Watch FTX CEO's Entire Testimony to Congress in December 2021

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  • Опубліковано 17 лис 2022
  • In December 2021, Congress held a hearing, titled, Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States. At the hearing was former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Watch his complete testimony in this video.
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  • @AndriSalim
    @AndriSalim 7 місяців тому +26

    He sounds and looks like a good guy. Hope he has a long life, about 115 years old.

  • @jegjg001
    @jegjg001 Рік тому +144

    This just goes to show how people can seem eloquent in speech and serpents in their soul

    • @grandy
      @grandy Рік тому +9

      eloquent? he's a horrible public speaker....if he says ammm 1 more time I'm throwing away the phone

    • @jgordon7719
      @jgordon7719 Рік тому +2

      I'm quite certain that most of these narcissists also say the things that they say to make themselves feel more comfortable in the face of scrutiny

    • @countryfactorconferences770
      @countryfactorconferences770 Рік тому +1

      well said , serpents in the souls

    • @liamchase7537
      @liamchase7537 Рік тому

      Nothing about his speaking is eloquent... anyone who bought his guise is a sucker...

    • @gustavoabanto3486
      @gustavoabanto3486 Рік тому

      He sounds like a stereotypical moneygrabbin Jewfro person, lmao

  • @isaacbarrow9155
    @isaacbarrow9155 Рік тому +132

    What a fine, upstanding young man! Looking forward to what he accomplishes in the future!

    • @justatiger6268
      @justatiger6268 Рік тому +15

      What I found most convincing by this lovely young man was his trustworthyness

    • @oldman1220
      @oldman1220 Рік тому +7

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @MunchyButt
      @MunchyButt Рік тому +3

      Lol. Hilarious.

    • @maxqazwsxedc1050
      @maxqazwsxedc1050 Рік тому +5

      of course, he'll scam more once out of jail

    • @gregvinson1
      @gregvinson1 Рік тому +5

      I predict future success in the commissary exchange he will start in prison. No doubt this guy will corner market on ramen noodles, skittles,, and t-shirts.

  • @denizc3318
    @denizc3318 Рік тому +52

    "We've never had customer losses, clawbacks or anything like that"...This didn't age well

    • @pat777b
      @pat777b Місяць тому

      Even before the collapse, that statement was kind of ridiculous. FTX was a very young company back then so of course it's easier to have a clean history while young. 1-3 years of nothing happening does not prove that nothing will ever happen. I'd want at least a decade of nothing funny happening to feel good about a financial institution. But even if they had that, there were still fraudsters like Madoff who got away with it for well over a decade. IMO, you just always have to be alert.

  • @mimih23
    @mimih23 Рік тому +51

    He seems to know how his business runs during this testimony. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

  • @senyongaeric1948
    @senyongaeric1948 Рік тому +60

    His confidence here is shocking.. in hind sight he is very very knowledgeable of what his company is doing and will do.. and now he is pleading lack of knowledge

    • @CalvinK300
      @CalvinK300 Рік тому +1

      I disagree. At 1:40, he described global payment fees and money transfer charges as exorbitant, takes weeks to effect and vulnerable to scamming middle men. That is clearly incorrect. Confidence and eloquence have tricked you.

    • @nygeek6471
      @nygeek6471 Рік тому

      It’s the amphetamines. Drug addiction treatment is one of the conditions of his bail. I’m surprised O’Leary couldn’t smell the meth breath but something tells me O’Leary was in on it.

    • @justatiger6268
      @justatiger6268 Рік тому +5

      Note that his competitor, CZ who runs Binance, would never had been greeted like this. Unlike this Harvard-born white kid, a Chinese dude would be shunned. SBF knew how to play the political game and if it weren't for the crypto winter, he likely would have succeeded.

    • @CalvinK300
      @CalvinK300 Рік тому

      @@justatiger6268 in my opinion, SBF has succeeded. His business is a Ponzi scheme anyway and there is no way it can avoid discovery forever. Just like Bernie Madoff, eventually he will be caught. However, I deemed people like SBF, Madoff as successful because their success is in conning people’s money and not avoiding getting caught.

