SBF's venture capital capabilities are reassessed. If not imprisoned, the return on investment wealth may reach hundreds of billions of dollars

According to Forbes, SBF's early investment portfolio is being re-examined by the market. Some people believe that if it had not been jailed for the FTX crash, its venture capital layout could have brought about an increase in wealth of approximately US$100 billion in theoretical returns. Before the FTX crash, SBF established an investment landscape covering many star companies, including Anthropic, SpaceX, Robinhood and the AI programming tool Cursor, and was considered to be significantly forward-looking. Industry insiders pointed out that he had made bets on key tracks in advance before the AI wave broke out. Among them, Cursor recently reached a cooperation with SpaceX, with a valuation of US$60 billion, and Anthropic's valuation is close to US$90 billion. Rory O'Driscoll, a partner at ScaleVenture Partners, said that SBF had deployed a number of core AI companies before ChatGPT,"showing rare investment sensitivity." However, this "investment talent narrative" was eventually completely changed by the FTX crash. SBF is currently serving a 25-year sentence for embezzling more than $8 billion in client funds. At its peak, his personal wealth reached approximately US$24 billion and was listed on the Forbes 400 list. Now his venture capital capabilities are intertwined with a history of financial crime, making it one of the most controversial cases in the history of encryption.