An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC: Sam Bankman-Fried’s younger brother, who was a top lobbyist for failed crypto exchange FTX, was considering buying the Pacific island nation of Nauru to create a fortified apocalypse bunker state, according to a lawsuit filed in Delaware bankruptcy court.
Gabe Bankman-Fried wanted to buy Nauru when “50-99.99% of people die” to protect his philanthropic allies and create a genetically enhanced human species, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday by attorneys for Sullivan & Cromwell seeking billions of dollars back after FTX collapsed… Along with an unnamed FTX philanthropic official, Gabe Bankman-Fried was considering buying Nauru, in part to promote “reasonable” regulation around human genetic enhancement and building a laboratory there…”
Aside from serving as a haven in the event of an apocalypse, “there are probably other things that can be done with a sovereign country,” according to a memo between the younger Bankman-Fried and the philanthropic adviser, noted in the lawsuit.
“A representative from Nauru confirmed that the island nation is not and never has been for sale.”