A former engineer at crypto trading firm Alameda Research, which was co-founded by the fallen entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, disclosed the former billionaire's massively "ambitious" vision and larger-than-life aspirations for the future.

"He didn't just want to build a company. He wanted to build a machine, a growing sphere of influence that could break past the walls of that little office in Berkeley and wash over the world 'as a force for good.'"

Bankman-Fried's vision for FTX – the now-bankrupt company that formerly operated a crypto hedge fund – extended far beyond just a crypto exchange. His "humanitarian" plans included building a huge vaccine factory in the Bahamas to promote immunizations for infectious diseases and produce more jabs for more people.

"He talked about building a vaccine factory in the Bahamas to fix the invisible graveyard caused by slow FDA approvals," Aditya Baradwaj revealed.

When Baradwaj first met SBF at a nondescript 4th-floor office in downtown Berkeley, he recalled overhearing him telling someone over the phone: "Decentralization is the future. The single most valuable thing you can do for yourself is to drop what you're doing and get into crypto," while playing League. SBF's unique "selling point" to job applicants was blending business with a "drive to do good."