Celebrated non-fiction chronicler Michael Lewis is writing a book about cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried, whose business imploded in spectacular fashion on Friday, forcing it to declare bankruptcy.
Up to $2 billion in client funds had vanished from the company’s books in recent weeks. The disgraced CEO and members of his inner circle are now under observation by authorities and are said to be holed up in the Bahamas.
Lewis, 62, has spent the past six months shadowing 30-year-old Bankman-Fried, traveling with him and interviewing him extensively, it emerged on Friday.
His previous books The Big Short, Moneyball and The Blind Side turned into Hollywood blockbusters.
The Ankler first reported that literary agent Michael Snyder informed his contacts that Lewis had six months’ worth of material on Bankman-Fried – who feuded in spectacular style with Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao.
Zhao, head of the world’s largest bitcoin and crypto exchange, said last week he intended to…
Connect with us on our socials: