Tiffany Fong, a female KOL with 340,000 followers on Twitter, recently found herself embroiled in a bizarre rumor. The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk had privately messaged Tiffany seeking to have a child, which she declined.
From being a "confidante" of the former SBF to becoming Musk's "baby-making candidate," Tiffany Fong's life appears chaotic and disordered, yet it aligns perfectly with the internal logic of internet narratives: she has taken on the role of an unexpected protagonist in every storm as an outsider. These sensational moments have never truly been orchestrated by her; she has simply been swept along, continuously assigned one label after another under the spotlight of social media.
Without a team, official resources, or capital backing, even Tiffany herself cannot explain why she was trusted by SBF or approached by Musk, or why she always seems to be on the edge of the storm. She is not a player in the game, yet she lives in the projection of the situation.
Starting as a Rights Protection Blogger
During the crypto winter of 2022, some went bankrupt or to prison, while others built their careers from the ruins of crypto.
A previously unknown young woman, Tiffany Fong, entered the public eye after exposing issues with Celsius Network.
She did not come from traditional media, nor had she ever worked in financial institutions or newsrooms, and she had never held a regular nine-to-five job. Yet this atypical financial amateur gradually became a spokesperson for Celsius victims through repeated disclosures of information, unexpectedly launching her content creation career in the crypto industry.
Tiffany Fong was born in Las Vegas, and her childhood was marked by her parents' divorce and various challenges. She studied communication at the University of Southern California, admitting that she chose this path because the courses were relatively easy, allowing her more time for socializing and traveling. After graduation, she backpacked around the world for several years, maintaining her living through multiple online stores, achieving a degree of financial freedom that allowed her to focus full-time on the development of the crypto industry.
In 2011, Tiffany received a Bitcoin from a relative, which she never cashed out. During the bull market of 2021, she deposited over $200,000 worth of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other crypto assets into Celsius Network, a crypto lending platform promising up to 18% annual interest on deposits. However, the good times did not last; in June 2022, Celsius suddenly paused withdrawals and declared bankruptcy the following month, freezing all of Tiffany's digital assets.
For her, this was not just an investment loss but also a personal emotional low point. At that time, she was going through a breakup. "That was the lowest point in my life," she recalled. Initially, she repeatedly searched for news about Celsius, trying to understand what had happened to her assets. Gradually, she began to organize the information she found into tweets, sharing them on Twitter and YouTube in an attempt to connect with other victims.
Her tweets caught the attention of Celsius employees, and one employee reached out to her, anonymously providing a recording of an internal all-hands meeting discussing the company's restructuring plans.
Tiffany was initially skeptical about the audio but, after confirming the content and recognizing the voice of then-CEO Alex Mashinsky, she realized the importance of the material and decided to share the recording with The New York Times, which subsequently conducted an in-depth report.
This public disclosure marked her true breakout moment. With more tips flooding in, she began to release sensitive information, including executive wallet addresses and potential investor bidding plans, clearly stating her position—not out of political motives or a desire to become a fighter, but simply because, since everyone's money was locked in Celsius, creditors deserved to know what was quietly happening behind the scenes.
From a disgruntled investor's plea for help to becoming a passive conduit for rights protection information, Tiffany Fong established herself in a corner of the crypto world through continuous updates and disclosures, without any institutional endorsement. She never planned to become a whistleblower, but the Celsius incident undoubtedly marked a turning point in her life trajectory.
Unexpectedly Becoming Closer to SBF than Any Media
After Tiffany Fong publicly disclosed the Celsius executive meeting, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried followed her on Twitter.
That was when she first realized her name was appearing in a larger narrative. Initially, she did not pay much attention, simply responding politely with "Thanks for the follow," to which he replied, "Your scoop is quite interesting." They exchanged a few pleasantries before returning to their lives. She did not pursue further questions until months later when FTX collapsed, and everything suddenly reignited.
On November 11, 2022, FTX announced it was filing for bankruptcy. That night, Tiffany dug up old DMs and, with the mindset of "he won't reply anyway," messaged SBF to ask if he would be willing to do an interview, adding a nearly friendly greeting: "Hope you're doing okay."
She had no idea that five days later, SBF would actually reply—not just with a response, but also with a phone number, indicating he was free to chat in the next hour.
At the time, Tiffany was on a date at a bar in Brooklyn, and when her phone pinged with that message, she was completely stunned. Her date was also an FTX user who had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and upon hearing her news, he urged her to go home immediately: "What are you doing here? Go back!" So, somewhat tipsy and unprepared, she called Sam, completing her first real "interview" with someone who was at the center of the most sensational financial scandal.
This conversation was later published on her YouTube channel, with one particular segment causing a stir: SBF admitted to secretly donating large sums of political funds to the Republican Party, a statement that was later included in the formal complaint against him by the Federal Election Commission. However, Tiffany did not realize at the time what consequences that statement would bring.
On November 20, Tiffany released the recording of their second conversation, which took place shortly before SBF's interviews with mainstream media like The New York Times' DealBook Summit. This conversation was deeper and more intimate. Tiffany gradually realized that SBF seemed to be looking for a listener—not a journalist, not a lawyer, but a stranger without a stance.
SBF also made it clear that he liked Tiffany because she was not from mainstream media, "no editor to report to," allowing him to express himself freely. His trust in her, to some extent, stemmed from this non-institutional space for expression.
However, this also brought misunderstandings and labels from the outside world. The Daily Mail reported on her with the headline "Sexy Crypto Influencer Visits FTX Bad Boy Late at Night," digging up old photos from her Instagram while failing to mention the content of her reporting. At that time, Tiffany was still unaccustomed to the logic of these gossip media, and the "entertainment" and "gendered" interpretations left her feeling angry and hurt.