    • @cms1368
      @cms1368 Рік тому

      @@justatiger6268 he is more articulate and presentable....

  • @user-ny5gv3ge8c
    @user-ny5gv3ge8c 6 місяців тому +4

    Never seen a man more honest and noble in my life! His prison mates will treat him very well.

  • @whateva8964
    @whateva8964 Рік тому +30

    Wow - everything he said about risk and what they were doing to mitigate it, segregating his customer funds, and what he said they were not doing so that they were not like the 2008 collapse was a complete lie. "Robust risk engines"?!? Unreal. What a liar, hiding behind industry "speak". He deserves all the prison time he gets.

  • @paulalwayslearning8573
    @paulalwayslearning8573 Рік тому +11

    We have a transparent system, yup he actually proclaimed that to the congressional committee, whilst trying to further restrict oversight. What a piece of work.

  • @gatormcklusky5850
    @gatormcklusky5850 Рік тому +40

    Amazing how Sam can speak so clearly, So on Top of the way thing's are laid out So goodie good Yet today we hear from a far different man much stuttering much not knowing how the business was ran not knowing so much one could almost think these are two different people but their not this is the same guy that took you & others for every dime you had trusted him with. Do you believe the lie's? No, I don't, no chance, this dude took it cut and ran & now he plays dumb dumb..

  • @RoughTake
    @RoughTake Рік тому +13

    No one was considering, or asking about an insider threat. He held all the keys without any restrictions or oversight. Who could have saw this coming.

  • @steealsfreek
    @steealsfreek Рік тому +13

    Why does it seem like this testimony sounds more like regulators asking this scam artist about how to design their future systems, instead of calling out the actual scam, as it's now widely known?

    • @carruptmedia
      @carruptmedia Рік тому +2

      because this was a year ago when it wasn’t widely known

  • @tammycornejo9155
    @tammycornejo9155 Рік тому +10

    He's talking to the people he gave all of FTX money to.. OMG

  • @jdaviecal
    @jdaviecal Рік тому +11

    The woman who took donations from him is on the council, how crooked is that?

    • @marksherrill9337
      @marksherrill9337 Рік тому

      Good point. Sounds like conflict of interest.

    • @jdaviecal
      @jdaviecal Рік тому

      @@marksherrill9337 it’s absolutely onsite, the people don’t realize half of the corruption, then you ask to se the books and there is no accounting or tracking of any expenses

    • @debrasellitti3006
      @debrasellitti3006 Рік тому +2

      That blows my mind as an accountant. Always, always ask for a full set of audited financials. The people who hocked this scam you would think they would be sophisticated enough to ask. C’mon. That’s a first principal of investing! They would have seen that the books were cooked. Oh right- no books were kept. Easy come, easy go.

    • @DramaScenes1
      @DramaScenes1 Рік тому

      @@debrasellitti3006 As an account, whats one piece of advice you would give to the average joe concerning money through your knowledge and experience?

  • @cateelisabethlsn6400
    @cateelisabethlsn6400 Рік тому +28

    He's like telling a fairy tale story to a bunch of dinosaurs 🦕

    • @haniotis3421
      @haniotis3421 Рік тому +1

      And you probably voted for some of those dinosaurs. The joke is on you hahahaha

    • @FunTimeStudios82
      @FunTimeStudios82 Рік тому

      True

    • @Pleiadian618
      @Pleiadian618 Рік тому +2

      Literally you can tell he is like speaking Chinese to them & they are holding on by a thread attempting to grasp the basic concepts of Anything he is saying

    • @haniotis3421
      @haniotis3421 Рік тому

      @@Pleiadian618 And to think those idiots decide what to do with our hard-earned money.

    • @ISBE91
      @ISBE91 Рік тому

      @@haniotis3421 If they werent “idiots”, they wouldnt be sitting there, no hard feelings here, its just there are financially better opportunities for those with more knowledge

  • @antoniovittorio4686
    @antoniovittorio4686 Рік тому +55

    "MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD, TO MAXIMIZE THAT AND TO DO SO BY SUPPORTING SOME REALLY FANTASTIC ORGANIZATIONS". What a beautiful introduction to a testimony before the Congress. The whole speech of SBF before the Congress let him really appear as a BENEFACTOR, a LAW ENFORCER and an advocate especially for TRANSPARENCY and REGULATION. As many philosophers and poets said, a man can truly be known only through his ACTIONS never through his SPEECH. But we often forget these sayings especially when we are addressed by billionaires backed by politicians.

