Trump’s Pardon Gambit: SBF’s 12% Chance? 💸⚖️

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Breaking: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Pardon Odds Just Shot Up to 12%-Because Why Not? 🤯 Prediction market traders are betting that the crypto kingpin might get a presidential pardon from Donald Trump this year. Because nothing says “hope” like wagering on a man who’s basically a walking legal minefield. 🎰

Millions Wager on Trump’s Next Pardons

Over $6.6 million has been wagered on Trump’s potential 2025 pardons, with around $356,045 placed on Bankman-Fried’s outcome. Another related market tracking whether he’ll be released from custody in 2025 climbed to 10%. The sharp jump reflects the optimism among bettors who believe Trump might extend the same favor to the disgraced crypto mogul. Because nothing says “justice” like a 10% chance of freedom. 🙃

Bankman-Fried is currently serving a 25-year sentence for fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was convicted of misusing billions of dollars in customer funds through his collapsed exchange, FTX. His legal team has filed an appeal to reduce the sentence, but experts say there may not be any progress before the end of the year. This means a presidential pardon could be his only route to freedom before January. Or a miracle. 🙏

Experts Doubt SBF Will Be Pardoned

The debate over whether Bankman-Fried deserves such treatment has split opinions across the crypto industry. Many point to the wide gap between CZ’s four-month sentence and Bankman-Fried’s 25 years. While CZ was found guilty of violating U.S. anti-money-laundering laws, he wasn’t accused of stealing user funds or defrauding customers. Because, obviously, stealing is only bad if you’re not a billionaire. 💸

Crypto lawyer Jake Chervinsky said he would be shocked if Trump pardoned Bankman-Fried, and noted that the former FTX boss was a “Democratic mega-donor before FTX suddenly collapsed in November 2022.” 🤡

I will be truly shocked if SBF gets a pardon. SBF and CZ are not comparable at all. SBF was a Democratic mega-donor before FTX collapsed and he went to prison bankrupt. His name is half punch line half curse word in DC. Not a single serious person wants this.

Do not pardon SBF

– Jake Chervinsky (@jchervinsky) October 23, 2025

Trump defended his decision to pardon CZ, saying he was told the Binance founder’s actions were “not even a crime” and that he was “persecuted by the Biden administration.” Because if you can’t trust a man who’s already been pardoned once, who can you trust? 🤷‍♂️

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2025-10-24 13:51