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Sam Bankman-Fried Demonstrates Ineffective Altruism at Its Worst
2.11.2023
The Case Against Sam Bankman-Fried
2.11.2023
Is Sam Bankman-Fried going to prison? Five weeks into his criminal trial, 12 randomly selected New Yorkers are preparing to discuss among themselves whether they believe he violated federal law or not
FTX and the Case for Web3 YIMBYism
1.11.2023
'A Pyramid of Deceit': Prosecutors Begin Closing Argument in Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud Trial
1.11.2023
Prosecutors are hoping the four-week case will lead to a conviction on seven charges
Sam Bankman-Fried Survived His Testimony. Next Up: The Jury
1.11.2023
More than 60 people lined up to watch Sam Bankman-Fried's fourth day of testimony, filling the single overflow room to the point extra chairs were set against the walls for some of the audience members
LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried Retakes Stand After Rough Cross-Ex in FTX Fraud Trial
31.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried is set to testify for a fourth and likely final day in his ongoing trial
Sam Bankman-Fried Needs Better Answers on the Stand
31.10.2023
There was a moment on Monday where an assistant U.S. attorney needed to ask FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried if he was the chairman and sole board member of Alameda Research, while showing him a document that he signed, which literally identified him as the chairman and sole board member. And Sam's...
Bankman-Fried Had a Hairy Day in Court
31.10.2023
An observation from sleep-deprived day 15 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial: prosecutors embrace the inevitable outcome of male pattern baldness; defense lawyers don’t
Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Team Makes Last-Ditch Bid to Get 'English Law' Detail in Jury Instructions
31.10.2023
A set of filings from Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team late Monday shows his attorneys still hope to clarify that English law governed FTX's terms of service – which may have implications on the fraud charges
Sam Bankman-Fried's Post-Collapse Media Blitz Has Clearly Backfired
31.10.2023
The FTX founder was grilled Monday by a prosecutor, who used the many words he said to journalists after his crypto company's collapse against him
LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried Takes the Stand for a Third Day in FTX Fraud Trial
30.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried will continue his defense Monday against allegations he committed fraud and conspired to commit other forms of fraud in operating FTX and Alameda Research
Sam Bankman-Fried Implied His Friends Lied About His Role in FTX's Collapse
30.10.2023
Sam didn't do it. He didn't defraud anyone, he didn't steal customer funds – he just built a company which "turned out basically the opposite" of the product he envisioned when he founded FTX: "A lot of people got hurt – customers, employees – and the company ended up in bankruptcy." At least...
Sam Bankman-Fried Rebuffed Barry Silbert's and Celsius' Requests for Help, Ex-FTX CEO Testifies at His Trial
27.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Started Buying Solana's SOL at 20 Cents Using 'Alameda Profits,' He Says at His Trial
27.10.2023
"I believed the funds came from Alameda’s operating profits" as well as third-party lenders, he testified Friday at his fraud and conspiracy trial
LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried: I Made 'Mistakes,' and 'a Lot of People Got Hurt'
27.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried is set to take the stand in his criminal fraud trial, where he'll share his story about the fall of FTX before a jury
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
27.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried began his testimony like the brilliant former golden boy from crypto’s better days. He ended the longest, strangest, most torturous day yet of his criminal trial more imperiled than ever before
LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried Prepares to Testify Today in FTX Fraud Trial
26.10.2023
Prosecutors intend to rest their case on Thursday, at which point SBF's defense lawyers will begin calling witnesses -- including Sam Bankman-Fried himself, possibly as soon as later in the day
What's Left for Sam to Say?
26.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried has said a lot in the months after FTX collapsed about what happened. What's left for him to discuss?
Sam Bankman-Fried May Testify to Role of Lawyers, 'Good Faith' Efforts, Filing Says
26.10.2023
In a series of filings throughout Thursday, the Department of Justice and Sam Bankman-Fried's defense crossed swords on issues ranging from charts the defendant wants to use in his testimony to an ongoing question of whether the defense can rely on a presence of counsel argument
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Desperate Last Stand
25.10.2023
If his trial were going better, the fallen crypto king wouldn’t be testifying in his own defense