Su Zhu, co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, appears to be trying a return despite the fallout from FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried.
In his most recent Twitter thread on Nov. 27, Zhu disclosed his next steps: the start of a "long-form video podcast series" about "life, belief systems, and mental health," which he will launch with a colleague and buddy dubbed "Cliff."
Zhu also mentions Allah in the tweet, which some interpret as a hint that he has converted to Islam.
After months of silence, Zhu reappeared on Twitter on November 9, the day after FTX stated it was experiencing a "liquidity crunch."
Zhu has continued to post on Twitter as the FTX issue has developed, posting disguised criticism of Sam Bankman-Fried and his leadership of FTX while also providing wise counsel through poetic analogies.
In a Nov. 22 interview with Bloomberg, Zhu also made a recent allusion to starting a new trading company, speculating that it would be an "all-weather fund" that invests in both conventional financial assets and cryptocurrencies and is designed to perform admirably regardless of market conditions.
However, there has been more disapproval of Zhu's most recent quasi-announcement than praise, with some comparing it to Islam's teachings and his activities at 3AC.
"What does Allah say about interest-bearing loans," the creator of the nonfungible token (NFT) project Foobar asked Zhu.
A different user brought up the fact that interest is "haram," or prohibited, under Islamic law.
Following the demise of FTX, the community has observed a resurgence of alleged "crypto villains" on Twitter during the past few weeks.
Kyle Davies, a second co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, just joined Twitter again after going dormant for several months, writing on Nov. 13 that he had looked to have been painting and staring at grass for the past few months.
On Nov. 16, he even made an appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box program to claim Alameda had "hunted" holdings at 3AC.
After FTX's collapse, Alex Mashinsky, the creator of the insolvent lending platform Celsius Network, also made a comeback by participating in a number of Twitter Spaces during the past several weeks.
Mashinsky said in a Twitter Space on Nov. 27 that he "loves the idea" of getting FTX to "pay for the hole" and urged listeners to "make a lot of noise" in order to persuade bankruptcy lawyers for Celsius and its Committee of Unsecured Creditors to sue FTX to pay for Celsius' financial deficit.
All three crypto figures are believed to owe creditors $6.3 billion.
