Ryan Salame, once a high-ranking executive at bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, took to LinkedIn this week to share that he is starting a new position — as an inmate in federal prison. Salame was the co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, an FTX subsidiary based in the Bahamas.

Ever since a federal judge sentenced Ryan Salame to 7.5 years in prison in May for his role in the collapse of the failed crypto exchange FTX, the former executive has assumed a defiant tone, sparring with critics,

Ryan Salame, a former top executive at collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, made an unorthodox update to his profile on LinkedIn Thursday as he began a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence.