By now, most individuals are aware of the saga of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder, majority proprietor, and, till not too long ago, wunderkind CEO of the now-defunct crypto trade. Earlier than his abrupt fall from grace, “SBF,” as Bankman-Fried has grow to be identified, had the ear of public officers, regulators and celebrities, and a public picture because the kinder, gentler, face of crypto.