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The FTX trial, day eight: Defrauding lenders
BlockFi CEO testifies that the company wouldn't have loaned to Alameda Research if they had any idea what was really going on
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The FTX trial, day seven: Sam, I guess
Recordings of the now infamous all-hands meeting capture Caroline Ellison admitting to conspiring with Sam Bankman-Fried to misappropriate FTX customer funds.
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The FTX trial, day six: A constant state of dread
"Alternate" balance sheets, bribes, Saudi financing, and a painfully intertwined personal and professional life were among the topics described by Sam Bankman-Fried's former employee and girlfriend.
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The FTX trial, day five: Sam Bankman-Fried for president
Caroline Ellison testifies about Sam Bankman-Fried's appetite for risk, involvement in Alameda Research, and even his presidential aspirations.
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The FTX trial, day four: The fraud was in the code
The jury got a taste of code review as they examined a falsified "insurance fund" and the infamous FTX → Alameda Research "backdoor".
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The FTX trial, days 2–3: "FTX defrauded its customers", says former employee
Meanwhile, the defense tries to argue that if Sam Bankman-Fried was a criminal, he would've bought a fancier car.
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The FTX trial, day one: Jury selected in Sam Bankman-Fried case
The death penalty is not on the table, the judge reassured one prospective juror.
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Review: Michael Lewis's Going Infinite
If Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted in the upcoming FTX fraud trial, Lewis’s admiring biography will take an awkward place on the shelves of history.
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A preview of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial
Key witnesses and the likely legal strategies about to unfold in the historic case ahead.
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News flash: 95% of NFTs have ALWAYS been worthless
Be skeptical of catchy headlines and junk data, even when they affirm your prior opinions.
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Sam Bankman-Fried's jail conditions offer a glimpse at systemic failure
The fallen crypto billionaire's pleas for proper meals and medical care are an unlikely illustration of America's broken jail system.
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Worldcoin: a solution in search of its problem
Worldcoin doesn't seem to know what problem it's trying to solve, but they want to scan your eyeballs anyway.
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XRP: Schrödinger's security
The recent order on whether Ripple's XRP is a security has some declaring victory for not just Ripple, but all of crypto.
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“But the SEC let us go public” and other flawed arguments in Coinbase's defense
Coinbase is trotting out its usual flawed arguments now that it's facing a lawsuit from the SEC, and more pushback is needed.
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SEC v. Binance: "A web of deception"
The SEC describes the company's "blatant disregard of the federal securities laws".
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Narrative over numbers: Andreessen Horowitz's State of Crypto report
Venture capital firm and crypto pusher Andreessen Horowitz wants you to keep buying crypto, and is not above publishing blatant falsehoods to convince you to do so.