What Happened During Sam Bankman-Fried’s First Week in Court?
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Test the Judge’s Patience
It could take six weeks for prosecutors to make their case against Sam Bankman-Fried. But only three days were needed for the judge overseeing his trial to lose patience with the former crypto chief’s defense team.
The Protocol: Which Ethereum Layer-2 Project ISN’T Competing to Land Celo?
In this week’s issue of The Protocol, we highlight layoffs hitting key firms as well, and how blockchain projects are competing for new mandates – specifically big Ethereum layer-2 developers like OP Labs, Polygon and Matter Labs vying to provide the technology for the Celo blockchain’s new network
Could Sam Bankman-Fried’s Saga Happen Without Crypto?
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Is Michael Lewis Throwing Out His Reputation to Defend Sam Bankman-Fried?
The author’ latest book, “Going Infinite,” is an eyewitness account of the fall of FTX’s founder, who Lewis said is “misunderstood.”
EmSam, Jury Questions and Another Denial for Bankman-Fried
In a rare display of candor – or as part of a calculated exercise in reputation management – Sam Bankman-Fried delved deep into his mental health struggles in a trove of unposted tweets obtained by CoinDesk’s Christine Lee and published for the first time on Friday. “I don’t really know what ‘happiness’ means,” he said in one of the tweets, which he wrote just weeks after his crypto empire blew up last year, as he was facing down a tidal wave of public scorn.
Americans (Seemingly) Aren’t Allowed to Put This Economic Theory to the Test
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Sam Bankman-Fried Sort of Had a Rough Day
Yesterday was arguably not a great day for Sam Bankman-Fried. First, the judge overseeing his case rejected all seven of his proposed expert witnesses*, questioning at least one’s qualifications and saying some others really wouldn’t be relevant to the case.
Vote if You Want, but Remember ‘Cypherpunks Write Code’
The New York Department of Financial Services is concerned about token delistings disrupting markets. (Gilbert Ortega/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Is a Family Affair
Sam Bankman-Fried, right, and his parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)