    • @brayanledezma4835
      @brayanledezma4835 Рік тому

      He’s a smart man .. made billions being smart is hard too

    • @BIG-uz8vi
      @BIG-uz8vi Рік тому +1

      This is all part of the Totalitarian tiptoe Icke had spoken about forever now.
      This puppet here FRIED put in place to squander Billions of peoples funds I'm order for your GOVT also owned and controlled to USHER in the digital world they want and to tell everyone " LOOK WHAT HAPPENS when the GOVT isn't controlling DIGITAL assets" . They want full control and this is what's coming..

    • @johnroe3915
      @johnroe3915 Рік тому +2

      @@brayanledezma4835 while also being a crook.

    • @PungiFungi
      @PungiFungi Рік тому

      yes, actions are louder than words.

    • @oldman1220
      @oldman1220 Рік тому

      Bidens golden boy he'll be a Trillionaire one day.🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🐂💩

  • @shadowbanned4days
    @shadowbanned4days Рік тому +12

    PRISON.. stop wasting our tax money

  • @mryee5540
    @mryee5540 Рік тому +5

    All of those licenses and none required verifying what he was doing with customer funds.

  • @jdubbleu1011
    @jdubbleu1011 Рік тому +21

    This aged well
    Particularly the risk management stuff

    • @tomspeed3354
      @tomspeed3354 Рік тому

      like a red wine 😂

    • @AdamSno
      @AdamSno Рік тому +1

      Yeah it makes him even more creepy realizing how smart he can present himself but subconsciously knowing that he is scamming the system, stealing millions, and lying to everybody about it... even going to Congress! The dude has balls, you gotta give him that...

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 Рік тому

      Dears Arss Hole SBF most of the people who are sitting in the room where you have higher academic levels than a pea brain like you could ever fathom and it will be hard to sell them your salad of acronyms and lies . Your parents must have known from the moment you came in this world that you would be a narcissistic manipulator of the first order and they must have known ...
      Would it be possible that you convince the both of them to go to prison with you for 100 years Mr Consultant who mae a mistake

    • @nudetaynehatwobble
      @nudetaynehatwobble Рік тому

      You both made me laugh

  • @wda_digital
    @wda_digital Рік тому +3

    I just realised something that if people talk and they repeat "YOU KNOW" in every sentence they are actually saying that to themselves unconsciously

  • @MrMaxmohr
    @MrMaxmohr Рік тому +8

    Lies, lies and more lies.

  • @NFWorld23
    @NFWorld23 Рік тому +2

    He is very knowledgeable, confidence with clarity.

  • @anonymoushippopotamus3862
    @anonymoushippopotamus3862 Рік тому +5

    This is purely a joke. 40 mill obviously goes along way. SBF is such a narcistic individual gleaming so he was as he smirked his way through a poorly veiled shallow, false attempt of sincerity and concern for the people his crime syndicate family stole from.

  • @tiagoscherer1158
    @tiagoscherer1158 Рік тому

    Have you ever heard of Wise ? I use it every single month. The money gets home in about 2 working days and the fees are quite low.

  • @solidfuel0
    @solidfuel0 Рік тому +1

    How come none of them spot the problems, only the woman online noticed something is off

  • @acebenedict9945
    @acebenedict9945 Рік тому +2

    his voice is exactly how I'd expect it to sound by how he looks

  • @jbt8922
    @jbt8922 Рік тому +4

    He just admitted what he was doing at 2:10

  • @Bkamron
    @Bkamron Рік тому +3

    SBF: "My take on the 08 financial crisis - I watched The Big Short Too."

