Anthony Scaramucci Calls Sam Bankman-Fried the Bernie Madoff of Crypto

Anthony Scaramucci – the Founding father of SkyBridge Capital – admitted being improper in regards to the former CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried. Initially, the 2 had shut ties as Scaramucci considered SBF as “the Mark Zuckerberg of crypto.” 

Nonetheless, the 30-year-old American is now underneath legal investigation for a number of counts of fraud. Scaramucci has modified his stance, saying he’s a fraudster like Bernie Madoff and should go to hell for his betrayal. 

From a Pal to a Traitor

In a current look at Casper Lab’s Blockchain Hub occasion in Davos, Anthony Scaramucci regretted being near SBF and his household through the years. The previous White Home official mentioned he knew the daddy of FTX’s former boss and teamed up on a charity occasion together with his aunt. 

He additionally partnered with Kevin O’Leary to introduce instructional packages to children in Miami, Florida.

Scaramucci mentioned all these connections to SBF and folks from his inside circle had triggered him reputational injury:

“I had a detailed relationship with [Sam Bankman-Fried], I thought-about him a buddy. So I’ve to let you know that betrayal and fraud—it’s dangerous on a number of totally different ranges. It definitely harm me reputationally. I felt near him, and I felt near his household.”

He went even additional, saying that “the ninth circle of Hell” is reserved for traitors like Bankman-Fried:

“If anyone right here has learn Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, you realize what the ninth circle of Hell is reserved for. It’s for the betrayal of a buddy who lives with the satan – the ninth circle of Hell on the frozen lake.”

Nonetheless, Scaramucci stays a eager proponent of blockchain know-how, assuring that the collapse of FTX and SBF’s alleged legal actions can’t undermine the whole sector:

“That’s why we’ve blockchain and crypto as a result of we’re making an attempt to create a decentralized scenario the place we don’t have to love or belief one another. We are able to transact with one another in a approach the place the know-how mainly sanctifies.”

Kraken’s Curtis Ting Shares the Similar View

Curtis Ting – former FBI agent and present Senior Director on the crypto alternate Kraken – additionally believes that there’s a “particular place in Hell reserved” for cryptocurrency scammers. He famous that fraudsters usually con older folks, which makes their crime much more disgraceful.

“I’m a former legislation enforcement official myself, I even have two dwelling grandparents. Frankly, there’s a particular place in Hell reserved for scammers and fraudsters who attempt to rob the susceptible and the aged.”