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What will happen to nearly a third of SkyBridge Capital? Here's how 'The Mooch' could get back his company

Less than two weeks ago SBF and Scaramucci embarked on a fundraising trip together in the Middle East. Now, nearly a third of Scaramucci's firm is tied up in bankruptcy proceedings.

Fortune

Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty?

The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.

Reason

Congress will be taking a closer look at Sam Bankman-Fried’s political spending spree

The former FTX CEO became the Democratic party’s top donor apart from George Soros during the last election cycle.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 19 November 2022

We're loathe to kick someone while they are down but this story has gone from ludicrous to fever-dream. Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to tweet through it. FTX's bankruptcy specialists are rending their garments and ululating.

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What's next for Sam Bankman-Fried

Rumors are swirling that SBF is under criminal investigation. Here's how that could play out.

Fortune

Editorial: Cryptocurrency stars can flame out. But they can’t take their customers with them

Out of nowhere, 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried became a billionaire mover and shaker in the world of cryptocurrency. Careful to make friends of powerful Democrats and media columnists alike, he threw money around the halls of Congress — and everywhere else he went — while threatening to disrupt Chicago’s financial futures…

Chicago Tribune

Kraken's incoming CEO labels FTX and SBF as 'thieves,' says acquisition rumors unfounded

“I think, what it boils down to from all the information we have [and] this bankruptcy report that has now been released is that FTX and SBF are complete frauds—not just frauds, but thieves,” David Ripley, incoming CEO at Kraken, tells Fortune.

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'We didn't even notice': Binance CEO CZ on alleged FTX battle

Changpeng Zhao also said in a Thursday interview he hopes the blame for FTX’s failure falls squarely on SBF.

Fortune

How a huge cryptocurrency exchange failed

The convoluted story of two intertwined companies which brought the value of cryptocurrencies to their knees.

Newsroom.co.nz

SBF is unraveling before our eyes, and it's not pretty

The founder of FTX won't stop talking.

Fortune

FTX latest: Bankruptcy lawyers accuse SBF of undermining case

Sam Bankman-Fried is undermining efforts to reorganize his crumbling empire with “incessant and disruptive tweeting,” US lawyers for the bankrupt crypto platform FTX said in a court filing.

Tribune News Service

Politicians spurn contributions from bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried

SBF had donated close to $40 million in the 2021–2022 cycle, according to OpenSecrets.

Fortune

Why were so many smart people so dumb about FTX? Did they seriously just like Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘vibe’?

The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange will cost investors billions. But why would anyone give money to a man who plays video games in important meetings?

The Guardian - UK

Michael Hiltzik: Crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried didn't lose a $16 billion fortune. His 'fortune' was never real

The Greek tragedy unfolding in the financial press over the last week is the story of Sam Bankman-Fried, the would-be cryptocurrency tycoon and political kingmaker whose multibillion-dollar empire has sunk like the Titanic after its encounter with the iceberg.

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The biggest and fastest net-worth losses of our time

While Sam Bankman-Fried lost his whole fortune last week, he's not the first billionaire to see a dramatic drop in net worth.

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How is SBF coping with losing $16 billion and the possibility of prison? He’s playing video games and posting cryptic tweets

The disgraced founder of FTX was “surprisingly calm” in a recent interview.

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried's effective altruism may have been his downfall

“I wanted to get rich, not because I like money but because I wanted to give that money to charity,” Sam Bankman-Fried once said.

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Inside the $8bn FTX crypto scandal – and its real-world impact

Sam Bankman-Fried was what everyone wanted a crypto billionaire to be – until things began to go very, very wrong

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Allow Me, A Bimbo Who Can’t Count, To Explain How A Crypto Dweeb Lost $24 Billion In Days

Because tea from the crypto world isn't just for nerds.

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The writing was on the wall for the FTX and crypto collapse, a top DC financial reform advocate says

The writing was on the wall for the FTX and crypto sector crash.

Fortune

Binance’s CZ says he never shorted FTX’s crypto token—and the decision to stop selling it was ‘very expensive’

Binance has emerged as one of the biggest winners from the FTX collapse, but its CEO says he didn’t short his rival.

Fortune

The rise and fall of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried: The 30-year-old who built a $30 billion empire in 3 years—and burned it down in 48 hours

The demise of the founder, who was seen as a benevolent and stabilizing force in crypto, has left his supporters and enemies with unanswered questions.

Fortune

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is sending one-letter tweets

The 30-year-old FTX founder published a mysterious tweet thread over the weekend and added to it on Monday as he’s roasted by Crypto Twitter.

Fortune

How everyone fell for SBF—including me

Too many of us fell for SBF’s great story—and at some point stopped checking references.

Fortune

Silicon Valley braces for the legal fallout from FTX

With so many affiliated companies, so many creditors, so many customers, and jurisdictions in different countries, one legal expert calls this a “maze of issues.”

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