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Prosecutors accuse Sam Bankman-Fried of being two-faced on stand

Discrepancies between SBF’s public and private statements come into sharp focus under cross-examination, reports Bevan Hurley from the courtroom

The Independent UK

Sam Bankman-Fried denies messy hair part of ‘tech genius’ persona during trial

Disgraced former CEO of crypto exchange FTX admits to disparaging regulators on third day of testimony

The Guardian - US

Prosecutor grills Sam Bankman-Fried about his hair and tech genius persona – as it happened

Prosecutor appears to highlight Sam Bankman-Fried’s style as part of an eccentric tech whiz persona as part of a bigger ruse

The Guardian - US

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Sam Bankman-Fried can’t shut up. His ‘word salad’ answers were almost 75% longer on average than his 3 FTX lieutenants’

“The witness has what I'll simply call an interesting way of responding to questions,” Judge Lewis Kaplan said of Sam Bankman-Fried’s babble.

Fortune

FTX’s Bankman-Fried admits ‘mistakes’, denies fraud at trial

Sam Bankman-Fried says he never set out to steal from people while testifying in his own defence in Manhattan court.

Al Jazeera

Sam Bankman-Fried admits to ‘large mistakes’ in crypto fraud trial testimony

Bankman-Fried says his biggest mistake was not implementing a dedicated risk management team for crypto trading platform FTX

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried blames everyone but himself for FTX’s approach to risk management, including a trillion-dollar trading disaster

The FTX founder finally faced a jury on Friday, sharing a version of events that contradicted previous testimony from Gary Wang and Nishad Singh.

Fortune

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Sam Bankman-Fried asked about co-living at FTX, ex-girlfriend and poker during fraud trial – as it happened

Lawyers for Bankman-Fried question him about the unusual housing and lifestyle habits of FTX employees

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried testifies in his crypto fraud trial without jury present

The CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX is charged with seven counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried will testify in his defense in what may be the gamble of his life

The former FTX CEO, who is accused of orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in history, plans to testify in his own criminal trial in a major gamble to avoid prison time.

WEKU

They were Sam Bankman-Fried's friends. Now they could send him to prison for life

Bankman-Fried built a multibillion crypto business spearheaded by FTX with the help of a group of young colleagues. Now three of his closest associates have turned against him.

WEKU

The last week of FTX, according to the private messages of Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh

“I just had an increasing dread of this day that’s been weighing on me for a long time,” Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, texted Bankman-Fried.

Fortune

Nishad Singh says working with Sam Bankman-Fried left him in ‘severe’ distress

NEW YORK: Nishad Singh, the third member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle to testify against him, detailed a rocky relationship with his former boss that at times left him “humiliated” and, as the company collapsed, suicidal.

The Times of India

Sam Bankman-Fried ‘needs more ADHD medication to be able to testify’, lawyers argue

Lawyers say the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder’s daily dose wears off quickly

Evening Standard

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Former FTX executive Nishad Singh describes conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried over customer funds: ‘I was blindsided and horrified’

While Bankman-Fried lounged on a white chaise chair, Singh realized that FTX was not force for good but had "turned out to be so evil."

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried pushed for $30 million Bahamas penthouse despite concern from FTX colleagues it would be ‘ostentatious’

Top lieutenant Nishad Singh testified that the FTX founder liked the apartment because he "is a fan of views."

Fortune

Behind the scenes of week 2 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial

Caroline Ellison testified about bribery, FTT, Thai prostitutes, and her surprisingly small equity package.

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers request Adderall for the FTX founder as he decides whether to testify

With SBF's trial entering its third week, the defendant is still fighting for access to medication.

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Criminal mastermind or hapless dude? A look into Sam Bankman-Fried's trial so far

The trial of the former FTX CEO concluded its second week, featuring explosive testimony from Caroline Ellison, a former girlfriend of Bankman-Fried.

Fortune

An Alameda employee connected to China objected to Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged bribery scheme. He told her to ‘shut the f*** up’

Caroline Ellison testified this week that Sam Bankman-Fried gave the order to bribe Chinese officials to the tune of $150 million.

Fortune

Even after Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest, the crypto industry remains full of men acting like boys

Crypto is a gender-neutral technology—but the industry itself is another story altogether.

Fortune

Bankman-Fried’s whisper campaign against Binance is part of a long U.S. tradition of working the refs

Testimony this week shed light on Bankman-Fried's attempt to sic regulators on Binance—a time-worn tactic in U.S. finance.

The Guardian - US

Caroline Ellison’s testimony against Sam Bankman-Fried: five key takeaways

The former Alameda CEO offered stunning testimony against her ex-boyfriend and failed crypto mogul being tried for fraud

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Hamas tells Gaza City residents to stay put after Israel orders evacuation

UN says order affecting 1.1 million people will spark ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’ amid likely Israeli ground assault

Fortune

Inside the meeting where Caroline Ellison came clean to Alameda staff, per a secret recording from an employee who started 3 days earlier

“I’m sure this wasn’t a YOLO thing, right?” Christian Drappi, another Alameda employee, asked the crypto hedge fund's former CEO.

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