The FTX Files
Unpacking my conversation with FTX executive Ryan Salame, where we discussed his claims that he’s innocent of the charges for which he’s now serving seven and a half years in prison.
The FTX Files
Why did the former Alameda Research CEO receive only two years imprisonment for her role in the FTX collapse?
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"The judgment has to adequately reflect the seriousness of the crime, and this was a very serious crime."
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Sam Bankman-Fried maintains that his crimes were victimless and resulted in zero losses, and therefore warrant only six years of imprisonment. Prosecutors argue that 40–50 years are justified.
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From billions of mysterious Tethers to the apparent identity theft of Thai sex workers, many questions remain about what happened at Bankman-Fried's crypto empire.
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Jurors spent less than five hours deliberating before returning the verdict.
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Bankman-Fried comes off as sullen and cagey in his cross-examination in front of the jury.
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Taking the stand before the jury for the first time, Sam Bankman-Fried recounts familiar events we've heard described by previous witnesses, but gives a very different version of those stories.
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After a few other brief witnesses, it was time for the main event — or, at least, a preview of it.
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If you're dying to hear about today's events at the FTX trial, here's a livestream to hold you over until I can write!
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I'm taking this show on the road to hear Sam Bankman-Fried testify in person.
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Is the defense team doing as poorly as it looks, or do they have a trick up their sleeves?
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Sam Bankman-Fried's direct messages to a journalist about "unethical shit" were admitted as evidence, much to the dismay of his legal team.
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The defense team finally scores a few points, and cell phone records reveal Bankman-Fried's extensive influence tour in Manhattan.
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Singh testified that Bankman-Fried pressured him into trying to dig FTX out of a hole he didn't even know about until the very end.
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BlockFi CEO testifies that the company wouldn't have loaned to Alameda Research if they had any idea what was really going on