Alameda’s Sam Trabucco Breaks Silence to Support FTX’s Ryan Salame
- Letter was part of a package of evidence in court filings
- Trabucco hasn’t been accused publicly of any wrongdoing
Ryan Salame
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A key player in Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle has been absent from public view since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in late 2022. A year and a half later, Sam Trabucco has emerged to lend his support to a former colleague ahead of their sentencing.
“I will be missing the funniest, most passionate, most supportive friend I’ve ever had,” wrote Trabucco in a letter of endorsement for Ryan Salame, another former FTX executive who is awaiting sentencing for his part in the platform’s demise. The letter, which was published as part of a package of evidence in court filings on Wednesday, appears to be the first time Trabucco has been heard from since the days preceding FTX’s bankruptcy in November 2022.