  • @EIonsMusk
    @EIonsMusk Рік тому +18

    He does a good job painting himself as a disorganized idiot, but watching him so clearly describe, with such knowledge, the intricacies of his company... dudes a snake in the grass lol

  • @bb8luke221
    @bb8luke221 Рік тому +1

    Wow, very promising. how to open an account with FTX?

  • @gwquinn8398
    @gwquinn8398 Рік тому

    At 8:20, did he seriously argue that an advantage of FTX is transparency of transactions, which wasn't present during the 2008 banking crises?

  • @bfg1836
    @bfg1836 Рік тому +3

    And it was all a word salad of lies that none of them even understood.

  • @LaserTrooperB
    @LaserTrooperB Рік тому +10

    So this 30 yr old who talks like a 4 yr old laundered billions for the same people with whom are asking him questions. Handing billions of our own tax money back thru FTX ..What a complete clown 🤡 show.. shouldn’t the politicians be on trial as well???

  • @johnloos6571
    @johnloos6571 Рік тому

    Shouldn’t there be a disclosure if FTX or members of FTX donated money to any of the campaigns or PACs that supported campaigns of any of these members of Congress asking questions in this hearing? I am not sure if they have or not. But I think if they have or haven’t should’ve been disclosed during hearing.

  • @noahfarrell7082
    @noahfarrell7082 Рік тому +3

    This aged well

  • @riokriok2863
    @riokriok2863 Рік тому +2

    and above that he gives advice to the politicians

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 Рік тому

      Consultant to the US Secretary of the Treasury

  • @stephaniehale946
    @stephaniehale946 11 місяців тому +1

    *What a fine, educated, humble, articulate, honest, trustworthy, down-to-earth, and good looking gentleman. Such a rare combination. I am sure he will go to places.*

  • @Shieldsofshame
    @Shieldsofshame Рік тому +1

    Real slick.. real sick!

  • @anteb.k.8396
    @anteb.k.8396 Рік тому +1

    I tbought this was new xD I couldn't believe the regulation and transparency claims hahah

  • @rogerchanda
    @rogerchanda Рік тому

    Contrast this with the interview where he was feigning mental challenges once things went south

  • @FunTimeStudios82
    @FunTimeStudios82 Рік тому

    Why does he have a perm?

  • @Xyz-sk7b32
    @Xyz-sk7b32 Рік тому +4

    Crazy, you can really never trust anyone.

    • @KKOPPONG
      @KKOPPONG Рік тому

      We can if we stop ignoring red flags 🤷🏿‍♂️.

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 Рік тому

      In Gensler we Trust

  • @Diblonzaw
    @Diblonzaw Рік тому +2

    WHO IS SHE ???

  • @jacktran7024
    @jacktran7024 Рік тому

    @9:32...i thought it was bill belichick

  • @ANDYANDREWPro
    @ANDYANDREWPro Рік тому +14

    Wow, this guy is spot on. I am just now interested in getting into crypto. I’M IN! 👍😃

    • @venerable_nelson
      @venerable_nelson Рік тому

      Buy low, sell high!

    • @carlosandzs
      @carlosandzs Рік тому

      Everything he said sounds so good..back then... in hindsight.

    • @riokriok2863
      @riokriok2863 Рік тому +1

      Keep your money those cryptocurrency are crooks you will find out soon

    • @imissyoumom7644
      @imissyoumom7644 Рік тому

      *me running to grab you in slo-mo*
      No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @oldman1220
      @oldman1220 Рік тому

      Loser 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @charlessmyth
    @charlessmyth Рік тому +5

    What a difference a year later makes :-)

  • @-13eNnY-
    @-13eNnY- Рік тому +1

    At least he's sticking to the act that he did nothing wrong. Just happened to misplaced ~$10 billion.

  • @edgehodl4832
    @edgehodl4832 Рік тому

    amzing ceo, i opened ftx accoint and deposited all my life saving in there, lets make some money!!

  • @imissyoumom7644
    @imissyoumom7644 Рік тому +4

    Wow, Mr Bankman-Fried seems like a very respectable and articulate young man, I think I’ll invest!!

