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The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: One Expert Witness

24.10.2023
The defense team has revealed its sole proposed expert witness, who’ll try to point out flaws in the DOJ’s presentations

The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: It’s the Courthouse Life for Us

23.10.2023
To get a courtroom seat, you gotta show up early: at least 7:30 a.m. The overflow room is more relaxed, but there’s no Sam, just his televised image

Ripple Is on a Winning Streak (but the Game Isn't Yet Won)

20.10.2023

The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Our Favorite Quotes, So Far

20.10.2023
It's fall break! Thursday ended early after just two witnesses – former FTX General Counsel Can Sun and Third Point's Robert Boroujerdi – testified briefly. We won't be back in the courthouse at 500 Pearl Street until next Thursday, Oct. 26, when we'll resume our normal analyses. Instead, today...

DCG, Genesis Were the ‘Adults in the Room’ but Didn’t Behave Like It

19.10.2023

Judge Kaplan's Ire Hits All Lawyers in the Sam Bankman-Fried Case

19.10.2023
We’ve entered the soul-sucking phase of Sam Bankman-Fried’s month-long criminal trial. The part where an antsy Judge Lewis Kaplan paces and glares – and then lashes out at prosecutors (and also defense lawyers) for wasting everyone’s time

Cracks Appear as Ethereum Staking Demand Wanes

18.10.2023
Earlier this year, Ethereum staking was popular, particularly with Lido Finance's rise to prominence in the DeFi space, but it is now facing challenges, suspicions, and resentment

(One Part of) SBF's Defense Strategy Starts Paying Off

18.10.2023
All three of Sam Bankman-Fried’s “inner circle” members have now testified against the FTX founder, and all three have presented similarly on the witness stand: clearly rehearsed, adamant that the FTX founder was in charge and careful not to stray too far from their well-practiced narratives. They...

The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Is Revealing Crypto's Amateur-Hour Ways

17.10.2023
Paradigm, BlockFi, Genesis and other companies did not have access to audited financial statements prior to investing or loaning billions to FTX, FTX.US. and Alameda Research, according to testimonies given in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried. Rather, these investors and lenders looked at unaudited...

SBF Trial: FTX Exec Felt ‘Suicidal’ in Crypto Exchange’s Final Days

17.10.2023
Nishad Singh told a jury on Monday that his September meeting with Bankman-Fired was the first time he realized that Alameda, FTX’s sister trading firm, had spent billions of dollars of FTX user deposits, and had left a gaping hole in both companies’ balance sheets

What’s All the Fuss About Bitcoin ETFs?

16.10.2023
Fake news of SEC approval for a spot Bitcoin ETF sent markets higher. Why are traders so obsessed with this new product?

SBF Trial: What Did FTX’s Terms of Service Say About Customer Funds?

16.10.2023
A filing last week suggests Sam Bankman-Fried's defense wants to get back to the argument that Bankman-Fried did not technically commit wire fraud because FTX’s terms of service were worded in such a way that there's no case to argue funds were misappropriated

Things SBF's Defense Lawyers Should be Freaking out About

13.10.2023

Is Sam Bankman-Fried a Sociopath?

12.10.2023

Did Caroline Ellison and SBF Cook Alameda’s Books to Save the World?