As Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, begins serving his 25-year prison term for fraud and money laundering, he has made his first public post on X in over two years, a sentence that marks a significant fall from his previous status as a crypto wunderkind.

Bankman-Fried’s recent thread on X is a response to Elon Musk’s recent ultimatum to federal employees, in which he asked them to reply to his email with five bullet points of recent accomplishments or risk being asked to resign. Although Musk’s intentions seem to have been trolling millions of government employees, Bankman-Fried broke his public silence to share his thoughts on the matter.

In his post on X, Bankman-Fried expressed sympathy for government employees, stating, “I have a lot of sympathy for gov’t employees: I, too, have not checked my email for the past few (hundred) days.” He also added, “And I can confirm that being unemployed is a lot less relaxing than it looks.”

Throughout the 10-post thread, the former FTX CEO discussed the challenges of firing people and the complexities of HR, noting that sometimes individuals are let go for reasons beyond their control.

The question remains as to why Bankman-Fried chose to break his silence at this particular moment, and what motivated him to share his thoughts on the intricacies of HR.

Although Bankman-Fried’s motivations are unclear, his post had a significant impact on the value of FTX’s token, FTT, which spiked by 30% following his post.

It is worth noting that the circumstances surrounding Bankman-Fried’s post on X from prison are unclear, as inmates are generally not allowed to access social media. However, it is possible that he wrote the content and had it posted by someone on the outside, a practice that some prisoners use to share their thoughts and writings with the public.