Sam Bankman-Fried Shot Crypto MasterClass Prior to FTX Collapse
Disgraced crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried had shot a tutorial video on cryptocurrency for MasterClass, a platform that offers courses taught by celebrity experts.
The video, made last summer, was not included with other lessons presented by crypto and blockchain experts that MasterClass announced in December last year following FTX's collapse in November.
Bankman-Fried's MasterClass was apparently scrapped after it was shot, The New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The MasterClass tutorials featured lessons from Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, Coinbase COO Emilie Choi, as well as Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, and investor Chris Dixon.
The report also detailed the connections that FTX's founder had with Hollywood agent-turned-investor Michael Kives, and the links that Kives made between Bankman-Fried and several celebrities, politicians, and companies including MasterClass.
Kives connected or tried to connect Bankman-Fried with figures including Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ron DeSantis.
FTX's bankruptcy lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Kives and his venture capital firm, K5, to recover the estimated $700 million Bankman-Fried had invested in it.
The complaint claims that Bankman-Fried was a "profligate patron" who sent millions to Kives, K5 Global, and Baum after he attended a social event hosted by Kives in 2022.
FTX has sought the return of funds transferred from Alameda Research that ended up in SGN Albany Capital and funds transferred from Kives, Baum, and SGN Albany Capital to Mount Olympus Capital.
The suit described the transfers as being carried out “without receiving equivalent value” and, more importantly, avoidable, meaning that
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