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Sam Bankman-Fried wraps up testimony as fraud trial nears end

Prosecutors press Bankman-Fried on how Alameda Research, sister hedge fund to FTX exchange, spent $8bn of customer funds

The Guardian - US

Bankman-Fried’s lieutenants say he directed them to commit crimes. He portrayed himself as a hands-off CEO wary of being ‘distracting’

The FTX founder took the stand for a second day of cross-examination on Tuesday.

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried's moronic media tour comes around to bite him

The FTX founder wouldn't stop blabbing to the media despite being in criminal jeopardy. That's proven to be a big mistake.

Fortune

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Gather round and hear three of the latest scary stories from Silicon Valley and beyond that will frighten you long after the candy is eaten

The Guardian - UK

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Hamas reports clashes with IDF in north and south Gaza as leader of main UN agency in Palestine accuses Israel of ‘collective punishment’. Plus, how to build a life full of joy and meaning when you’re child-free

The Guardian - UK

Sam Bankman-Fried’s infamous media tour backfires as prosecutors wield his own words against him

The FTX founder chose a strategy of selective amnesia to avoid answering questions.

Fortune

Prosecutors accuse Sam Bankman-Fried of being two-faced on stand

Discrepancies between SBF’s public and private statements come into sharp focus under cross-examination, reports Bevan Hurley from the courtroom

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Prosecutor takes aim at Sam Bankman-Fried's credibility at trial of FTX founder

A prosecutor has attacked the credibility of Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony at his fraud trial, confronting him over whether he was truthful during his public appearances after FTX filed for bankruptcy last year

The Independent UK

Prosecutors say a private message from Sam Bankman-Fried shows criminal intent. SBF says he was just trying to comfort a friend in distress

Bankman-Fried’s differing interpretation of Nishad Singh’s private message came during the cofounder's subtle reframing of FTX’s final days.

Fortune

Crypto’s latest boom is a chance to show it’s learned hard lessons from the past

Heeding valuable lessons from 2021's bull market could help usher in a new era of crypto.

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried denies messy hair part of ‘tech genius’ persona during trial

Disgraced former CEO of crypto exchange FTX admits to disparaging regulators on third day of testimony

The Guardian - US

Prosecutor grills Sam Bankman-Fried about his hair and tech genius persona – as it happened

Prosecutor appears to highlight Sam Bankman-Fried’s style as part of an eccentric tech whiz persona as part of a bigger ruse

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried can’t shut up. His ‘word salad’ answers were almost 75% longer on average than his 3 FTX lieutenants’

“The witness has what I'll simply call an interesting way of responding to questions,” Judge Lewis Kaplan said of Sam Bankman-Fried’s babble.

Fortune

SBF testifies that while he worked up to 22 hours per day, he was pulled in many directions and wishes he had a ‘better understanding’ of tracking FTX’s assets

SBF ‘word salad’ responses didn’t go over too well in the courtroom.

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FTX’s Bankman-Fried admits ‘mistakes’, denies fraud at trial

Sam Bankman-Fried says he never set out to steal from people while testifying in his own defence in Manhattan court.

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried admits to ‘large mistakes’ in crypto fraud trial testimony

Bankman-Fried says his biggest mistake was not implementing a dedicated risk management team for crypto trading platform FTX

The Independent UK

Sam Bankman-Fried on the stand: ‘A lot of people got hurt’

Disgraced crypto entrepreneur admits mistakes were made in FTX’s collapse but denies he’s a crook

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried blames everyone but himself for FTX’s approach to risk management, including a trillion-dollar trading disaster

The FTX founder finally faced a jury on Friday, sharing a version of events that contradicted previous testimony from Gary Wang and Nishad Singh.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's performance on the stand shows his twisted moral compass

Sam Bankman-Fried's first day on the stand showed why lawyers say it's typically a bad idea for defendants to testify.

The Independent UK

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies at his fraud trial

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has begun testifying at his fraud trial, saying the innovative business he hoped would move the cryptocurrency ecosystem forward ended up doing the opposite and customers were hurt

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried asked about co-living at FTX, ex-girlfriend and poker during fraud trial – as it happened

Lawyers for Bankman-Fried question him about the unusual housing and lifestyle habits of FTX employees

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried stumbles through cross-examination—and he wasn’t even in front of the jury

In an unusual hearing without the jury present, the disgraced crypto founder faced an unrelenting prosecution.

The Independent UK

Sam Bankman-Fried blames FTX lawyers in surprise judge-only testimony

In a rare move, disgraced former ‘crypto king’ Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand without the jury

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried testifies in his crypto fraud trial without jury present

The CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX is charged with seven counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money

The Independent UK

Sam Bankman-Fried awaits chance to tell his side of story in epic cryptocurrency exchange collapse

Prosecutors have rested, setting the stage for Sam Bankman-Fried to tell a jury at a New York criminal trial his version of how his multibillion dollar cryptocurrency empire collapsed, causing billions of dollars in losses that the government blames on him

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