Sirer Slams Former FTX CEO SBF: ‚Damage Is Immeasurable‘

• Ava Labs CEO and Founder Emin Gün Sirer has criticized former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for damaging the credibility of the crypto industry.
• The firm declared bankruptcy due to lack of sufficient reserves of client funds.
• Bankman-Fried was subsequently detained and charged with fraud, money laundering, and misappropriation of billions of dollars in client funds.

Ava Labs CEO Criticizes Former FTX CEO SBF

Ava Labs CEO and founder Emin Gün Sirer has strongly criticized former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for pushing back the credibility of the crypto industry. According to Sirer, he has seen the digital assets business “blossom from nothing” into its current state due to his efforts as a computer science professor at Cornell University in informing lawmakers and holding seminars. He expressed his dismay over how far Bankman-Fried pushed the industry back by saying that it has damaged all the goodwill built over years through hard work.

FTX Declared Bankruptcy

The collapse of FTX last autumn was indicative of a bad omen for the crypto sector, damaging the young industry’s credibility and trustworthiness. The firm declared bankruptcy since it did not have sufficient reserves of client funds to satisfy withdrawals and so had to close.

Bankman-Fried Detained & Charged

Following this incident, Sam Bankman-Fried was subsequently detained and slapped with several charges for suspected misappropriation of billions of dollars in client funds, including fraud and money laundering. He has pled not guilty to all counts against him, but more were added against him just last week.

SBF’s Impact on Crypto Industry

Sirer is worried about how much impact this incident will have on the crypto industry as a whole, especially when it comes to regulatory circles which could be extremely damaging for anyone linked with cryptocurrency businesses.

Conclusion

Ultimately, Sirer believes that SBF’s actions have caused irreparable damage to an entire industry which took years to build up trust in digital assets among investors and regulators alike.