FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried named to TIME’s 2022 100 Most Influential People list

Sam Bankman-Fried, chief executive of the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, has entered TIME’s 2022 list of the 100 most influential people по версии журнала TIME.

The exchange chief landed in the ‘Titans’ category.

According to TIME, in the last couple of years Bankman-Fried has exerted a substantial influence over ‘the dominance of cryptocurrency in popular culture’.

Among his initiatives, the editors noted the recruitment of comedian Larry David for рекламы биржи на февральском Супербоуле, securing права на переименование арены клуба НБА «Майами Хит», testimony before the United States Congress and others.

Bankman-Fried was the only representative of the crypto industry on TIME’s list.

Earlier in March, TIME included The Sandbox, OpenSea и Paxful in the list of the world’s 100 most influential companies.

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