    • @oldman1220
      @oldman1220 Рік тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 you lose

    • @488ferc4
      @488ferc4 Рік тому

      Got you and many others fooled

  • @peggythibodeaux1519
    @peggythibodeaux1519 Рік тому

    Everything he said, he was carrying it out at FTC

  • @kentvonseverin1257
    @kentvonseverin1257 7 місяців тому +1

    The beyond horrendous decor of his "$30m apartment" in the Bahamas should have tipped everyone off years ago...

  • @grandy
    @grandy Рік тому +1

    "a 24hr risk engine" 🤣😂

  • @nudetaynehatwobble
    @nudetaynehatwobble Рік тому +1

    I wonder if I can give this young man all my money to manage 🤔

  • @andrewleventis8341
    @andrewleventis8341 Рік тому +4

    Bubba will be doing a special type of Crypto to him when he hits the big house

  • @exodus9655
    @exodus9655 Рік тому +2

    How do these folks run the country if they are so easily fool by such????

  • @lightningbones1092
    @lightningbones1092 Рік тому

    hmmm... should I like or dislike this video?? I can't decide!

  • @jessfulbright9015
    @jessfulbright9015 Рік тому +3

    You can always count on Congress for a good laugh.

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 Рік тому

      He should be wired one to his genitals and one to his head: 1 lie 1 ZZap , 2 lies 2 Zaps , 3 lies 3 Zaps...

  • @peggythibodeaux1519
    @peggythibodeaux1519 Рік тому +2

    No one can crack our system but me😂

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 Рік тому

      Thank you for the question, now I will serve you a word salad

  • @talesofthecentralcoast
    @talesofthecentralcoast Рік тому

    Clawbacks 2008 wow this aged welll

  • @drt2854
    @drt2854 Рік тому +3

    He really brought up embezzlement in his opening statement lol guys way out of touch with how much trouble he is in

    • @mgray1609
      @mgray1609 Рік тому

      This is 2021.

    • @drt2854
      @drt2854 Рік тому

      @@mgray1609 what? This isn’t the most recent FTXscandal?

  • @mclainekeari5787
    @mclainekeari5787 Рік тому +1

    Just how slick a conman can be..

  • @melborja5152
    @melborja5152 10 місяців тому

    so where is the money now?

  • @franciscody9622
    @franciscody9622 Рік тому

    This did not age well. Will he do it again wearing and orange suit?

  • @nobodytonobodysbusiness
    @nobodytonobodysbusiness 7 місяців тому

    Lol. There is no Stanford California. He grew up in Palo Alto.

  • @exodus9655
    @exodus9655 Рік тому

    Will he says "Its an honor to be here " this time round???

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 Рік тому

      He just wanted harmonious relation with the SEC , who would not

  • @SenangBit
    @SenangBit 7 місяців тому

    Give this man “Best Actor Awards”! Banks are bad, and he was there to fix stuff…

  • @eastern2western
    @eastern2western Рік тому

    Good evidence.

  • @PhongNguyen-tz4gy
    @PhongNguyen-tz4gy Рік тому +3

    Life in prison for him

    • @Cazador60140
      @Cazador60140 Рік тому

      1 Leg in prison #1, other leg in prison #2 ......

  • @arupsan
    @arupsan 10 місяців тому +1

    You get the word right “ creating positive impact to the world and maximising it “. Yeah he did it with full conviction , with the knowledge of MIT physics… in Jail let’s see how quantitative theory works ..

  • @FuzzyGreyPenguin
    @FuzzyGreyPenguin Рік тому

    ". . . Someone who can be extradicted if they do something criminal" . . .

  • @curt2079
    @curt2079 Рік тому +3

    Is Sam's last name really......BANK MAN FRIED ?!

    • @Pleiadian618
      @Pleiadian618 Рік тому +1

      Now your asking the right questions. How ironic huh...

  • @FizzleFX
    @FizzleFX 8 місяців тому

    "I didn't know a thing~ I couldn't have~ but I did give my parents millions and~ oh wait I was supposed to lie about this part!"

  • @silentype3008
    @silentype3008 Рік тому +1

    🤦‍♂He's really going to try to foist the blame onto Alameda Research. I do believe he'll see prison time by the end of this ordeal.

