DARK SECRETS: 19 - The Real Truth

FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents, claiming they received millions in gifts

Lawsuit is the company’s first legal pursuit against Bankman-Fried’s parents for their role in the company

The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2023

City watchdog ex-chair says he faced ‘political pressure’ to let in crypto firms

Charles Randell says some of the exchanges the FCA was pressed to allow to trade in the UK are now being investigated in the US

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Bankman-Fried's lawyers wants to tell the jury about his ADHD—but prosecutors are suspicious

Prosecutors warn that the FTX founder has a history of using "behavioral eccentricity to his advantage."

Fortune · Sep 19, 2023

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid for release ahead of trial

US judge rules that any difficulties FTX founder has in reviewing evidence against him are ‘of his own making’.

Al Jazeera · Sep 13, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried denied pre-trial release by SDNY judge: ‘The premise is incorrect’

The FTX founder's trial is set for Oct. 3.

Fortune · Sep 12, 2023

Elon Musk Wasn’t A Blockchain Acolyte Despite The Fun He Had With Dogecoin, Reveals New Biography

Skeptical about using blockchain as Twitter's backbone, he felt it would be too sluggish for fast-paced postings on platform.

Zenger · Sep 12, 2023

Review: ‘Number Go Up’ is a funny if shallow look at the worst people in crypto

Bloomberg journalist Zeke Faux’s new book isn’t the most nuanced account of crypto—but it may be the funniest.

Fortune · Sep 12, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers want to screen potential jurors for bias against crypto and effective altruism

The trial for the FTX founder is set to begin Oct. 3.

Fortune · Sep 12, 2023

Eight things we learned from the Elon Musk biography

Widespread access to world’s richest man allowed biographer Walter Isaacson to detail a number of illuminating anecdotes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried insists on pre-trial release from detention center, citing internet access problems

The FTX founder's trial is set to begin on October 3.

Fortune · Sep 9, 2023