Ideally, I would want FTX to become the biggest source of financial transactions in the world. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
A while ago I became convinced that our duty was to do the most we could for the long run aggregate utility… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
Good is good however it comes. And in the end, my goal is just to figure out how I can have the… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
If your goal is to maximize the amount of impact that you have on the world, that has pretty strong implications for… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
The things that matter most are the things that have long-term impact on what the world will look like. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
The plan of 'be a bad actor and make a lot of money' is not actually a good plan, even if you're… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
I want FTX to be a place where you can do anything you want with your next dollar. You can buy bitcoin.… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
We have financial audits, both for FTX U.S. and FTX International. Each year. We have regulatory oversight, again, from a number of… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
When you're talking about having an impact on the world, I think that the point at which there's nothing more to do… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
There's a wide world out there. We shouldn't think that crypto is going to be the most fertile ground to work in… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
In the end, it's the work my friends and colleagues at foundations do that matters the most. A more just world would… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
There have been a lot of times when I have been a bigger supporter of Democratic candidates than Republican candidates. That's not… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
When things become too fraught from a partisan perspective, people will start to have positions on important issues for the world that… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
The bitcoin network is not a payments network and it is not a scaling network. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
If you do something to see if it works, and then it doesn't work, was that a valuable educational experience for you - that… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
We've put a lot of attention and care into regulation and interfacing with regulators. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
FTX has shareholders and we have a duty to do reasonable things by them and I certainly feel more comfortable incinerating my own money. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
Just like an idle software, your brain is less efficient after a long break. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
The SEC is very likely going to end up regulating spot security token markets. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
Lack of trust is an enormous transaction cost, and I underestimated this when I first got into business. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
I wanted to get rich, not because I like money but because I wanted to give that money to charity. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
It is easy to get lulled into thinking that everything you do is all you can do - but you're not thinking more globally… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
We are the most regulated crypto exchange by far. We are regulated by some definition by more regulators than any exchange of any type. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image