Bankman-Fried said he was in talks with "a number of players" in the crypto sector, including Justin Sun who is the founder of crypto token Tron, after a potential rescue deal with larger rival Binance fell apart.
He also said his firm Alameda Research, which sources have said was partly behind FTX's problems, was winding down trading.
FTX's native token, FTT , is down more than 90% this week and was attempting to steady around $3.50.
Another exchange, OKX, said it had been approached earlier in the week by Bankman-Fried, who described liabilities of $7 billion that needed covering fast.
Bankman-Fried said FTX.US, the U.S. operations of the exchange, however, had not been financially impacted.