Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial May Be Over, but The Bahamas Is Living Its Own Trial
Bankman-Fried may have been convicted, but The Bahamas appears to be dealing with the stigma of rolling out a red carpet for FTX.
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Bankman-Fried may have been convicted, but The Bahamas appears to be dealing with the stigma of rolling out a red carpet for FTX.
The FTX estate says the funds were “preferentially” or “fraudulently” transferred to Bybit and affiliates in the lead-up to its November 2022, bankruptcy filing.
Jon Corzine and Sam Bankman-Fried were both politically-connected business leads who lost over $1 billion in customer funds, though their different outcomes shows that regulation does not always achieve what is promised. (Wikimedia Commons/CoinDesk)
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FTT, the native token of defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has surged by 90% following comments from SEC chairman Gary Gensler in relation to a potential reboot of the exchange that collapsed one year ago.
The Silicon Valley investment firm was part of the Fahrenheit consortium that successfully bid for bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius.
Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York, set an ominous warning following the conviction of former crypto kingpin Bankman-Fried.
A jury found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all charges in his criminal fraud trial tied to FTX’s operation and collapse.
A verdict in the SBF trial could come before the end of Thursday – on the first anniversary of the CoinDesk scoop that caused his empire to crumble.
The value of FTX’s stake in Solana’s SOL token, for instance, has just added $1 billion in two weeks.