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Ellison Was CEO But SBF Was Still Boss at Alameda, Her Testimony Suggests

11.10.2023
The testimony of Caroline Ellison, the former business, romantic – and by her estimation, criminal – partner of Sam Bankman-Fried, whom she identified upon prosecutors’ request – began in the vaguest of ways

Defending the Indefensible? Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Deserve Better

10.10.2023

Key Points From the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial's First Week

10.10.2023
It’s been less than a week since the federal government’s trial against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried began, but we’ve already heard from an FTX co-founder, a former developer, a customer and an investor

Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison: Looking at Day 5 of Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial

10.10.2023
FTX co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer Gary Wang began testifying in earnest last Friday in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial. Later on Tuesday, Caroline Ellison is expected to take the stand

The DOJ Has Come Out Swinging in the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial

9.10.2023
The trial has started off strong for the Department of Justice. Some expected the DOJ to bring its most important witnesses – namely Sam Bankman-Fried’s former inner circle – toward the end of the trial – but oh how wrong we were

What Happened During Sam Bankman-Fried's First Week in Court?

6.10.2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Test the Judge's Patience

6.10.2023
It could take six weeks for prosecutors to make their case against Sam Bankman-Fried. But only three days were needed for the judge overseeing his trial to lose patience with the former crypto chief’s defense team

Unpacking the First Day of Sam Bankman-Fried's Actual Trial

5.10.2023
A Parisian cocoa trader told Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial jury that pricey ads and FTX’s confident CEO helped convince him the crypto exchange was a safe place to deposit over $100,000 so he could trade cryptocurrencies – but he never expected that anyone but him would touch his funds, kicking...

The Protocol: Which Ethereum Layer-2 Project ISN’T Competing to Land Celo?

4.10.2023
In this week’s issue of The Protocol, we highlight layoffs hitting key firms as well, and how blockchain projects are competing for new mandates – specifically big Ethereum layer-2 developers like OP Labs, Polygon and Matter Labs vying to provide the technology for the Celo blockchain’s new network

Sam Bankman-Fried Shouldn’t Have Cut His Hair

4.10.2023
If your defense is “I didn’t know what was happening,” don’t dress like a competent person

No Jury Yet, but We're Getting There

4.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried had a grin on his face as he entered court on Tuesday morning – clad in a black suit and an uncharacteristically tame (read: closely trimmed) mop of hair. After nine long months, the disgraced crypto founder will finally have the chance to defend himself against a wide array...

Crypto Is on Trial Alongside Sam Bankman-Fried

3.10.2023
Is crypto "uniquely" responsible for the rise and fall of FTX?

There's a Lot of Thefts Happening

3.10.2023
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The Collapse of FTX, in Sam’s Own Words

3.10.2023
We may not know for weeks whether Sam Bankman-Fried will take the stand at his own trial. He may want the chance to explain himself to the jury, but his lawyers are surely wary of the withering cross-examination such a tactic would invite. No matter: the unconventional former crypto executive...

Is Michael Lewis Throwing Out His Reputation to Defend Sam Bankman-Fried?

2.10.2023
The author’ latest book, “Going Infinite,” is an eyewitness account of the fall of FTX’s founder, who Lewis said is “misunderstood.”

Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on Trial Tomorrow

2.10.2023
It is officially trial week, everyone – or as Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal would likely put it, “this is why we get up in the morning.” It’s been exactly nine months and 20 days since Sam Bankman-Fried got arrested in his then-home in the Bahamas. Today marks the last day before he is set to start...

EnSam, Jury Questions and Another Denial for Bankman-Fried

29.9.2023
In a rare display of candor – or as part of a calculated exercise in reputation management – Sam Bankman-Fried delved deep into his mental health struggles in a trove of unposted tweets obtained by CoinDesk’s Christine Lee and published for the first time on Friday. “I don’t really know what...