Sam Bankman-Fried is about to walk into a brutal interrogation
Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team and its scattergun approach have left him open to an expansive cross-examination by prosecutors.
400 stories, newest first
Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team and its scattergun approach have left him open to an expansive cross-examination by prosecutors.
Bankman-Fried's trial is now more about how many people he can take with him, and whether he can sink a boat or two before exploding himself.
Bankman-Fried crumbled under cross-examination, stumbling, mumbling, avoiding questions, and saying he “did not recall” key details.
It appears that, for fallen FTX wonder boy Sam Bankman-Fried, stealing funds from customers was purely rational.
FTX’s former general counsel Can Sun testified to his own ongoing deception by Sam Bankman-Fried in 2021 and 2022.
So far at trial, Bankman-Fried's team has made repeated, serious missteps that could do him more harm than good in the eyes of the jury.
James Wan pleaded guilty to the plot that saw him give a dark web hitman $19,200 in bitcoin to kill his girlfriend.
— Binance US, Crypto
Binance US has suspended dollar withdrawals, modifying its terms of use to inform users they can convert their dollars to stablecoins.
Bankman-Fried's mother Barbara could be seen removing her glasses, bowing her head, and grinding her fists into her eyes for minutes on end.
Arguing for Sam Bankman-Fried and his parents and explaining away the loss of billions in customer assets isn't up to The New Yorker.