Michael Saylor compares SBF to 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

Microstrategy founder and bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor had some strong words about fallen FTX founder and one-time billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF).

"I think this [crypto] crash accelerates regulatory intervention," Saylor said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). "I mean, in fact, in a sense, SBF is like the Jordan Belfort of the crypto era. Instead of 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' they'll make a movie called 'The King of Crypto.'"

Belfort famously was found guilty of stock market manipulation in 1999 and spent 22 months in prison. He was then portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2013 movie "The Wolf of Wall Street."Late last week, FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a failed takeover by rival Binance. Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO after engineering a liquidity hole of billions and allegedly using customer funds to make other bets in the crypto space.

Bankman-Fried subsequently said that he will be working as an adviser to the firm during the leadership transition and will try to bring "liquidity" to the platform's users.Bankman-Fried "was using counterfeit money and stolen money to lobby against all of the virtues in the industry — against proof of work, against bitcoin," Saylor said. "He was working to corrupt regulations and corrupt the political process. When you have actors that use corrupt counterfeit stolen money in order to undermine the industry, it's not good for anybody. So yeah, I mean I think that people need to decipher this."Microstrategy founder and bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor had some strong words about fallen FTX founder and one-time billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF).

"I think this [crypto] crash accelerates regulatory intervention," Saylor said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). "I mean, in fact, in a sense, SBF is like the Jordan Belfort of the crypto era. Instead of 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' they'll make a movie called 'The King of Crypto.'"

Belfort famously was found guilty of stock market manipulation in 1999 and spent 22 months in prison. He was then portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2013 movie "The Wolf of Wall Street."Late last week, FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a failed takeover by rival Binance. Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO after engineering a liquidity hole of billions and allegedly using customer funds to make other bets in the crypto space.

Bankman-Fried subsequently said that he will be working as an adviser to the firm during the leadership transition and will try to bring "liquidity" to the platform's users.Bankman-Fried "was using counterfeit money and stolen money to lobby against all of the virtues in the industry — against proof of work, against bitcoin," Saylor said. "He was working to corrupt regulations and corrupt the political process. When you have actors that use corrupt counterfeit stolen money in order to undermine the industry, it's not good for anybody. So yeah, I mean I think that people need to decipher this."Late last week, FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a failed takeover by rival Binance. Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO after engineering a liquidity hole of billions and allegedly using customer funds to make other bets in the crypto space.

Bankman-Fried subsequently said that he will be working as an adviser to the firm during the leadership transition and will try to bring "liquidity" to the platform's users.Bankman-Fried "was using counterfeit money and stolen money to lobby against all of the virtues in the industry — against proof of work, against bitcoin," Saylor said. "He was working to corrupt regulations and corrupt the political process. When you have actors that use corrupt counterfeit stolen money in order to undermine the industry, it's not good for anybody. So yeah, I mean I think that people need to decipher this."Microstrategy founder and bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor had some strong words about fallen FTX founder and one-time billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF).

"I think this [crypto] crash accelerates regulatory intervention," Saylor said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). "I mean, in fact, in a sense, SBF is like the Jordan Belfort of the crypto era. Instead of 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' they'll make a movie called 'The King of Crypto.'"

Belfort famously was found guilty of stock market manipulation in 1999 and spent 22 months in prison. He was then portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2013 movie "The Wolf of Wall Street."Late last week, FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a failed takeover by rival Binance. Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO after engineering a liquidity hole of billions and allegedly using customer funds to make other bets in the crypto space.

Bankman-Fried subsequently said that he will be working as an adviser to the firm during the leadership transition and will try to bring "liquidity" to the platform's users.Bankman-Fried "was using counterfeit money and stolen money to lobby against all of the virtues in the industry — against proof of work, against bitcoin," Saylor said. "He was working to corrupt regulations and corrupt the political process. When you have actors that use corrupt counterfeit stolen money in order to undermine the industry, it's not good for anybody. So yeah, I mean I think that people need to decipher this."