According to Fortune, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), currently serving a 25-year prison sentence, is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. Despite recent overtures from SBF towards right-wing audiences, including an unapproved interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that resulted in solitary confinement, and public praise for Trump's policies from SBF's father, insiders in the political and cryptocurrency sectors assess his chances of release as "virtually zero." Several lobbyists note that while Trump has historically shown a friendly disposition towards the crypto industry and did grant a pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, SBF lacks the broad community support that Ulbricht received, making a pardon highly improbable.

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