# $FTX Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — January 08, 2026

> **Asset:** $FTX  
> **Date:** 2026-01-08 (January 08, 2026)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ftx/2026-01-08  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/ftx.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @johnloeber
> **Author:** John Loeber ([@johnloeber](https://x.com/johnloeber))  
> **Metrics:** 901 likes · 64 retweets · 60 comments · 101.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T23:54:22+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/johnloeber/status/2009413400724656636](https://x.com/johnloeber/status/2009413400724656636)  


> 
> "I am so tired of people lionizing SBF. Every time Anthropic or Cursor raises a new round, the Twitterati joke about taking him out of prison and giving him a venture fund. I hate this. 

SBF was a villain. FTX and its collateral damage was a massive embarrassment and value"


### Post #2 by @BitcoinArchive
> **Author:** Bitcoin Archive ([@BitcoinArchive](https://x.com/BitcoinArchive))  
> **Metrics:** 395 likes · 36 retweets · 69 comments · 24.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T21:09:17+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2009371856319463714](https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2009371856319463714)  


> 
> "JUST IN:  President Trump has shown no interest in pardoning FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to the NYT."


### Post #3 by @shawnchen_eth
> **Author:** MichaelTurtle ([@shawnchen_eth](https://x.com/shawnchen_eth))  
> **Metrics:** 68 likes · 0 retweets · 25 comments · 18.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T16:46:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/shawnchen_eth/status/2009305769024618908](https://x.com/shawnchen_eth/status/2009305769024618908)  


> 
> "FTX initially acquired approximately 8% of Anthropic's shares for $500 million in an early funding round. During the bankruptcy liquidation process, it sold two-thirds of those shares for about $884 million.

If this recent funding round succeeds, the value of that original"


### Post #4 by @WuBlockchain
> **Author:** Wu Blockchain ([@WuBlockchain](https://x.com/WuBlockchain))  
> **Metrics:** 53 likes · 8 retweets · 7 comments · 11.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T23:19:50+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/WuBlockchain/status/2009404708944036067](https://x.com/WuBlockchain/status/2009404708944036067)  


> 
> "President Donald Trump told The New York Times that he has no plans to pardon former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2023 on fraud and conspiracy charges and is currently appealing the conviction. He donated $5.2 million to the Biden"


### Post #5 by @StarPlatinum_
> **Author:** StarPlatinum ([@StarPlatinum_](https://x.com/StarPlatinum_))  
> **Metrics:** 106 likes · 3 retweets · 57 comments · 8.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T22:44:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/StarPlatinum_/status/2009395839899177172](https://x.com/StarPlatinum_/status/2009395839899177172)  


> 
> "How to build a $32B empire and then blow it

- be Sam Bankman-Fried
- parents are Stanford law professors
- goes to MIT
- studies physics, minors in math
- plays chess, video games
- decides money is just a tool to “do the most good”

- interns at Jane Street
- becomes a quant"


### Post #6 by @CryptoParadyme
> **Author:** Dyme ([@CryptoParadyme](https://x.com/CryptoParadyme))  
> **Metrics:** 144 likes · 3 retweets · 6 comments · 8.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T20:34:53+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CryptoParadyme/status/2009363197673841097](https://x.com/CryptoParadyme/status/2009363197673841097)  


> 
> "get fucked 
@SBF_FTX"


### Post #7 by @Mrcryptoxwhale
> **Author:** Mr. Crypto Whale ([@Mrcryptoxwhale](https://x.com/Mrcryptoxwhale))  
> **Metrics:** 26 likes · 4 retweets · 6 comments · 5.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T22:05:54+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Mrcryptoxwhale/status/2009386106102460612](https://x.com/Mrcryptoxwhale/status/2009386106102460612)  


> 
> "JUST IN:  President Trump has no intention of granting a pardon to Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, according to a report by The New York Times."


### Post #8 by @coin_post
> **Author:** CoinPost（仮想通貨メディア） ([@coin_post](https://x.com/coin_post))  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 3.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T21:38:34+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/coin_post/status/2009379225460199711](https://x.com/coin_post/status/2009379225460199711)  


> 
> "President Trump rejects pardon for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

-Coinpost Terminal-"


### Post #9 by @mor_xiaogan
> **Author:** 小肝｜返佣改绑私信 ([@mor_xiaogan](https://x.com/mor_xiaogan))  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 21 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T14:00:57+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mor_xiaogan/status/2009264062673133784](https://x.com/mor_xiaogan/status/2009264062673133784)  


> 
> "要是李林的火币，爆炸头的FTX还在就好了"


### Post #10 by @robin_rexd
> **Author:** R ([@robin_rexd](https://x.com/robin_rexd))  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 3 comments · 7 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-01-08T07:33:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/robin_rexd/status/2009166464084045946](https://x.com/robin_rexd/status/2009166464084045946)  


> 
> "Good morning everyone

Starting the day with 
@FolksFinance
, a DeFi platform that truly simplifies cross-chain lending and borrowing. Smooth UX, fast transactions, and a system designed for real users make it stand out in the DeFi space.

Wishing the 
@FolksFinance
 community a"




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