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SAM BANKMAN-FRIED

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I slept on a beanbag next to my desk at the office. People thought it showed dedication. In hindsight, maybe it showed that nobody was watching.

cultureoversightNew York Times Interview, 2022

Yield is just a word for where the money is coming from. And if you don't know where the yield is coming from, you are the yield.

cryptoriskBloomberg Interview, 2022

I think most people in crypto are well-intentioned. That said, there are clearly some bad actors. It's important to separate the two.

cryptoironyCongressional Testimony, 2021

Effective altruism is about maximizing the good you can do. I thought building a massive company was the fastest way to generate the capital to give away. I was wrong about a lot of things.

effective-altruismfailureVox Interview, 2022

I didn't steal funds. I made risk management mistakes. There's a difference.

frauddenialGood Morning America Interview, 2022

We went from a $32 billion valuation to bankruptcy in ten days. I genuinely did not think that was possible. I was wrong.

failurecollapseTwitter Spaces, 2022
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