A profile of FTX co-founder and CTO Gary Wang, a roommate to Sam Bankman-Fried at MIT who is cooperating with the US, as insiders say he may have key insights
They'd come a long way together, from teenage mathletes to MIT frat brothers to crypto billionaires.
Fascinating dive into the very odd history here: From Math Camp to Handcuffs: FTX's Downfall Was an Arc of Brotherhood and Betrayal https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
A friendship at the heart of FTX began at math camp and ended in criminal fraud charges. This is the story of SBF and Gary Wang, complete with cheesecake brownies, Nerf guns, the Vegan Police and the real police. w/ @avabmorrison https://www.bloomberg.com/...
“We can make this work,” Sam Bankman-Fried said over Signal, an encrypted messaging app. Gary Wang didn't reply. https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @crypto
meet Gary Wang, the chess player who turned on SBF as authorities began to close in on FTX https://www.bloomberg.com/... by @antoniabmassa @avabmorrison
Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang forged a years-long friendship at math camp that carried them through MIT and the creation of FTX. Now they're pitted against each other in a criminal fraud case. @avabmorrison & I looked at the arc of their relationship https://www.bloomberg.com/.…
“We can make this work,” SBF said over Signal, days after FTX collapsed. Gary Wang, a top lieutenant and longtime friend, didn't reply. The feds were closing in. Wang flipped. The unraveling of a crypto bromance 💔 by @antoniabmassa and @avabmorrison https://www.bloomberg.com/...
“He said he'd made up his mind and that was that.” @antoniabmassa and I retrace the friendship between SBF and Gary Wang. From math camp until their final conversation inside the FTX penthouse when Wang sided with prosecutors. @business https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @crypto