Ryan Salame, once a high-ranking executive at bankrupt cryptocurrency company FTX, took to LinkedIn this week to share that he is starting a new position — as an inmate in federal prison. Salame was the co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, an FTX subsidiary based in the Bahamas.

Ryan Salame, a former top executive at collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, made an unorthodox update to his profile on LinkedIn Thursday as he began a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

After the criminal implosion of the crypto exchange FTX, many of the company's executives have been found guilty on various counts of fraud or conspiracy