Elon Musk claims he knew disgraced FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was full of it.
Back in March, Bankman-Fried offered via intermediaries to help Musk buy Twitter, according toThe texts show that Musk’s banker Michael Grimes told Musk that Bankman-Fried was offering “at least $3 billion” to help Musk fund the Twitter deal and wanted to talk about the potential for “social media blockchain integration.”After the texts were leaked, Musk replied on Twitter, “Accurate. He set off my bs detector, which is why I did not think he had $3B.
Musk’s take on Bankman-Fried, known in the industry as “SBF,” comes as FTX imploded late last week with At least $1 billion of customer funds — and possibly as much as $2 billion — have gone missing in the shocking implosion of the crypto currency exchange FTX, according to reports.
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