I'd like to know how many of those 25 years he's actually going to spend in prison, because I'm sure Bankman-Fried isn't going to spend 25 years in a jail cell. Good conduct, inability to flee the country, sincere intention to repair the damage caused...
He will serve at least 20 years.
I looked everywhere why everyone was talking about the possible reduction and yes he can't go under 20 years, despite the reform because he was convicted on 3 counts on concurrently time.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631291/united-states-v-bankman-fried/?order_by=descUnless he manages to get some real reduction (not by just painting in prison or being a good guy) so real health problems or going mad there he won't get away with less than 20.
Bankman-Fried's best thing to do, while not 100% possible, would be to return the funds to the affected users, but that's never going to happen. Fortunately, the FTX case didn't affect me directly, but I know people who are having a very hard time, and I know that those 25 years seem few to them.
Part of the money are still there, that's why he didn't get 50 years.
FTX and FTX US had an estimated $8.7 billion combined shortfall at the time the crypto firm filed for bankruptcy. Roughly $6.9 billion of that shortfall, including a Bahamas real-estate portfolio, had been recovered as of September.
The us got from him around 700 millions in assets, including getting back two villas gifted and other properties in Bahamas (?), they even seized some cryptos from his Binance account. In $ terms the ftx customers will probably lose 25-30% of their value at max.