  • @goneviral8814
    @goneviral8814 Рік тому +1

    So when will these congress people Audit the Federal Reserve???

  • @realericsmith
    @realericsmith 6 місяців тому +1

    He went from being called the J.P. Morgan of crypto, to the Charles Ponzi of crypto. How the mighty have fallen.

  • @jacobvandijk2184
    @jacobvandijk2184 Рік тому +1

    "complete transparency" did not age well.

  • @stockholm6317
    @stockholm6317 Рік тому

    I’m in

  • @rlg222
    @rlg222 Рік тому +1

    If this isn’t fraud, I don’t know what it would be

  • @488ferc4
    @488ferc4 Рік тому +2

    Obviously a smart, accomplished young man with what seemed like an honest idea…initially….however, money changes MANY of us. I changed once I made millions and realized I was becoming a bit arrogant so had to change course and be genuine again.
    He knowingly did corrupt things but sometimes the ultra intelligent ones think they can get away with it

  • @nameinaframeindy
    @nameinaframeindy Рік тому +3

    He was completely lying about everything lol.

  • @exodus9655
    @exodus9655 Рік тому

    The economic impact ? Before everyone got fool or after sir??? I think I better tell u the one before...

  • @jeffcunningham7372
    @jeffcunningham7372 Рік тому +1

    look forward to hearing from the other Sam if he ever sails back our way, thrown SBF to the lions before hightailing it

  • @grandy
    @grandy Рік тому +2

    his responses r so vague

  • @thisgameisover
    @thisgameisover Рік тому +3

    Perjury: 4:19 - Risk Controls

  • @franklinwhang
    @franklinwhang Рік тому +1

    Who is that hot Blondie in the back? 😂

  • @agcd2196
    @agcd2196 Рік тому

    "Transparent System"

  • @philipcarter4532
    @philipcarter4532 Рік тому +1

    You can see how he fooled those who think cryptocurrencies are a good investment. He's got the whole of Congress spellbound and addressing him as a crypto guru. Of course, millions of dollars in donations to politicians helped a lot.

  • @Steenogreeno
    @Steenogreeno 7 місяців тому

    Goes from one water bottle to four. It appears opened bags of candy? What is going on here.

  • @Basstroutfishing
    @Basstroutfishing Рік тому

    It’s almost as if he is pulling out this information from his backside.

  • @peggythibodeaux1519
    @peggythibodeaux1519 Рік тому

    Why is Greene wearing a mask on a video ?

    • @oldman1220
      @oldman1220 Рік тому

      Can't stand the smell of a democratic rat

  • @cateelisabethlsn6400
    @cateelisabethlsn6400 Рік тому +2

    And who organized this hearing. SbF himself 🤮

  • @pungkoy75
    @pungkoy75 Рік тому +2

    Seems knowledgeable about crypto 🤔 but when ask what happened to billions of customers money the knowledge dissappear

  • @10ozGold
    @10ozGold Рік тому

    How much helium was inhaled to sound like this

  • @quantumcomata105
    @quantumcomata105 3 місяці тому

    Mr foster got it right

  • @JosephusPremkumar
    @JosephusPremkumar Рік тому

    "We have a transparent system", but no one knows where Billions of dollars went.

  • @harikrishnanchandramohan4209
    @harikrishnanchandramohan4209 2 місяці тому +1

    Who is next? Sunder Pichai?

  • @sosimonferland1137
    @sosimonferland1137 Рік тому

    He was given the wrong questions, they love him, the only question is where is the money

  • @scottgreen132
    @scottgreen132 Рік тому +3

    He really seems to know a lot about his business.

    • @carsondwayne
      @carsondwayne Рік тому

      It's almost as if it's *his* business

    • @jeepmap1
      @jeepmap1 Рік тому

      his master is: Elisabeth Holmes

  • @Pangolier
    @Pangolier Рік тому

    Way to take the morality high ground with bare feets...

  • @charlievardar1330
    @charlievardar1330 Рік тому

    Is this the VIP Lane? When you invite Criminals for a free advertisement, just to make all victims desperate?