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    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      Rebuild or retreat? Crypto faces tough choices after FTX

      Following the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the industry must choose between becoming mainstream or retreating to the fringes

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Person in the News
      Sam Bankman-Fried: the fallen ‘king of crypto’

      The narrative powers of the FTX founder failed to save him from this week’s fraud conviction

      Illustration of Sam Bankman-Fried wearing an orange jumpsuit sitting in a prison cell with a Bitcoin logo grafittied on the wall
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Cryptofinance
      Sam Bankman-Fried’s judgment day Premium content

      Plus, updates on the UK’s crypto embrace

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Downfall of a crypto billionaire: the conviction of Bankman-Fried

      FTX founder’s guilty verdict a ‘warning to every fraudster who thinks they’re untouchable’

      In a courtroom sketch, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried stands with his lawyers after the verdict is read out
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of fraud over FTX collapse

      Jury’s guilty verdict caps stunning downfall of one-time public face of crypto industry

      Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Unhedged podcast20 min listen
      Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand

      Former crypto tycoon risked everything to testify. Did it help?

    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Bankman-Fried’s lawyers make final appeal for acquittal in FTX trial

      US government claims crypto exchange’s founder built a ‘pyramid of deceit’ while defence says he did not commit crimes

      A courtroom sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Sam’s last stand: Bankman-Fried jury weighs duelling accounts of FTX’s downfall

      Former crypto tycoon will soon learn whether he was able to successfully counter his former colleagues’ testimony

      Montage of Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Governments dip into AI regulation

      The fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried is set to wrap up today

    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      LexBitcoin
      Bitcoin: trial of SBF is no match for ETF enthusiasm  Premium content

      But without an infusion of new money, the latest price rally is unsustainable

      A bitcoin in front of a price chart
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Bankman-Fried grilled over what he told the public about FTX and Alameda

      Former crypto boss pressed by prosecutors in criminal trial over statements about the two entities before their collapse

    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Sam Bankman-Fried says he was ‘surprised’ by FTX’s $8bn balance-sheet hole

      Former billionaire denies intending to defraud customers in testimony to the jury at trial

      A courtroom sketch shows Judge Lewis Kaplan and Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Due Diligence
      SBF tries to talk his way out of trouble Premium content

      Plus, Morgan Stanley’s new boss and the power struggle unfolding at Mediobanca

      The Due Diligence logo
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried previews legal defence at fraud trial

      Former crypto billionaire blames lawyers as court hears first snippets of testimony without jury present

      A courtroom sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      FTX Trading Ltd
      Sam Bankman-Fried plans to take witness stand in his own defence

      FTX crypto exchange founder to face jurors as soon as Thursday in his New York fraud trial

      Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can Sam Bankman-Fried argue his way out of trouble?

      After days of prosecution evidence, including testimony from erstwhile colleagues and friends, some legal experts think the former FTX boss will now have to take the stand

      A montage of Sam Bankman-Fried, his former flatmates Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, and an underlaid illustration of a crypto token
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Janan Ganesh
      The humbling of the maths snobs

      The likes of Sam Bankman-Fried and Liz Truss crave certainties in the mess of adult life

    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      Cryptofinance
      The emotional toll of FTX’s collapse Premium content

      Plus, bitcoin’s flirt with the promised land of ETFs

    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      FTX boss sought ‘legal justifications’ for diverted billions, court told

      Former general counsel testifies in Sam Bankman-Fried trial that crypto exchange had no right to spend customer funds

      Can Sun arrives at court in New York
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Unhedged podcast22 min listen
      FTX trial update

      As the prosecution winds up the case against Sam Bankman-Fried, what will the defence offer?

    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      ‘Crack down on Binance’: Bankman-Fried trial illuminates crypto rivalry

      Court hears former FTX boss sought regulatory action against Changpeng Zhao’s trading platform

      Montage of Changpeng Zhao of Binance and Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX and corporate logos
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      FTX Trading Ltd
      Bankman-Fried’s lawyer rebuts claims of frivolous FTX spending

      Value of crypto exchange’s deals broached during cross-examination of co-operating witness Nishad Singh in fraud trial

      Mark Cohen, lead defence lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      FTX deputy says he confronted boss on missing customer billions

      Nishad Singh is a co-operating witness in New York fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried

      Nishad Singh, centre, arrives at court
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast41 min listen
      Bonus: Michael Lewis on FTX & Sam Bankman-Fried

      Hear a live recording from the FT Due Diligence Forum

    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Cryptofinance
      SBF and the end of the affair Premium content

      Plus, updates on the FCA’s latest clampdown on Binance

      An image of Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried
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