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FTX and Alameda Vets’ New Exchange ‘Backpack’ Raises $17 Million
FTX and Alameda Vets’ New Exchange ‘Backpack’ Raises $17 Million
February 28, 2024  |  Investments

Backpack, a cryptocurrency exchange led by former FTX and Alameda Research employees, raised $17 million. The Series A funding round values Backpack — whose offerings...

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Bankman-Fried to Appear in Court for First Time Since Conviction
Bankman-Fried to Appear in Court for First Time Since Conviction
February 21, 2024  |  Legal

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is set to appear in court Wednesday (Feb. 21) for a hearing on his new lawyer’s...

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FTX Submits Plans to End Bankruptcy Proceedings
FTX Submits Plans to End Bankruptcy Proceedings
December 18, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX has filed a proposal that would allow the cryptocurrency exchange to exit bankruptcy. The proposal, filed in bankruptcy court Saturday (Dec. 16), would distribute billions in cash...

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Bankman-Fried Lawyer: Client Was ‘Worst’ Witness in Unwinnable Case
Bankman-Fried Lawyer: Client Was ‘Worst’ Witness in Unwinnable Case
December 12, 2023  |  Legal

Could FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have prevailed at trial? David Mills, the veteran attorney who helped the cryptocurrency mogul build his defense, doesn’t think so, according...

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Everyone Bought FTX’s Story; Now They’re Reacting to Bankman-Fried’s Fall
Everyone Bought FTX’s Story; Now They’re Reacting to Bankman-Fried’s Fall
November 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried, 31, of Stanford, California, was convicted on all counts Thursday (Nov. 2). In a bit of poetic justice, the Thursday conviction came exactly...

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Bankman-Fried Guilty on All Counts in Crypto King’s Final Collapse 
Bankman-Fried Guilty on All Counts in Crypto King’s Final Collapse 
November 02, 2023  |  Legal

That’s all she wrote.  Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday evening (Nov. 2) was found guilty on all counts.  And it wasn’t twelve angry men that did...

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Bankman-Fried Trial: ‘Follow the Evidence, He Lied,’ Prosecution Tells Jury 
Bankman-Fried Trial: ‘Follow the Evidence, He Lied,’ Prosecution Tells Jury 
November 01, 2023  |  Legal

House of cards, web of lies, and now “pyramid of deceit.” Those are all terms used to describe Sam Bankman-Fried’s multibillion-dollar FTX crypto empire, the...

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Prosecutors and Defense Present Closing Arguments in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
Prosecutors and Defense Present Closing Arguments in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
November 01, 2023  |  Legal

Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented contrasting narratives of Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged involvement in fraud and money-laundering offenses Wednesday (Nov. 1). They did so while presenting...

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Of Alameda and Amnesia: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Final Day of Testimony
Of Alameda and Amnesia: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Final Day of Testimony
October 31, 2023  |  Legal

Sam Bankman-Fried has gone from the smartest one in the room to the most forgetful. This, as the 31-year-old cryptocurrency entrepreneur accused of orchestrating one...

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