SBF biographer: SBF once considered paying Trump $5 billion to stop his presidential campaign

ChainCatcher news, the author of the upcoming book "The Fall of the Cryptocurrency King Sam Bankman-Fried & FTX," Michael Lewis, stated that SBF once considered paying Donald Trump $5 billion to stop him from running for president. SBF believed that Trump was trying to undermine American democracy and thought he "was on the list of risks." Lewis also mentioned that SBF was investigating whether this behavior was legal.

Previously reported, Michael Lewis's new book about SBF, "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon," is set to be published on October 3. Multiple sources revealed that Apple acquired the rights to the book for $5 million. Michael Lewis's works also include "The Big Short," among others.