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This. It's astonishing to see how they are cushioning the fall.

Considering the legal exposure SBF has and the (in my opinion high) likelihood of going to jail for a very long time, I was amazed that the NYT got SBF on the record at all. Every time he opens his mouth he is just giving the DOJ more rope. I'd agree that the Times was soft on him and FTX in general, considering the vast criminality of the organization, but the article is not going to change the inevitable criminal outcome here.

Bankman-Fried must think the fix is already in.

Given the scale of the fraud, public opinion or even legal consequences are probably not the greatest of worries for SBF et al.

He's still playing League. Seems like he feels he doesn't have worries, perhaps because he's so well connected.

No, he’s worried. Come on.

Is there any evidence of him being worried, or are you extrapolating this belief from the knowledge that you would be worried?

Remember that sociopaths don't think the same as the rest of us.

Is there any reason to think he’s not worried other than the fact he’s blown of steam with a few hours of gaming?

The fact that he's still talking to the media. The fact that he's a sociopath who's been running a scam for years. Normal people don't have the nerve to do things like this.

When you have a net worth of $26B as he did a month ago, even if it was mostly paper gains on shitcoins, you manage to get some of the money out of the system and hide it away. Even if FTX is bankrupt and his current paper net worth is $0 or negative, he almost certainly has $100M or so squirreled away in multiple accounts in multiple countries with lacking regulations, in the name of a shell companies that can't be tied to him.

He hasn't played in over a year it seems:

https://www.op.gg/summoners/jp/TSMFTX%20SBF is his account and

https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1407924282865246215?ref_s... has evidence

He is probably preparing for prison time. All jokes aside, he used to game a lot, I think it was always to distract himself from stress. Business going bad and only you know it >> excessive gaming. Engaging in fraud and being nervous about it >> more gaming. Looking at a lot of prison time and death threats(there have been many on reddit) >> more gaming.

It is a coping mechanism.

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