appeared on the Tucker Carlson podcast. However, under normal circumstances, media interviews in U.S. federal prisons must be approved, and this interview did not receive such approval.According to a source, Tucker Carlson may have disguised himself as a lawyer to conduct a video call and bypass the prison's approval process to interview SBF. He may have claimed to be a legal advisor, thereby obtaining permission for an unmonitored video access.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is seeking a pardon from President Trump. Despite SBF recently launching a series of right-wing media campaigns, including an unauthorized appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show (which led to him being placed in solitary confinement), insiders in the political sphere believe the chances of success for this attempt are very low. A cryptocurrency lobbyist, who requested anonymity, bluntly stated that the probability of SBF receiving a pardon is "zero," adding, "Sorry, in Trump's world... close to zero."Another cryptocurrency lobbyist told Fortune, "Unless the broader crypto community prioritizes SBF like they did with Ross Ulbricht, a pardon may not happen." It is worth noting that Trump expressed support for cryptocurrency during his campaign and pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was linked to a blockchain-driven dark web market, just days after taking office. However, unlike Ulbricht, who is quite popular in liberal crypto circles, SBF remains widely reviled in the crypto industry, especially after the fraud at FTX led to a prolonged downturn in the cryptocurrency sector.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointlegraph, SBF (Sam Bankman-Fried) has been placed in solitary confinement after accepting an interview with Tucker Carlson without permission.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block citing Business Insider, after the unannounced release of an interview between FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and Tucker Carlson on Thursday, SBF's crisis PR manager has resigned. Mark Botnick started representing SBF after the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange FTX in November 2022, and he resigned on Thursday after learning about the interview. This is the second interview SBF has given since breaking his two-year public silence after being incarcerated. These interviews seem to be part of his attempt to seek a presidential pardon. In both interviews, SBF praised President Trump, criticized the previous Biden administration, and argued that he began to take the Republican Party more seriously after failing to engage with former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler.SBF was perhaps best known before his arrest as a billionaire practicing "effective altruism," having donated large sums to Democratic politicians. From the billions in funds collapsing at FTX to the year he faced court proceedings, SBF has given countless media interviews, sometimes getting himself into trouble. On one occasion, he even showed a reporter his ex-girlfriend's diary, which led to his imprisonment to prevent potential witness tampering. Botnick reportedly worked with SBF during this time. It is said that the PR manager was also caught off guard when SBF posted on X about the Trump administration's attempts to fire federal employees.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried recently appeared on the Tucker Carlson podcast, marking the latest stop on his media "image rehabilitation tour." During the show, SBF claimed that part of the reason he was sentenced to 25 years in prison was due to his increasingly close ties with the Republican Party before his arrest."In 2020, I was center-left and donated to Biden's campaign," SBF said, "but by the end of 2022, my private donations to the Republican Party were roughly equal to those to the Democrats. This started to become known around the time of the FTX collapse, and it may have played a role."In fact, SBF had donated over $40 million to 196 members of Congress, including senior members of both the Republican and Democratic parties, which accounted for one-third of the legislators receiving funds from him. He also criticized former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler and the regulatory approach to the crypto industry during the interview.A Google document revealed during SBF's trial showed that he had considered various ways to rehabilitate his image, including "publicly criticizing political correctness" and "going on the Tucker Carlson show to declare himself a Republican." This strategy is now being implemented against the backdrop of the Republican Party controlling Washington.Reportedly, SBF's parents—former Stanford Law School professors Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman—are meeting with lawyers and others within Trump's circle, trying to secure a presidential pardon for their son. SBF recently also made comments on social media about the difficulties of layoffs, which were criticized by the crypto community as an attempt to curry favor with the Trump administration.

ChainCatcher news, JuCoin announced the launch of the "FTX Recovery Plan," aimed at helping users affected by the FTX incident to recover losses and promote restoration. The plan will convert verified FTX losses into equivalent JuCoin node computing power at a 1:1 ratio, allowing participants to enhance the security of the JuCoin network by running nodes and earn JU token rewards.The JuCoin team stated, "History will remember those pioneers who bravely correct their mistakes. We are ready to work hand in hand with SBF to move forward together."It is reported that JuCoin Exchange was established in 2013, focusing on cryptocurrency trading services, known for its professionalism and innovation, and committed to building a global service-oriented trading platform.

