{"id":510129,"date":"2022-11-15T10:29:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sam-bankman-frieds-weird-cryptic-tweets-attract-even-wilder-theories\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T10:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:29:48","slug":"sam-bankman-frieds-weird-cryptic-tweets-attract-even-wilder-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sam-bankman-frieds-weird-cryptic-tweets-attract-even-wilder-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"# Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s weird, cryptic tweets attract even wilder theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be45c76d3f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be45c76d3f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sam-bankman-frieds-weird-cryptic-tweets-attract-even-wilder-theories\/#%E2%80%9D_Sam_Bankman-Frieds_weird_cryptic_tweets_attract_even_wilder_theories_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s weird, cryptic tweets attract even wilder theories &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Sam_Bankman-Frieds_weird_cryptic_tweets_attract_even_wilder_theories_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s weird, cryptic tweets attract even wilder theories &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-e13e51fa>Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX created a strange <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> thread starting on Nov. 14 attracting the attention and speculation of the crypto community.<\/p>\n<p>The latest tweet at the time of writing posted by Bankman-Fried at 5:30 AM UTC on Nov. 15 is Bankman-Fried saying \u201cthis is all as I remember it, but my memory might be faulty in parts\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">10) [NOT LEGAL ADVICE.  NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE.  THIS IS ALL AS I REMEMBER IT, BUT MY MEMORY MIGHT BE FAULTY IN PARTS.]<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SBF (@SBF_FTX) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBF_FTX\/status\/1592389472074682369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The other tweets spell out \u201cWhat H<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APP<\/a>ENED\u201d and were posted across multiple hours.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-11\/1da08267-0d5b-4f8f-b162-e94bbe3a806e.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bankman-Fried\u2019s tweet thread as of Nov. 15, 5:50 AM UTC.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked about his cryptic tweets in a Nov. 14 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/14\/technology\/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-bankruptcy.html\">interview<\/a> with the New York Times. Bankman-Fried said \u201cI\u2019m making it up as I go\u201d and the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of tweets is \u201cgoing to be more than one word.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>When asked why he said \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d and added \u201cI\u2019m improvising. I think it\u2019s time,\u201d seemingly refusing to explain further.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users instantly took to speculation on the meaning of the tweets, with crypto YouTuber Stephen Findeisen saying he was \u201con the amphetamines again\u201d, possibly in reference to Bankman-Fried discussing experimenting with the amphetamine Adderall on an Oct. 2020 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/podcasts\/the-feedback-loop\/sam-and-the-art-of-effective-DOU3SJaK2ZM\/\">podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s on the amphetamines again\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x7lMe2DOyg\">pic.twitter.com\/x7lMe2DOyg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coffeezilla (@coffeebreak_YT) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coffeebreak_YT\/status\/1592003092521811969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Early in the bizarre tweet thread, others joked that Bankman-Fried\u2019s lawyer physically intervened to stop him from publishing anything potentially damning if legal action is brought forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tfw your lawyer in the non extradition country tackles you before you can finish your tweet thread <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBLbFe5lLG\">https:\/\/t.co\/EBLbFe5lLG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ComfortablySmug\/status\/1591993818508820480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Journalist and author Alex Berenson said the tweets could be an act by Bankman-Fried to possibly defend his actions by claiming insanity or that he was under mental duress if he\u2019s brought before a court.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like someone\u2019s planning an insanity defense <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VIZGrN1NGv\">https:\/\/t.co\/VIZGrN1NGv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexBerenson\/status\/1592253256654376965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A seemingly debunked theory was that Bankman-Fried allegedly used the new tweets to cover up the deletion of his older \u201cincriminating\u201d ones in a sleight-of-hand attempt to dupe tweet-tracking bots that use his account\u2019s total tweet count to catch deleted tweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">looks like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBF_FTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SBF_FTX<\/a> has not been deleting tweets<\/p>\n<p>the reduction in tweet count has come from other accounts deleting tweets (mostly related to FTX\/SBF) that Sam had RT\u2019d<\/p>\n<p>lotta <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBrady?