Activity tagged "Sam Bankman-Fried"

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Issue 96 – Redefining solvency

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Sam Bankman-Fried makes his case for a retrial and aspiring crypto banks hit roadblocks

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beside the point, but can you imagine how mad SBF will be when he hears the news? he's sitting in prison for another 20 years, but the President just pardoned the other crypto criminal who he blames for his own company's collapse

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SBF's master plan right now is to whine that his bribes didn't work on the Democrats and go "but I bribed the Republicans too!" and then wait expectantly

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Tucker Carlson explicitly acknowledges the purpose of political megadonations

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Sam Bankman-Fried is doing 25 years behind bars, and is now sharing a cell block with Diddy. He joins us from prison for an update on his new life.

(0:00) What Has Prison Been Like?
(2:28) Was SBF Ever on Adderall?
(4:42) SBF Meeting Diddy in Prison
(7:01) How Prison Has Changed SBF’s Perspective
[begin highlight] (9:37) The Democrats Refused to Rescue SBF Despite His Large Donations [end highlight]
(15:24) The Future of Crypto Under Donald Trump
(21:17) Does SBF Have Any Money Left?
(24:42) Tucker Confronts SBF About His Effective Altruism Cult
(31:13) Will SBF Ever Actually Get Out of Prison?
(36:41) Why All of SBF’s Friends, Family, and Co-Workers Abandoned Him

Includes paid partnerships.

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Caroline Ellison: A woman with agency or a helpless pawn?

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Why did the former Alameda Research CEO receive only two years imprisonment for her role in the FTX collapse?

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his what now?

'Keep Your Head Down': SBF's Prison Advisor Offers Advice for Caroline Ellison There are steps that former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison can take to make prison a better experience, consultants told Decrypt. André Beganski

“People have called me a prison concierge”

the mega-wealthy truly live in a different universe

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Issue 67 – Bug out bitcoin

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Crypto resurfaces on the campaign trail and the FTX fallout continues to unfold. Also, merch!

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Issue 66 – Pretensions to relevance

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FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried says he wants a do-over, and some more ill-received blockchain games suggest “GameFi” has an uncertain future.

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has just appealed his conviction. He argues, among other things, that the judge didn't like him.

These observations are borne out by the record. As explained in this brief, many of the judge’s rulings were not just erroneous but unbalanced—repeatedly putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense. But that is not all. The judge continually ridiculed Bankman-Fried during trial, repeatedly criticized his demeanor, and signaled his disbelief of Bankman-Fried’s testimony. See supra at 17-18. Equally troubling, he repeatedly mocked defense counsel and discredited their cross-examinations in front of the jury. E.g., A-756 (“let’s stop that, please”; “What part of ‘let’s stop that’ was obscure?”); A-745 (“Could we get to the point.”); A-879 (“This is not an exam for new eyeglasses. I assume he can read it just as well as everybody in the jury box can read it…You can ask him who Johnny Podres was. Let’s move along. He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers.”).

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69143697/28/united-states-of-america-v-bankman-fried/

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Issue 61 – Soft war by the enemy

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How will recent Supreme Court decisions affect the crypto world? Also, more absurdity from the crypto lobby, and some new regulatory actions.

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