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Judge Kaplan Rejects Bankman-Fried’s Request for Sentencing Delay, Affirms March 2024 Date

21.12.2023
In a recent development in the high-profile case of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, a request for postponement of the sentencing hearing was firmly denied by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan. Bankman-Fried’s legal team had sought a four to six-week...

SBF Granted Post-Trial Extension in New Signed Order

20.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Ascannio Judge Lewis A. Kaplan has granted an extension for the legal team of disgraced FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, to submit their post-trial motions on December 1st, 2023. The defense’s chance to redeem SBF Originally due November 20th, 2023, the defense’s post-trial motions...

RoboCop: Rogue City: The Kotaku Review

8.11.2023
For years and years, video games—especially shooters—have gotten faster and faster. RoboCop: Rogue City, out now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, bucks this trend and puts you in the clunky, lumbering metal boots of RoboCop himself. But the real surprise isn’t how much fun it is to be a slow-walking...

Jury directions begin in Sam Bankman-Fried criminal trial

2.11.2023
Jury deliberations are to expected to begin shortly and may last until next Monday

Michael Lewis' new book puts a positive spin on Sam Bankman-Fried

9.10.2023
Michael Lewis painted an overwhelmingly positive picture of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in his new book, "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon."

Michael Lewis' SBF Biography Will Confuse People About Crypto

6.10.2023
The author's sympathetic picture of the alleged fraudster as a weirdo whom nobody understood contrasts with his portrayal of crypto as a no-good industry ripe for adult supervision, says Amanda Cassatt

Michael Lewis Was Charmed by Sam Bankman-Fried – But So Was Everyone Else

5.10.2023
Michael Lewis is getting slammed for a relatively sympathetic portrayal of SBF. The larger question is: Why did so many people fall under Sam’s spell?

12 people will decide the fate of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

5.10.2023
45 prospective jurors were narrowed down to 12 after they were asked to discuss their background, employment, education, partners, children and their age

Crypto Tycoon SBF in the Dock: Jury Selection Extended; Hearing Reveals Financial Carnage

4.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the disgraced co-founder of the now insolvent cryptocurrency exchange FTX, concluded his first day of trial involving jury selection and voir dire questioning. The process extended into Wednesday as U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan eliminated several potential jurors...

Sam Bankman-Fried Lost Half a Million Dollars Everyday After Alameda Launched, Michael Lewis Claims

4.10.2023
The tides finally changed after Gary Wang and Nishad Singh (both FTX directors who have since pled guilty to fraud in the ongoing trial) joined the firm

5 highlights of Sam Bankman-Fried's first day of trial

4.10.2023
Potential jurors shared their mostly negative interactions with crypto investing, while a slim-figured former FTX CEO sat flanked by attorneys, noticeably void of his signature curly locks

When SRM Shot Up in Value, Sam Bankman-Fried Changed the Rules for His Workers, Michael Lewis Says

4.10.2023
Michael Lewis’ “Going Infinite” outlines how the FTX CEO was worried his employees had gotten too rich because SRM’s price had gone up so much. So, he made it impossible for them to sell for longer

Jump Trading Lost Almost $300M in FTX’s Collapse, Michael Lewis Says in ‘Going Infinite’

3.10.2023
This makes the trading giant one of FTX’s top creditors, Lewis wrote, citing documents from the crypto exchange’s former chief operating officer, Constance Wang

TV's Kevin O’Leary: ‘All the Crypto Cowboys Are Going to Be Gone Soon’

3.10.2023
O’Leary, an entrepreneur and television personality, was paid $15 million by FTX for “20 service hours, 20 social posts, one virtual lunch and 50 autographs,” according to Michael Lewis’ new book "Going Infinite."

Short Seller Jim Chanos Criticizes Michael Lewis' Defense of FTX, Compares It to Enron

3.10.2023
Famous billionaire short-seller Jim Chanos blasted Big Short author Michael Lewis on Sunday for his charitable defense of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). In an episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes this weekend, Lewis discussed his new book “Going Infinite,” in which he told his story on SBF based...

Biographer Michael Lewis Exposes Management Failings and Missing Billions at FTX

3.10.2023
Biographer Michael Lewis has exposed management failures and the alarming disappearance of billions of dollars within the financial empire of crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried. Sharing his findings on CBS's 60 Minutes, Lewis, known for his investigations into Wall Street misconduct that unraveled...

‘Big Short’ Author Reveals Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Gamified’ Saga in Latest Tell-All

2.10.2023
This week, the renowned writer of “The Big Short,” Michael Lewis, has embarked on an extensive promotional campaign for his latest literary endeavor, chronicling the turbulent odyssey of Sam Bankman-Fried, the beleaguered co-founder and former CEO of FTX. Dubbed “Going Infinite:...