ChainCatcher message, a fake SBF account claims to have been pardoned by Trump and joined DOGE, and subsequently released the Memecoin's CA. The account has obtained a gray verification mark on the X platform (representing government or multilateral organization accounts), which clearly indicates identity impersonation and information fraud.Investors are reminded to be vigilant against such scam risks and to beware of falling victim.Previously, SBF's real account tweeted for the first time in two years discussing the company's layoffs and management issues.

ChainCatcher news, Polymarket has launched a new prediction "Will SBF tweet again before Friday", with a current probability of 31% believing he will tweet again before Friday.

ChainCatcher news, according to GMGN market data, the Meme coin SBF briefly rose to 0.0022 USDT, currently reported at 0.0011 USDT, with a 2409% increase in the past hour.

ChainCatcher news, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) tweeted for the first time after two years of silence. In this series of tweets, SBF mainly discussed issues related to layoffs and management:I have a lot of empathy for government employees: I also haven't checked my emails for several (hundred) days. And I can confirm that being unemployed is not as easy as it looks.Firing employees is one of the hardest things in the world to do. It's terrible for everyone involved. My experience is:a) Employees being fired are usually not at faultb) But firing them is often the right decisionMore often than not, the problem is that the company simply doesn't have suitable positions for them.I would say to every person who was laid off: this is also our fault because we didn't provide them with suitable positions, or suitable managers, or a suitable work environment.Maybe at the time, no one was available to manage them. Maybe they were better suited for remote work, but our company adopted face-to-face communication. Maybe they wanted to work on a specific project, but that wasn't what the company needed at the time.Or maybe there were issues within the department they were in.This situation happens frequently. We see competitors hiring 30,000 more employees and then not knowing what to have them do ------ as a result, the entire team is idle all day.We have also experienced this internally, when a manager becomes busy or distracted, half a department can lose direction at the same time.When this happens, it's not the employees' fault. If employers don't know how to organize them, or if no one can manage them effectively, that's not their fault. If internal politics cause their department to lose direction, that's also not their fault.But it makes no sense to leave them there doing nothing.

ChainCatcher news, FTX's former CEO and co-founder SBF stated in an interview with the New York Sun while in Brooklyn prison that he believes he was wrongfully convicted.SBF said his biggest mistake was allowing Sullivan & Cromwell law firm to take over FTX in November 2022. He indicated that he should have continued to handle the liquidity issues instead of letting the firm take over and mislead clients.As a result of this decision, millions of clients were told that their funds were depleted and had to wait two years before they started receiving payments, while SBF believes that these funds should have been safe from the beginning.

ChainCatcher news, former CEO and co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), took a pro-Trump stance in his first interview since going to prison. SBF claimed in the interview that he is also a victim of "politicization by the Department of Justice," and that his support for Republican causes is greater than people realize.According to an interview with SBF by a reporter from The New York Sun, SBF donated $40 million to the Democratic Party in 2020 and $5.2 million to the Biden campaign. He is currently serving a 25-year sentence at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York, on multiple charges including fraud.Previous reports from U.S. civil groups indicated that the likelihood of SBF receiving a pardon is very low, although he seems to be seeking a pardon from the current U.S. president.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the U.S. federal court detailed the scale of assets owned by SBF before being tried and imprisoned for fraud, as well as how the U.S. government swiftly intervened to seize approximately $1 billion in financial assets and two aircraft.The final forfeiture order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday formally stripped SBF of ownership of all assets listed in a lengthy property list. Alameda's assets on Binance include: $56 million in XRP, $3.6 million in TRX, $3.4 million in ADA, $2.3 million in BTC, and dozens of other tokens.The most significant asset is the proceeds from the sale of Robinhood stock—$606 million held by SBF's Emergent Fidelity Technologies.Other financial assets include:119 million USDT held by Alameda Research on Binance;$21 million held by Emergent Fidelity Technologies at Marex;$50 million held by FTX Digital Markets at Moonstone Bank;$101 million held by FTX Digital Markets at Silvergate;$7 million held by SBF and another individual at Flagstar Bank.The list of seized assets also includes two private jets: a 2009 Bombardier Global 5000 and a 2006 Embraer Legacy.Court documents also detailed over 250 political donations that have been withdrawn from the campaigns and organizations of the recipients, including amounts donated by FTX executives at SBF's direction.