The voice sounds groggy, like he just woke up. “Hello?”
It’s 1:30 p.m. where I’m calling from in Denver, but 3:30 a.m. in Hong Kong, at the crypto offices of Sam Bankman-Fried, or “SBF.” He’s already at his desk. He’s always at his desk.
“Did I wake you up?” I ask.
“No, I woke up a little before.”
SBF is a Wall Street trader-turned-crypto-trader-turned-CEO of FTX, a crypto derivatives exchange, which describes itself as “built by traders, for traders.” He’s always at his desk is not a figure of speech. SBF literally lives in the office, mainlining work, sometimes sleeping on a nearby bed, and sometimes sleeping under his desk. A recent photo on Twitter shows SBF slumped over two beanbag chairs, eyes shut, with the caption “A rare photo of @SBF_Alameda when he ‘goes home’ to sleep.”
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