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomBrady<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>all tweets deleted in last 6 days <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3iv6FnfLWj\">https:\/\/t.co\/3iv6FnfLWj<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LcnIxBVHd8\">pic.twitter.com\/LcnIxBVHd8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CMS intern (@cmsintern) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmsintern\/status\/1592372634955976704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried has deleted potentially damning tweets in the past, most notably the flurry posted on Nov. 7 claiming FTX and its assets were \u201cfine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Let&#8217;s move on from FTX\u2019s collapse and get back to the basics<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crypto insights platform The Tie shared a document on Nov. 15 purporting to show that Bankman-Fried had deleted at least 118 tweets over the past year, although adding that more may have been missed due to tweets being recorded by their software every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve archived <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBF_FTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SBF_FTX<\/a>&#8216;s tweets over the past year. Due to the recent bankruptcy, and growing concern around his account activity, we&#8217;ve decided to release the list of 118 tracked tweets that have since been deleted after posting.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ts04Mbvv1z\">https:\/\/t.co\/ts04Mbvv1z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tie (@TheTieIO) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTieIO\/status\/1592366871386681344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Independent crypto security researcher \u201cOfficer\u2019s Notes\u201d speculated that the FTX founder was trying his hand at steganography \u2014 a way of presenting information within another message i.e. a hidden code.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Probably a steganography thread then? <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNNDLLFTbd\">https:\/\/t.co\/QNNDLLFTbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Officer&#8217;s Notes (@officer_cia) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officer_cia\/status\/1592291954557341699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gurgavin Chandhoke, a prominent crypto trader, theorized Bankman-Fried is attempting to send a message to Sam Trabucco, the former CEO of FTX\u2019s sister trading firm Alameda Research.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SAM BANKMAN IS SPELLING \u201cWHAT HAPPENED\u201d WORD BY WORD LIKELY TO SEND SOMEONE A MESSAGE <\/p>\n<p>DO YOU KNOW WHO ELSE USES THAT ?? THE CO CEO OF ALAMEDA WHO LEFT WEEKS AGO SAM TRABUCCO<\/p>\n<p>BANKMAN TWEETED SOMETHING ABOUT A \u201cSPARRING PARTNER\u201d DAYS AGO<\/p>\n<p>I THINK THAT PERSON IS SAM TRABUCCO <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kzECsfkRep\">pic.twitter.com\/kzECsfkRep<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GURGAVIN (@gurgavin) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gurgavin\/status\/1592257179599638528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chandhoke said Bankman-Fried possibly attempting to spell \u201cwhat happened\u201d is allegedly sending a message to Trabucco, pointing to a series of older tweets of Trabucco that say \u201cwhat happened?\u201d as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Still, others <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_nonymouse\/status\/1592262209396412418\">think<\/a> Bankman-Fried is click-farming and just wants to see engagement on his posts. Data from the social media analytics platform Social Blade <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/socialblade.com\/twitter\/user\/sbf_ftx\">shows<\/a> Bankman-Fried\u2019s Twitter follower count increasing by over 202,000 between Nov. 7 to 13, around the time FTX\u2019s saga began to unfold.<\/p>\n<p>His first tweet in the mysterious thread is his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tweetsort.io\/\">third<\/a> most-liked tweet.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"defi_newsletter\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sam-bankman-fried-s-weird-cryptic-tweets-attract-even-wilder-theories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221; Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s weird, cryptic tweets attract even wilder theories &#8220; Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX created a strange Twitter thread starting on Nov. 14 attracting the attention and speculation of the crypto community. The latest tweet at the time of writing posted by Bankman-Fried at 5:30&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":510130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTEvMmRhMWY5YWItODFkMS00OTJjLWIxMmYtYWUxZGY3NjlmMGY5LmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[135234,89897,117,10401],"class_list":["post-510129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-ftx","tag-sam-bankman-fried","tag-business","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}