Sam Bankman-Fried Whisperer Tiffany Fong Spills Some Tea - Ep. 574

Published: Nov. 24, 2023, noon

b'Tiffany Fong has had an unusual route to crypto fame. After losing most of her life savings in the Celsius bankruptcy, she began posting on YouTube about her experiences and eventually received some leaked documents, which she shared with The New York Times and on her channel. The leaks gave her some visibility, and that\\u2019s when Sam Bankman-Fried began following her on Twitter.\\xa0\\xa0\\nFong unexpectedly managed to carve out a relationship with the one-time crypto mogul, and after he was arrested last November, she chatted often and even met with him while he was under house arrest. From there, she became known for posting details of her conversations with Bankman-Fried and documents he shared with her, and went on to attend every day of his trial in person and do videos on them.\\xa0\\xa0\\nOn this episode of Unchained, Fong shares why she thinks SBF opened up to her, whether she ever had a romantic relationship with him, her unpleasant encounter with Sam Bankman-Fried\\u2019s mother at the trial, why she doesn\\u2019t really consider herself a crypto influencer, and what her plans are now that the trial is over.\\xa0\\n\\nListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\\nShow highlights:\\n\\nwhat Tiffany did before getting into crypto\\n\\nhow Tiffany lost most of her life savings in the Celsius bankruptcy and how that jumpstarted her journey into the content creation space\\n\\nhow she got in touch with Sam Bankman-Fried and got him to speak with her after FTX\\u2019s collapse\\n\\nthe conversations Tiffany had with SBF during his house arrest\\xa0\\n\\nTiffany\'s response to the rumors about a romantic relationship with SBF\\n\\nhow Tiffany reacted to the DOJ reaching out to her for information before the SBF trial\\xa0\\n\\nwhy she decided to go to the courtroom every day during the SBF trial\\n\\nTiffany\\u2019s unpleasant encounter with SBF\'s mom, Barbara Fried\\n\\nhow Tiffany feels about crypto, and why she doesn\\u2019t consider herself a "crypto influencer"\\n\\nwhat Tiffany\\u2019s career plans are now that the SBF trial is over\\n\\n\\nThank you to our sponsors!\\n\\nArbitrum Foundation\\n\\nPopcorn Network\\n\\nPhemex\\n\\n\\nGuest\\n\\nTiffany Fong, Crypto content creator\\nLinks\\n\\nUnchained:\\xa0\\n\\nRollingStone: The Crypto Whistleblower at the Center of the Sam Bankman-Fried Storm\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'