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Michael Lewis, the author of “The Big Short,” says the disgraced crypto entrepreneur was exploring the legality of such a move. Sam Bankman-Fried (aka SBF), founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was considering paying Donald Trump $5 billion not to run for re-election. In an interview with CBS,
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We should caveat this with a few hugely important details: almost no one outside of publisher Norton or Lewis’ circle has read the book, which publishes tomorrow, coinciding with the start of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, where the disgraced founder is set to plead not guilty to multiple counts of fraud.
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Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short, has painted an interesting picture of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) in his soon-to-be released book on the former FTX CEO.In an excerpt of Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon published in the Washington Post on Oct. 1, Lewis described several
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Sam Bankman-Fried will face his first day in court over a litany of charges less than a year after the calamitous collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.The former CEO of the bankrupt exchange is set to face 21 days in court during his criminal trial scheduled from Oct. 4 to Nov.
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Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang were close friends and roommates of Bankman-Fried as much as they were colleagues. Ellison was emotionally invested with the FTX founder and troubled by the former couple’s on-and-off relationship, which according to a diary entry from her, slowly fizzled out in February 2022. Source
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Lewis, however, noted that there was no way for SBF to confirm if that number came directly from Donald Trump. Michael Lewis, who currently documents the ‘grace to grass’ story of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has revealed some unpopular facts about the FTX founder. According to the acclaimed author of “The Big
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“Even his best friends, inside the company said, ‘Sam is just not built to manage people,’” Lewis said, adding that Bankman-Fried didn’t know the names of other members of the board of directors, and appears to have viewed their role as mere rubber-stamping. Original Source
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In his ruling, the judge said the phrasing of the various filings raise questions about "what would constitute 'undue' focus on attorney involvement," "what could suggest inappropriately that attorneys had 'blessed' a particular course of conduct" and what legal theory would allow evidence that met the first two questions. Original Source
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has affirmed its plan to summon former FTX clients, investors, and staff as witnesses in the upcoming trial involving Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX executive. This will shed light on how these individuals viewed their interactions with Bankman-Fried and his company. The DOJ submitted a letter
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"To obtain likely less than 30 minutes of testimony from overseas FTX customer witnesses, however, requires, for at least some countries, coordinating with local authorities, arranging multi-day travel itineraries to accommodate varying time changes and travel delays, and incurring significant costs associated with such arrangements. Notwithstanding those hurdles, the Government
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