SBF Protects FTX Liquidity in New X Post, Critics Do

Key points:

• Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) posted on X today, March 13, 2026 and said that FTX was well-stocked at the time of the crash.
• In the X post, SBF included court records and Pimbley’s analysis in support of the record.
• Prosecutors challenge those claims as justification for funding Alameda.

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the fallen king of crypto after the fall of FTX of 2022, made a very strong statement through X post today, March 13, 2026. In X post, he said that his exchange always had money to pay customers, and he denied the issue of fraud that has kept him behind bars.

FTX had enough money to buy land.

Most of the property was in the border/lease program. (Customers, including Alameda, can enter margin trading using a shared pool.) FTX can cover the rest.

No limit exchange and 100% water.https://t.co/ZpP7luMZiI… pic.twitter.com/8fBppvPRCn

– SBF (@SBF_FTX) March 13, 2026

SBF’s Tweet Sparks Debate

Along with his statement, the former FTX CEO said the exchange had enough money to repay customer balances. They included court documents that showed there was about $5.5 billion in liquid assets. The former director also explained that most of the funds are within the entry limit and the rental area used for trading, such as 77% of the pie chart.

According to him, this structure, common in cross-border exchanges, meant that the platform was not insolvent.

Sam Bankman-Fried says clients like his investment firm, Alameda Research, chose this setup. It used one big pot of collateral for loans and bets. “FTX can cover everything else,” he said, portraying FTX as a regular crypto platform and not a Ponzi scheme.

Predicted Numbers

Expert Jim Pimbley’s has previously suggested that some articles help SBF images liquidity claims. Balances (which are customer direct deposits) consisted of cash and liquid assets. Border deposits had dangerous features, but users accepted them, such as parking money in an interest-bearing account that banks could borrow from.

FTX was on the verge of a huge refund before it stopped paying customers. Sam Bankman-Fried insists, “The most important thing is an intervention that prevents bank failure.”

A Reciprocity of Opponents

As soon as SBF posted this on X, the community started reacting and said that what he said was false. One of the users fired back and said that the customers did not expressly consent to their money being used for risky trading or lending. Many users thought that their savings were always safe, like money sitting in a bank account.

The deputy said that Sam Bankman-Fried allowed money to go to his investment company, Alameda Research, which prosecutors say used their money for risky bets and other things.

A third said he thought the border crossing idea was an excuse. According to them, Alameda had a unique access to funds, which made the system unfair.

So basically, the plaintiffs did not believe and still think that their money was misused, which is why the case was seen as fraudulent.

Can This Save FTX?

With appeals looming in the courts in 2026, SBF’s record shows “more, not failure.” If this issue is confirmed, it turns the script that FTX is not broken, but it is not handled incorrectly. Pimbley’s math strengthens the case for a reboot. Creditors can recover the full amount from the refunds (more than $16 billion). But the obstacles grow. The judges rejected the earlier claims. Critics paint SBF as a thief who cooks books.

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