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Sam Bankman-Fried: Disgraced FTX crypto exchange founder detained in Bahamas at US request

Bahamas attorney general Ryan Pinder said that US was ‘likely to request his extradition’

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas ahead of possible extradition to the US

The founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has reportedly been arrested in the Bahamas, where his now defunct business was based.

ABC News · Dec 13, 2022

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested by Bahamian authorities

The Bahamian government said the U.S. has filed criminal charges against Bankman-Fried.

Fortune · Dec 13, 2022

FTX collapse shakes up Chicago crypto market, where its US trading platform was going to be the next big thing

CHICAGO — When the FTX.US headquarters opened in a gleaming new Fulton Market tower in May, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her retinue stopped by to officially welcome the cryptocurrency exchange to Chicago, a city positioning itself as a financial center for the booming digital assets.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 12, 2022

Cathie Wood says FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried disliked Bitcoin because he ‘couldn’t control it’

The Ark Invest CEO said FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried didn’t like Bitcoin because "it’s transparent and decentralized. He couldn’t control it.”

Fortune · Dec 11, 2022

Bankman-Fried ‘would give anything’ to start new business to repay FTX users

Former boss of collapsed crypto-exchange says he has duty to try to recoup investors’ lost money

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Why did we need cryptocurrency?

It's deeply surprising that investing in money that isn't money, at a bank that isn't a bank, didn't go well

Salon · Dec 10, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried will testify before Congress

Uncertainty looms over next week’s hearings on FTX’s collapse.

Fortune · Dec 9, 2022

Former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried to testify before Congress next week

‘There is a limit to what I will be able to say, and I won’t be as helpful as I’d like,’ crypto founder says

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried to testify before Congress next week

Founder and former CEO says he could talk about what he thinks led to crash and ‘my own failings’

The Guardian - US · Dec 9, 2022