Ten Visits to Palo Alto
After being extradited back to the U.S., SBF was placed under house arrest at his parents' home in Palo Alto, California. Tiffany initially thought their interactions would end there, but unexpectedly, at 3 a.m. on the night he returned home, she received a message from SBF: "Hey, I can finally get online again."
She tentatively asked if she could visit, and SBF readily agreed. After the first visit, she moved to San Francisco, where she rented a place short-term and took Uber south weekly to have face-to-face conversations with SBF dozens of times.
SBF's parents' home under house arrest
Tiffany and SBF discussed not only the case but also his childhood insecurities, social emptiness, loneliness over the past few years, and the changes in those who were once close allies but had now become courtroom witnesses. SBF admitted that he had almost no real friends, and at that time, Tiffany became someone he could briefly trust to confide in.
However, Tiffany remained cautious about this relationship. She knew SBF was not straightforward and was trying to use her to convey a certain narrative, sometimes hinting that "he could leak something." But she was always unwilling to be completely controlled and avoided releasing too many of his statements during his house arrest. The Department of Justice even contacted her, requesting records of her communications with SBF, which made her more aware of her unique position in this event.
"Both a friend and a journalist" might be the most fitting description of this relationship. From a chance late-night phone call to multiple real and complex meetings, Tiffany occupied a position that was both intimate and distant in this epic collapse of the crypto world. She witnessed the fall of an empire while being swept into it—not as a player, nor as a judge.
Scandal or Existential Crisis
After SBF was sentenced to prison, Tiffany Fong did not rise to prominence as the outside world imagined. She did not sign with a media company or secure a spot on mainstream financial programs; instead, she returned to a nearly isolated state. After the long drama surrounding the collapse of FTX concluded, she became the awkward figure standing on the edge of the theater, unsure of where to go next, with no one to tell her how to continue her lines.
She remained active on Twitter, using the platform's content creation revenue as her main source of income, jokingly defining herself as someone who makes a living by tweeting. She wrote about cryptocurrency, electoral politics, and even conspiracy theories, occasionally sparking controversy and generating a wave of traffic.
"Every round of crypto hype needs something to happen," she said this line with a smile on a podcast, but her tone carried a sense of fatigue. She knew these trends came and went, while her life seemed to revolve around these fluctuations.
Refusing to Become a "Breeding Machine" for the Musk Legion
What pushed Tiffany back into the public eye was a bizarre rumor.
A few days ago, The Wall Street Journal published an article titled "How Elon Musk Manages His 'Many' Children and Their Mothers," detailing how the world's richest man juggles a dozen children and "harem disputes" while running companies and advising Trump. Recently, he also had a dispute over money and privacy with far-right influencer Ashley St. Clair, who claims to be pregnant with Musk's child, leading him to undergo a paternity test.
In this article, the author states that Musk privately messaged Tiffany on Twitter, asking if she would be willing to have his child. The author claims that Tiffany did not continue her relationship with Musk because she yearned to have children in a more traditional nuclear family setting. However, she confided her thoughts on the matter to several friends, and when Musk learned that Tiffany had shared this request with others, he reprimanded her for being indiscreet and unfollowed her.
At the end of last year, Tiffany and Musk interacted frequently on Twitter, and there was even a topic created on Polymarket betting on whether Tiffany was pregnant with Musk's child.
In a recent podcast episode, the host brought up the rumor and asked Tiffany if she was really pregnant. Tiffany sat up straight and said, "I officially announce on this podcast: I am not pregnant."
To understand how Tiffany and Musk connected, we must go back to the courtroom scene of SBF in October 2023. At that time, the trial had just concluded, and SBF's parents were preparing to leave. Tiffany, seeing the elderly couple, intended to comfort them, but unexpectedly, SBF's mother, Barbara Fried, shouted at Tiffany in an emotional outburst, claiming that Tiffany's reporting had harmed SBF.
Subsequently, Tiffany tweeted about the incident, and Musk replied in the comments section with a FOX article, stating that this was the article that SBF's mother referred to as having ruined her son.
In the following months, Musk frequently appeared in Tiffany's Twitter comments until the recent rumors led both of them to criticize mainstream media simultaneously.
A Free Spirit in the Crypto World
The last time Tiffany spoke with SBF was while he was under house arrest at his parents' home in California, where they met ten times in that house. She still remembers the atmosphere of that place, recalling how his parents would silently close the door upon seeing her, and the pervasive silence that always surrounded their scrutiny.
After SBF was imprisoned, Tiffany's persona lost its anchor. She was no longer the grassroots whistleblower challenging Ponzi schemes, nor the only outsider in SBF's private conversations. Her identity became a vague shadow: neither a journalist, nor a victim, nor a venture capitalist in the crypto space. She described herself as somewhat caught in an existential crisis: "During Celsius, it was driven by anger; during FTX, it was driven by curiosity; now… it's just tweeting."
Now, Tiffany Fong still tweets every day, sometimes posting images, sometimes commenting on current events, and sometimes just throwing out a cold joke to try to stir up some engagement. She lives in her original apartment, spending little on life, with not much money—neither poor nor free. She is no longer frequently cited by mainstream media and has not truly found a new role to replace her identity during the FTX period.
She witnessed the collapse of an empire and became a rare unofficial chronicler of that collapse. Now, as the empire returns to dust, reporters have returned to their newsrooms, judges to their courts, and the crypto world continues to fluctuate. And she, a person who belongs nowhere, can only continue to drift along the timeline of social platforms, like a piece of floating duckweed without a home, hearing her own echoes grow increasingly lonely as the heat fades away.
References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdpWqVkXg6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VYzYVmYLgQ&t=62s
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiffany-fong-crypto-influencer-sam-bankman-fried-1234862132/
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