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Sarah Elzas

French FTX cryptocurrency clients welcome Bankman-Fried guilty verdict

A courtroom sketch of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried looking on as US District Judge Lewis Kaplan gives instructions to the jury before their deliberation at Bankman-Fried's trial for fraud over the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, 2 November 2023. © Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

French victims of the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange were pleased with the guilty verdict handed down to founder Sam Bankman-Fried by a jurry in New York, even as they have yet to see any of their money recovered from the collapse of the company a year ago.

"A lot of people did not want to follow the trial, because it difficult for them to relive what they lost. Others followed it every day, and were overwhelmed by what was said," said Antoine Monbrun about the month-long trial in New York of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

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