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Feds say they won’t bring second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried
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Feds say they won’t bring second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried

A second trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on charges not in the cryptocurrency fraud case presented to a jury that convicted him in November is not necessary, prosecutors told a judge Friday.Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in a letter that evidence at a second trial would duplicate evidence already shown to a jury. They also said it would ignore the "strong public interest in a prompt resolution" of the case, particularly because victims would not benefit from forfeiture or restitution orders if sentencing is delayed.They said the judge can consider the evidence that would be used at a second trial when he sentences Bankman-Fried on March 28 for defrauding customers and investors of at least $10 billion. Bankman-Fried, 31, who...
Sam Bankman-Fried Won’t Face a Second Criminal Trial
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Sam Bankman-Fried Won’t Face a Second Criminal Trial

Federal prosecutors said Friday that they wouldn’t try Sam Bankman-Fried on additional criminal charges that weren’t part of the fall trial that resulted in the FTX founder’s conviction for fraud related to the collapse of his crypto exchange.The move, announced in a letter to the presiding judge, clears the way for the FTX founder to be sentenced on March 28. A second trial would have delayed that sentencing, and Bankman-Fried already faces the possibility of decades in prison.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Cryptocurrency: Changpeng Zhao, brawling titan of Binance, meets a sudden defeat
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Cryptocurrency: Changpeng Zhao, brawling titan of Binance, meets a sudden defeat

Changpeng Zhao had long cultivated the image of the rugged pugilist of the cryptocurrencies world. When his rival Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire collapsed a year ago, Zhao, or “CZ” as his fans call him, was in the middle of it all, yanking his money in a very public way and helping trigger the ultimately fatal run on the firms. Years earlier he claimed the company’s headquarters was wherever he happened to be, a thinly veiled salvo against regulators trying to nail down jurisdiction.And this March, when US regulators charged Zhao and his firm,Binance Holdings, with violating US securities laws, his on-line response was “4,” which is Zhao code for dismissing something as unworthy of his attention.On Tuesday, though, Zhao cut a very different image in a Seattle courtroom. Dressed in dark...
Cathie Wood Urges Investors to Heed the Risks of a Deflationary World
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Cathie Wood Urges Investors to Heed the Risks of a Deflationary World

Cathie Wood still expects the price of bitcoin to hit $1 million someday. The founder of ARK Investment Management built the firm into an investor darling during the Covid-19 pandemic with successful bets on largely unprofitable, “disruptive” technology companies. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Sam Bankman-Fried Verdict Reflects Crypto’s Broken Dreams
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Sam Bankman-Fried Verdict Reflects Crypto’s Broken Dreams

Sam Bankman-Fried is gone. And crypto is back to its favorite activity: a wild speculative rally.The FTX founder’s trial featured a parade of witnesses detailing a multibillion-dollar fraud at the heart of the crypto market. None of it dented the enthusiasm of crypto investors. During the trial, crypto prices surged on optimism that U.S. regulators would allow an exchange-traded fund that holds bitcoin. Bitcoin is up more than 25% since the start of October and recently touched an 18-month high. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Lengthy Sentence—And Long Odds on Appeal
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Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Lengthy Sentence—And Long Odds on Appeal

Disgraced crypto star Sam Bankman-Fried is staring down a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of fraud in the collapse of FTX, and he faces long odds of making any inroads on appeal.A federal jury in New York wasted little time Thursday in convicting the 31-year-old FTX founder of all seven counts he faced, a verdict issued just hours after deliberations began. The conviction, after a monthlong trial, capped the stunning downfall of the former billionaire. Venture capital and unfettered enthusiasm in the crypto markets helped fuel his swift ascent. Jurors agreed with prosecutors that theft and lies by Bankman-Fried fueled FTX’s demise.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Sam Bankman-Fried and the SEC
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Sam Bankman-Fried and the SEC

Sam Bankman-Fried charmed investors and politicians, but he wasn’t so fortunate with a federal jury. On Thursday the former FTX crypto-exchange kingpin was convicted of seven counts of fraud and money-laundering. Note to Chairman Gary Gensler: The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t need to regulate crypto markets to police malfeasance.After FTX imploded last autumn, some $9 billion in customer deposits went missing. Prosecutors showed that Mr. Bankman-Fried used the money to fund risky investment bets and cover losses at his Alameda Research trading house, buy influence in Washington, and acquire real estate in the Bahamas. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8