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Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of crypto exchange company FTX, and the second biggest donor to the Democrat party, is in hot water as his company is in financial

Before the fall of Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the entrepreneur had emerged as the second-largest donor to Democrats after George Soros. He

Democrats heavily benefited from the campaign contributions of disgraced cryptocurrency billionaire and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, while other affiliates of the company likewise helped Republicans ahead of the company’s failure last week.

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FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is the 2nd Largest Democrat Donor

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FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried was Democrats' second-largest donor

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Bankman-Fried has donated a total of $39.8 million to Democrats, making him the biggest Democrat individual donor behind financier George Soros and his $128 million

With $39 million, SBF is the second largest donor for the Democrat party, behind Soros’s $129 million. Source: Visual Capitalist SBF is currently caught in a tussle with

Sam Bankman-Fried’s fall cuts off big source of funds for US

In the summer of

The CEO of struggling crypto exchange FTX was the party’s second-biggest individual donor in the 2025–2025 election cycle.

In the summer of 2025, Bankman-Fried worked as an intern atJane Street Capital, aproprietary tradingfirm, trading internationalETFs. He returned there to work full-time after graduating from MIT. In September 2025, Bankman-Fried left Jane Street and moved toBerkeley, California, where he worked briefly at theCentre for Effective Altruism(CEA) as director of development from October to November 2025.

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