‘Ninth circle of hell’ is reserved for SBF for his betrayal: Scaramucci

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The SkyBridge founder opened up about his trust in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried which was ultimately broken after the exchange collapsed.

SkyBridge Capital managing partner Anthony Scaramucci has opened up about the “betrayal” he felt over the actions of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who he said he once considered a “friend.”

Speaking at Casper Lab’s Blockchain Hub event in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16, Scaramucci emphasized that in the aftermath of the FTX debacle, he felt “betrayed” by Bankman-Fried given that he had a close friendship with both him and his family.

“I have to tell you that the betrayal and the fraud, its bad on a lot of different levels, it certainly hurt me reputationally, but i’m just talking about the visceral relationship with somebody,” he said, adding that:

“If anybody here has read Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, you know what the ninth circle of Hell is reserved for […] It’s for the betrayal of a friend who lives with the devil—the ninth circle of hell on the frozen lake.”

Anthony Scaramucci speaking Casper Lab’s Blockchain Hub: YouTube

Explaining his relationship with Bankman-Fried in further detail, Scaramucci ultimately admitted that he bet on someone he trusted and “got it wrong.”

“I’m a high profile person so my mistakes get wildly magnified, [that’s] totally fine but I’m not gonna stop the risk-taking,” he said, adding: “I thought Sam was the Mark Zuckerberg of crypto, I did not think he was the Bernie Madoff of crypto.”

However, the SkyBridge founder has not been deterred by the whole ordeal, as he emphasized that he has made a career off of taking risks, and as such he’ll “probably make that mistake again.”

Similarly, Scaramucci’s faith in crypto in has not been shaken either, as he stressed that FTX’s bankruptcy had nothing to do with the underlying value proposition of the technology.

“That’s why we have blockchain and crypto, because we’re trying to create a decentralized situation where we don’t have to like or trust each other. […] We can transact with each other in a way where the technology basically sanctifies.”

Related: Crypto community unimpressed by SBF’s lengthy Substack letter

As Scaramucci mentioned to CNBC on Jan. 13, SkyBridge is currently working on buying back a 30% stake of the company it sold to FTX for an undisclosed fee back in September.

Notably the deal took place just two months before FTX filed for bankruptcy. Scarmucci stated that after all the legal details are sorted, the buy back could go through before the second half of this year.

Once that buy back goes through, Scarmucci will still have some loose ties to FTX via an investment he made into a crypto company founded by former FTX US president Brett Harrison. He confirmed the move to Bloomberg via email this week.

At this latest Blockchain Hub event, Scaramucci outlined that it’s important to back and support friends like Harrison who are having a tough time due to his affiliation with FTX.

Harrison has of course distanced himself from the antics of SBF and his inner circle, and notably stepped down from the firm in September.

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