# FTX CEO sees no future in Bitcoin payments, community fires back
” FTX CEO sees no future in Bitcoin payments, community fires back “ Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of crypto exchange FTX, has criticized the efficiency of Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment network, only to meet heavy backlash from the crypto community. During an interview with the Financial Times, Bankman-Fried fueled environmental concerns associated with the…