Short seller Jim Chanos slams Michael Lewis for defending FTX, says crypto empire was ‘massively insolvent’ just like Enron

Author Michael Lewis faced criticism on social media Sunday evening following an interview with “60 Minutes” about FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried that was widely decried as unjustifiably credulous.

Among the critics was short seller Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos Associates, who has a long and storied history betting against notorious financial frauds, including Enron and bankrupt German payments giant Wirecard. In a post on X, the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter, Chanos slammed Lewis for parroting language…