Ryan Salame, once a high-ranking executive at bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, took to LinkedIn this week to share that he is starting a new position — as an inmate in federal prison. Salame was the co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, an FTX subsidiary based in the Bahamas.

Convicted, former FTX executive Ryan Salame submitted himself to prison custody on October 11, 2024, at FCI Cumberland, according to Bureau of Prison records viewed by Cointelegraph. Salame was sentenced to 90 months in prison for his role in the 2022 FTX collapse after pleading guilty to operating an unregulated money-transmitting business and

Ever since a federal judge sentenced Ryan Salame to 7.5 years in prison in May for his role in the collapse of the failed crypto exchange FTX, the former executive has assumed a defiant tone, sparring with critics,