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Zeke Fox

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
693 total appearances

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Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Setting aside any potential fraud, they might just be like, you're running this crazy exchange, the people in the US are getting onto it somehow, and this has got to stop. And if that happened, that could be the end for him. So anything that would lower the odds of that happening would be valuable. And so he was doing a lot of... He gave away... almost $100 million to people in Congress. Right.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Setting aside any potential fraud, they might just be like, you're running this crazy exchange, the people in the US are getting onto it somehow, and this has got to stop. And if that happened, that could be the end for him. So anything that would lower the odds of that happening would be valuable. And so he was doing a lot of... He gave away... almost $100 million to people in Congress. Right.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

So that, I mean, that helps maybe. Sure. Yeah, you're lobbying the lawmakers, paying them. But I think it also helps to have Tom Brady on your side.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

So that, I mean, that helps maybe. Sure. Yeah, you're lobbying the lawmakers, paying them. But I think it also helps to have Tom Brady on your side.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

So that, I mean, that helps maybe. Sure. Yeah, you're lobbying the lawmakers, paying them. But I think it also helps to have Tom Brady on your side.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Yes. And... I mean, he had just raised venture capital at like a $32 billion valuation. And they were hoping that maybe next time they go back to the venture capitalists, they could get $100 billion. And like, could it potentially help if one of these venture capitalists went out to dinner with Sam and Tom Brady? Like, yes, that might help. And so like, if that gives you like a... He loved odds.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Yes. And... I mean, he had just raised venture capital at like a $32 billion valuation. And they were hoping that maybe next time they go back to the venture capitalists, they could get $100 billion. And like, could it potentially help if one of these venture capitalists went out to dinner with Sam and Tom Brady? Like, yes, that might help. And so like, if that gives you like a... He loved odds.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Yes. And... I mean, he had just raised venture capital at like a $32 billion valuation. And they were hoping that maybe next time they go back to the venture capitalists, they could get $100 billion. And like, could it potentially help if one of these venture capitalists went out to dinner with Sam and Tom Brady? Like, yes, that might help. And so like, if that gives you like a... He loved odds.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

He thought of everything in terms of odds. So like, maybe he said in his mind... having Tom Brady available for dinner improves my chances of getting $100 billion by like 1%. You know, I actually would pay Tom Brady $500 billion. Like it's a bargain at 55 million.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

He thought of everything in terms of odds. So like, maybe he said in his mind... having Tom Brady available for dinner improves my chances of getting $100 billion by like 1%. You know, I actually would pay Tom Brady $500 billion. Like it's a bargain at 55 million.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

He thought of everything in terms of odds. So like, maybe he said in his mind... having Tom Brady available for dinner improves my chances of getting $100 billion by like 1%. You know, I actually would pay Tom Brady $500 billion. Like it's a bargain at 55 million.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

After FTX failed, I was like, oh, should I go down there and try and meet him again? I'm thinking to myself, definitely a fraud. He's going to get arrested soon. This could be my last chance to talk with him. And he might be willing to reveal secrets that he wasn't willing to reveal before because he knows like the end is here. Smash cut to you're in the Bahamas again.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

After FTX failed, I was like, oh, should I go down there and try and meet him again? I'm thinking to myself, definitely a fraud. He's going to get arrested soon. This could be my last chance to talk with him. And he might be willing to reveal secrets that he wasn't willing to reveal before because he knows like the end is here. Smash cut to you're in the Bahamas again.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

After FTX failed, I was like, oh, should I go down there and try and meet him again? I'm thinking to myself, definitely a fraud. He's going to get arrested soon. This could be my last chance to talk with him. And he might be willing to reveal secrets that he wasn't willing to reveal before because he knows like the end is here. Smash cut to you're in the Bahamas again.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Sam, he didn't like to show off his apartment because it was like a $30 million penthouse at the nicest resort in the Bahamas.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Sam, he didn't like to show off his apartment because it was like a $30 million penthouse at the nicest resort in the Bahamas.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Sam, he didn't like to show off his apartment because it was like a $30 million penthouse at the nicest resort in the Bahamas.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Yes, and it's at Albany, which Tiger Woods often parks his mega yacht there. Naturally. Yeah. And I don't know what to expect. I'm thinking Sam might be all alone here. He might be despondent. Could he even be suicidal? I don't know. His life is ruined. He answers the door. He shuffles out of the elevator in his crew socks, khaki shorts, and t-shirt, just like always.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Yes, and it's at Albany, which Tiger Woods often parks his mega yacht there. Naturally. Yeah. And I don't know what to expect. I'm thinking Sam might be all alone here. He might be despondent. Could he even be suicidal? I don't know. His life is ruined. He answers the door. He shuffles out of the elevator in his crew socks, khaki shorts, and t-shirt, just like always.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Sam Bankman-Fried Sportswashed an $8 Billion Crypto Fraud, Starring Tom Brady and Steph Curry

Yes, and it's at Albany, which Tiger Woods often parks his mega yacht there. Naturally. Yeah. And I don't know what to expect. I'm thinking Sam might be all alone here. He might be despondent. Could he even be suicidal? I don't know. His life is ruined. He answers the door. He shuffles out of the elevator in his crew socks, khaki shorts, and t-shirt, just like always.