The former president of FTX US dishes the dirt on his falling out with former Jane Street colleague Sam Bankman-Fried and predicts the spot Bitcoin ETF will far outshine the record-breaking success of the Bitcoin Futures ETF.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The ex-president of FTX US, Brett Harrison, tells Magazine that he didn\u2019t say a single word to Sam Bankman-Fried during the two-month notice period after he resigned, which was only months before the whole exchange blew up. Even getting a message to SBF to say he was resigning in the first place was hard work.<\/p>\n \u201cI had to talk to other people in the company to formally resign. I wrote one text to Sam and I got back a single heart emoji. That was the last I heard from him,\u201d Harrison declares.<\/p>\n Harrison and Bankman-Fried had been colleagues years earlier at quantitative trading firm Jane Street, where Harrison saw his potential while teaching SBF in a course on programming for traders. But things went south real quick between them at FTX.<\/p>\n Harrison claims it was due to Bankman-Fried\u2019s inflated ego and his reluctance to accept any feedback or advice.<\/p>\n \u201cSam hated criticism and, as a result, refused to communicate with me. It drove my decision to quit even further,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Yet, Harrison says he had no clue of the storm about to engulf the company with FTX declaring bankruptcy only a few months after he bailed from the U.S. arm of exchange.<\/p>\n 1\/ An announcement: I\u2019m stepping down as President of @FTX_Official<\/a>. Over the next few months I\u2019ll be transferring my responsibilities and moving into an advisory role at the company.<\/p>\n \u2014 Brett Harrison (@BrettHarrison88) September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cThe rest of us, especially in the U.S., were blindsighted. We were working with regulators, top lawyers, and to have the whole organization fail because of one person\u2019s greed, will stay with us for the rest of our life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n However, he feels justice was done in the recent fraud trial against his former boss.<\/p>\n \u201cI do feel the result was absolutely just, and I\u2019m glad that justice was served quickly; I think it was essential that Sam was held accountable for his actions,\u201d he declares.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Harrison wasted no time diving into a new project.<\/p>\n He co-founded Architect.xyz, a DeFi platform that focuses on bridging all the different opportunities in the digital asset space for both institutional and retail investors.<\/p>\n Read also<\/p>\n Features<\/span><\/p>\n Blockchain fail-safes in space: SpaceChain, Blockstream and Cryptosat<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Columns<\/span><\/p>\n Wall Street disaster expert Bill Noble: Crypto spring is inevitable<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Harrison is a bit of a brainiac and has a computer science degree focused on artificial intelligence (AI) from Harvard University. So, who better to ask about the potential for AI to take over the world?<\/p>\n \u201cI do not think AI is a threat to humanity,\u201d he declares, pointing out that AI has been in development for much longer than people think:<\/p>\n \u201cLots of people are now seeing AI for the first time, they don\u2019t appreciate the decades of progress that has gone into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Harrison is more concerned about humans using AI to pull off scams and swipe identities more effortlessly.<\/p>\n \u201cIt truly is just linear algebra,\u201d he says. \u201cThe idea that linear algebra is some existential threat to our survival just feels somewhat fanciful to people who have been practitioners in the field for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n Bloomberg is really loving AI for me these days. <\/p>\n Not a bad thing, but is this really an accurate or representative description of what my company is doing? pic.twitter.com\/z5IHSvp0fq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brett Harrison (@BrettHarrison88) July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Harrison is a smart guy who drops interesting stuff on social media that people seem to dig.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s not dance around the fact that the FTX connection is what blew up his follower numbers, with his count hitting its highest weekly peak when FTX took a nosedive in November 2022, when he gained 2,140 followers, according to data from Social Blade.<\/p>\n Back in January, his long rant about his departure from X got nearly 3 million eyeballs. He said he wasn\u2019t canned from the FTX gig; it just wasn\u2019t his dream job, and SBF was an \u201cinsecure, prideful manager.\u201d<\/p>\n 1\/49 Many have asked questions about my time at FTX US and why I left when I did. As I indicated earlier this week, I\u2019m happy to begin sharing my experiences and perspective publicly.<\/p>\n \u2014 Brett Harrison (@BrettHarrison88) January 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n If you scroll through Harrison\u2019s timeline over the years, you\u2019ll notice his glam lifestyle has toned down considerably since the FTX days.\u00a0<\/p>\n Back then, he was often seen hanging out with celebs and former prime ministers.<\/p>\n Nowadays, it\u2019s way more low-key. Besides throwing in some market talk, Harrison\u2019s been sharing snippets about his family life lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n He\u2019s even flexing about saving toys from the FTX US office that somehow dodged the whole bankruptcy drama.<\/p>\n Harrison loves the blend of genius and goofiness on Crypto X \u2014 getting a daily fix of humor and high intellect.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the things I love about Crypto Twitter\u00a0 is the perfect mix of highly intellectual cerebral, either Market structure or political commentary, and degenerate memes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n However, when we asked about the accounts he\u2019s into, he\u2019s not that forthcoming.\u00a0<\/p>\n After doing some light digging, it turns out he\u2019s following 2,100 accounts, and guess who\u2019s in the mix? None other than Bankman-Fried\u2019s pal Tiffany Fong.<\/p>\n it was an honor for me as well, I truly admire both your talent and your meme game \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\nWho is this guy anyway?<\/h2>\n
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