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Chloe Taylor

Anthony Scaramucci says his experience with FTX and its ‘sociopathic’ founder Sam Bankman-Fried was ‘extremely disappointing.’ So why is he investing in a company run by a former executive of the imploded exchange?

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Wall Street veteran Anthony Scaramucci was badly burned by the downfall of crypto exchange FTX and its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried—but he isn’t letting it deter him from the cryptocurrency industry, even when former FTX executives are involved.

“The FTX experience overall was extremely disappointing,” Scaramucci told Fortune in a recent conversation. “Sam is extremely intelligent, and even likable, but sociopathic enough to destructively mislead colleagues and even family. From an early stage, he put measures in place to dupe those conducting due diligence and oversight.”

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