Sam Bankman-Fried Used Mackerel to Pay For a Haircut in Brooklyn Detention Center: WSJ
Summary
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, is adapting to prison life where mackerel has replaced cigarettes as a form of currency. After smoking was banned, prisoners turned to preserved fish for trading goods and services. Bankman-Fried has reportedly traded "macks" for services like a haircut. Presently, he is awaiting his sentence at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center for seven counts of defrauding customers and lenders. He has a specialized laptop for accessing legal resources and is allowed non-lawyer visitors weekly. He has also reportedly been giving crypto advice to the guards.
