Collapsed Cryptocurrency Exchange FTX Had Ties to Ukrainian Government, WEF, and Top Biden Adviser<br /> <br /> FTX had some eye-opening connections to powerful entities and individuals around the world before it all came crashing down.<br /> <br /> FTX made waves with early endorsements by NFL legend Tom Brady, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, and NBA superstar Stephen Curry. FTX spent big money on a Super Bowl commercial featuring "Seinfeld" creator Larry David.<br /> <br /> Then the FTX collapse happened.<br /> <br /> The NYT noted , "Despite raising $2 billion, he remained the majority owner of the company. No investors joined FTX’s board of directors, which was made up of Mr. Bankman-Fried, an FTX employee and a lawyer."<br /> <br /> SBF gives millions to DNC<br /> <br /> MarketWatchreported, "SBF contributed more than $5 million to Joe Biden and groups supporting him during his 2020 presidential campaign. He said he was motivated by Biden’s 'generic stability and decision-making process.'"<br /> <br /> SBF gave Democrats nearly $37 million in the 2021-2022 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets . SBF was the second-biggest individual donor to Democrats, only to be surpassed by $128 million from George Soros.<br /> <br /> In May, SBF said he expected to donate "north of $100 million" to Democrats in 2024 but vowed to have a "soft ceiling" of political spending of $1 billion if DJT ran again.<br /> <br /> SBF goes to the White House<br /> <br /> The Washington Free Beacon reported that SBF met with top Biden adviser Steve Ricchetti on April 22 and May 12, according to White House visitor logs. Gabe Bankman-Fried – SBF's brother who handles the billionaire's political operations – visited the White House on March 7.<br /> <br /> SBF largely funded the Democratic Protect Our Future PAC that only launched in May 2022. SBF's brother said the PAC was formed to "stop the next pandemic." <br /> <br /> SBF's mother is also a major fundraiser for Democrats<br /> <br /> Barbara Fried, is a Stanford (<a target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href="https://law.stanford.edu/directory/barbara-fried/)">https://law.stanford.edu/directory/barbara-fried/)</a> professor, and has "written extensively on questions of distributive justice, in the areas of tax policy, property theory, and political theory." She is also the co-founder of the Mind the Gap political action committee that was established in 2018 to help the DNC win elections.<br /> <br /> Vox published a glowing article about Mind the Gap in January 2020 titled: "Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats."<br /> <br /> (<a target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/6/21046631/mind-the-gap-silicon-valley-democratic-donors-stanford)"The">https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/6/21046631/mind-the-gap-silicon-valley-democratic-donors-stanford)"The</a> group’s leaders are a pair of Stanford law professors: Barbara Fried, who has no apparent campaign experience, and Paul Brest, the former president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Graham Gottlieb, a Stanford fellow who served in junior roles for former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign and in his White House, is its executive director."<br /> <br /> "Backers include people like Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, San Francisco power broker Ron Conway, and a coterie of major Democratic donors from across Silicon Valley, including fundraiser Amy Rao."<br /> <br /> The FTX connection to the Ukrainian government and WEF<br /> <br /> Curiously, the Ukrainian gov launched a cryptocurrency donation website in March that was backed by FTX.<br /> <br /> CoinDesk reported in March, "'Aid for Ukraine ,' which has the backing of crypto exchange FTX, staking platform Everstake, and Ukraine’s Kuna exchange, will route donated crypto to the National Bank of Ukraine, Everstake’s Head of Growth Vlad Likhuta told CoinDesk. Ukraine’s crypto-savvy Ministry of Digital Transformation is also involved."<br /> <br /> An Everstake press release stated, "Aid For Ukraine is cooperating with the cryptocurrency exchange FTX which converts crypto funds received into fiat and sends the donations to the National Bank of Ukraine. This marks the first-ever instance of a cryptocurrency exchange directly cooperating with a public financial entity to provide a conduit for crypto donations. Earlier this month, FTX already converted $1 million worth of SOL and transferred it to the National Bank of Ukraine."<br /> <br /> The World Economic Forum (WEF) lists FTX as a partner (<a target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href="https://www.weforum.org/organizations/ftx),">https://www.weforum.org/organizations/ftx),</a> and provides a link to the exchange's website.<br /> <br /> Source for citations: The Blaze<br /> <br /> (<a target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-democrats-ukraine?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)">https://www.theblaze.com/news/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-democrats-ukraine?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)</a><br /> <br /> Follow:<i class="twa twa-backhand-index-pointing-down"></i><br /> t.me/G3News <br /> <a href="https://somee.social/search/hashtag/sbf">#sbf</a> <a href="https://somee.social/search/hashtag/cryptotwitter">#cryptotwitter</a> <a href="https://somee.social/search/hashtag/crypto">#crypto</a> <a href="https://somee.social/search/hashtag/news">#news</a> <a href="https://somee.social/search/hashtag/FTX">#FTX</a>![]() ----------- REFERENT URL --------------- https://law.stanford.edu/directory/barbara-fried/) https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/6/21046631/mind-the-gap-silicon-valley-democratic-donors-stanford)"The https://www.weforum.org/organizations/ftx), https://www.theblaze.com/news/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-democrats-ukraine?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) https://somee.social/search/hashtag/sbf https://somee.social/search/hashtag/cryptotwitter https://somee.social/search/hashtag/crypto https://somee.social/search/hashtag/news https://somee.social/search/hashtag/FTX