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Prosecutors say a private message from Sam Bankman-Fried shows criminal intent. SBF says he was just trying to comfort a friend in distress

Bankman-Fried’s differing interpretation of Nishad Singh’s private message came during the cofounder's subtle reframing of FTX’s final days.

Fortune · Oct 30, 2023

Crypto’s latest boom is a chance to show it’s learned hard lessons from the past

Heeding valuable lessons from 2021's bull market could help usher in a new era of crypto.

Fortune · Oct 30, 2023

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 · Oct 30, 2023

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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 · Oct 30, 2023

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 · Oct 30, 2023

SBF testifies that while he worked up to 22 hours per day, he was pulled in many directions and wishes he had a ‘better understanding’ of tracking FTX’s assets

SBF ‘word salad’ responses didn’t go over too well in the courtroom.

Fortune · Oct 30, 2023

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 · Oct 28, 2023

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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 · Oct 27, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried on the stand: ‘A lot of people got hurt’

Disgraced crypto entrepreneur admits mistakes were made in FTX’s collapse but denies he’s a crook

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

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 · Oct 27, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's performance on the stand shows his twisted moral compass

Sam Bankman-Fried's first day on the stand showed why lawyers say it's typically a bad idea for defendants to testify.

Fortune · Oct 27, 2023

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has begun testifying at his fraud trial, saying the innovative business he hoped would move the cryptocurrency ecosystem forward ended up doing the opposite and customers were hurt

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

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 · Oct 27, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried stumbles through cross-examination—and he wasn’t even in front of the jury

In an unusual hearing without the jury present, the disgraced crypto founder faced an unrelenting prosecution.

Fortune · Oct 26, 2023

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The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried blames FTX lawyers in surprise judge-only testimony

In a rare move, disgraced former ‘crypto king’ Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand without the jury

The Guardian - US · Oct 26, 2023

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 Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried awaits chance to tell his side of story in epic cryptocurrency exchange collapse

Prosecutors have rested, setting the stage for Sam Bankman-Fried to tell a jury at a New York criminal trial his version of how his multibillion dollar cryptocurrency empire collapsed, causing billions of dollars in losses that the government blames on him

Fortune · Oct 26, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried wants to throw FTX lawyers under the bus when he takes the stand, per court filing

The defense also plans to prompt Bankman-Fried to testify about common practices in the crypto industry as well as why he pushed for the Bahamas to oversee FTX's bankruptcy.

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Fortune · Oct 26, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried set to take the stand at his criminal trial later today

Defendants typically choose not to testify at their own trial—but this is SBF.

WEKU · Oct 25, 2023

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.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Former cryptocurrency boss Sam Bankman-Fried will testify at trial, lawyer says

The FTX founder is accused of stealing billions of dollars from investors and customers

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify at his New York fraud trial, his lawyer says

A lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried says the FTX founder plans to testify at his fraud trial

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2023

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify at criminal fraud trial

Bankman-Fried, 31, charged with seven criminal counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to launder money

Fortune · Oct 25, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried’s attorneys confirm he will take the stand in his own defense

His lawyers confirmed that the disgraced crypto founder will testify at a hearing on Wednesday.

Fortune · Oct 25, 2023

Crypto has a DeFi problem

The current war in Israel has made terrorist financing through crypto a top priority in D.C.

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