SBF (@SBF_FTX) — Twitter Score 874 out of 1000

SBF is the account of Samuel Bankman-Fried, who co-founded FTX, once among the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, and Alameda Research, a crypto quantitative trading firm. SBF's Twitter Score is 874 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, placing him at rank #42 (top 0.1%) of 483,944 accounts tracked on this platform and among the 36 accounts scoring above 900.

SBF previously worked at Jane Street Capital and at the Centre for Effective Altruism as Director of Development, and was previously affiliated with effective altruism. He co-founded Alameda Research in November 2017 and previously served as its CEO. He co-founded FTX in May 2019 with Gary Wang and previously served as its CEO; FTX raised a $900 million Series B at an $18 billion valuation in July 2021 and a $400 million Series C at a $32 billion valuation in January 2022. He also created the FTX Future Fund philanthropic initiative, whose team resigned following FTX's collapse in November 2022.

SBF resigned as CEO of FTX when the exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 11, 2022, replaced by John J. Ray III. The liquidity crisis was triggered in part by Binance's planned sale of FTT, FTX's native exchange token, alongside Alameda Research's large FTT holdings; Binance then abandoned a nonbinding deal to acquire FTX, citing mishandled customer funds and pending investigations. The SEC charged him in December 2022 with orchestrating a years-long fraud, alleging he diverted FTX customer funds to Alameda Research while FTX raised more than $1.8 billion from equity investors. He was arrested in the Bahamas on December 12, 2022 and extradited to the United States on fraud and conspiracy charges. Former FTX executives Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh pleaded guilty and testified that he directed the misuse of customer funds. He was convicted on November 2, 2023 on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy related to FTX and Alameda Research, and sentenced on March 28, 2024 to 25 years in prison, with an order to forfeit approximately $11 billion in assets.

SBF posts via proxy using BOP-approved email and phone from FCI Lompoc I, with 1,002,407 followers as of August 2026 and 20,920 posts. He has been mentioned by 3,071 accounts, with 9,937 total mentions on the platform. His tracked portfolio includes The Intercept, World, Semafor and Beelines.

Who follows SBF on X?

The accounts that follow SBF include 3,782 founders, 970 angel investors, 1,874 influencers and 137 VCs, among them Erik Voorhees, jesse.base.eth, Chris Dixon, Toly, Sam Altman and Marc Andreessen.