Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty in Crypto Trial

Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty on all seven federal charges in his criminal trial for defrauding customers of his crypto exchange out of billions of dollars with his crypto empire, jurors decided on Thursday night in a Southern District of New York court, Reuters reports. Jurors reached a verdict at 7:40 p.m., according to CoinDesk, that … Read more

SBF Testifies That Alameda Only ‘Borrowed’ Customer Funds

Photo: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Sam Bankman-Fried testified before a jury for the first time on Friday saying he did not defraud FTX customers or take their funds, according to Bloomberg’s live reporting of the trial. The FTX and Alameda’s founder said that Alameda “borrowed” them, but admitted “a lot of people got hurt.” … Read more

Biggest Moments of Sam Bankman-Fried FTX Trial So Far

Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) Gary Wang, cofounder and chief technology officer for FTX, focused on a single piece of code during his testimony: “allow_negative.” SBF did not code at FTX, so Wang was responsible for orchestrating all of the technical changes at the company. The code “allow_negative” allowed for Alameda Research’s balances to … Read more

SBF Considered Raising Capital From MBS, Ellison Testifies

Photo: Bloomberg (Getty Images) Sam Bankman Fried allegedly entertained a plan to raise capital from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison in her testimony on Wednesday. Will More Celebs Continue to Join Crypto? | Gizmodo Interview It’s one of many bombshells dropped by Ellison on the second day … Read more