Who is SBF Bankman-fried?

The Times invited Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old tech-bro wunderkind known colloquially as SBF, to speak at its DealBook Summit before his Bahamas-based cryptocurrency empire, once valued at $32 billion, imploded, filing for bankruptcy in early November. Companies fail, of course, and there’s no shame in that.

How did SBF break the law?

The other notable new charge involves how Bankman-Fried allegedly made “unlawful political contributions to acquire bipartisan influence.” While he was publicly known as a super-donor for Democrats since 2020, prosecutors describe how SBF allegedly broke the law by routing customer funds through straw donors.

Where will SBF participate in a New York Times interview?

The NYT currently expects SBF to participate in the interview fromthe Bahamas, where he is currently located. On Nov. 24, Sorkin retweeted SBF’s appearance pledge adding his own commentary. “There are a lot of important questions to be asked and answered,” he said before adding, “nothing is off limits.”

Is SBF still a great & good summiteer?

In its website marketing the $2,000-plus summit tickets, the Times still lists SBF as an equal among the great and good. Nothing indicates to potential attendees that he is slightly different now than his fellow summiteers, who include Mayor Eric Adams and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.