22/10/2021
“The biggest use of the investment proceeds is more likely to be acquisitions and investments,” Bankman-Fried said. FTX acquired Blockfolio a year ago and Ledger X a few months ago. “There are a number more than we’re looking at,” he added.
NFL star Tom Brady and model Giselle Bundchen, who is Brady’s wife, play prominent roles in FTX advertisements.
“I think we might do a bit more of that,” Banksman-Fried said of pursuing more celebrity advertisement, though he noted the company has other priorities right now.
“Because our targets here are to form partnerships that we are really excited by, and that we hope our users will be really excited by too, it’s really dependent on who we can work something out with,” Bankman-Fried said. “I’m really optimistic that we may be able to grow our U.S. footprint by quite a large amount over the next few years.”