I do not have good palm photos of these two from the public domain, so this will be a brief post, but, as I had shown when discussing another fraudster Elizabeth Holmes’ hand, I thought it important to discuss even the limited material I have in the light of the conviction of the former CEO and founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (“SBF”), for fraud.

Samuel Bankman-Fried, aka SBF, b. 1992, major hand: not known

SBF continues to claim innocence, but let us just look at his fingers. The Mercury finger often can show a fraudster very well if the tip is bent significantly or clubbed. (The converse is not true: not everyone with a bent tip will be a fraudster, but may have some other issues.) Look at both the hands of SBF below:

(Picture of Sam Bankman-Fried from October 2022)

Now, of course, one would like to confirm with some other features of Bank-Friedman’s hands what his Mercury fingers show, but the fingers in both hands are indeed showing a tendency towards financial manipulation.

Notice also the shape of all the other fingers in general, especially the Saturn and Sun fingers. The top phalange is slender, but then suddenly the bottom half of the fingers bulges. Besides a fondness for good food and drink and such sensual comforts, these fingers are also suggesting someone who thinks fast and sharp but struggles a bit in execution when it comes to financial management and managing social affairs and public image.

Next, I do not know SBF’s major hand, but I could find a picture of his left hand, so let’s have a look at it:

(Left hand palm seen in this undated photo of Sam Bankman-Fried)

Now this hand leaves me with more questions than answers, and I would dearly love to look at a better picture so that I can see all the markings clearly. As of now his Saturn line stops in the hand at around 32 or so, but a lot of people in this world have incomplete fate lines, and it’s not always because of a career sawn off in its prime: it’s mostly because people lose a strong drive for their work or lifestyle. But, of course, given that at the age of almost 32, SBF’s conviction for fraud points in this direction. A clearer picture would have told us the reason for stoppage. However, look at the lovely slope of his head line with an almost perfect balanced mind, but with its inordinate length also showing an obsessiveness, which is often found in the hands of those whose mental efforts come about with a strong zeal. The concern for me here is that his head line also seems to abruptly fall into the Mount of Luna, something that looks dangerously suicidal, especially when one looks at also a short life line which seems to stop around the age of 56 (or even earlier: age is difficult to tell in a photo where the hand is not directly facing the camera). However, around that age, if for some reason SBF’s sentence is reduced, he could also be released from prison, and so the hand may grow a new life line later from that point onwards. As I said, it would be lovely to have proper pictures of his hands, and I don’t even know if this is his major hand.

Now let us look at a bigger (and older) fish, whom SBF has accused in the past for being responsible for his downfall: Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, the CEO and co-founder of a bigger cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.

Changpeng Zhao, aka CZ, b. 1977, major hand: right

I do not have good photos, again, but let us look at this picture of his major hand:

(Photo of Changpeng Zhao’s hands from November 2022)

Now, to me, CZ does not look a fraudster: his Mercury finger is lovely, though with a slight lean (and not a bent tip), as seen in other photos I have, and his mount of Mercury also looks excellent. However, even his fate line seems to be fading at around the age of 44 (but maybe it is not completely stopping, it just cannot be seen in this poor-quality photo) and, like SBF, his Luna also is a bit afflicted. I set great store by good mounts of Venus and Luna for good luck and success to come by a person: and both SBF and CZ have decent Luna and Venus, but the Luna in both hands looks also afflicted by markings. So I expect a setback for CZ, soon, even though I do not think he is a conman. (Also, unlike SBF, CZ does not look to be obsessive: his head line is of a good length but not excessively long, nor do I see any other marring signs.) However, even if a setback comes, I expect him to live a good life overall, as his life line is of an extraordinarily excellent quality. This also shows a person well rooted to his values, and the curve it makes around Venus also shows him a person with good warmth towards those he values or loves, not marred by either of excessive passion or jealous coldness. One can also note from his head line that at around this same age of 44, his mind would sharply turn towards creativity and intuition rather than the practical, rational mind-set which till now he has been having. His mind also shows excellent clarity, even better than the current one, from around the age of 49-50.

CZ’s fate line clearly shows new starts at around the ages of 17 and 28 when it comes to vocation. I don’t know what happened around 17–maybe he went to college–but on looking at Wikipedia, 28 is indeed when he started on his own in business. His hands also show excellent material gains at around the ages of 40, 42 and 43.5. Again, Wikipedia tells me that it is at the age of 40 he launched Binance, which within a very short time became a big platform.

Disclaimer: These are only my own interpretations from the corpus of photos of public figures available in public domain. These should neither be construed as any claim to truth nor any aspersions on any person’s character.