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SBF Requests More Adderall to Ensure He Can Testify
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team requested a higher, longer-lasting dose of Adderall on Sunday night, so their client can meaningfully participate in his ongoing trial. “As we approach the defense case and the critical decision of whether Mr. Bankman-Fried will testify, the defense has a growing concern that because of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s lack of access to…
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FTX Workers Knew About Alameda’s Backdoor into Customer Funds: Report
Last year, it took reporters digging into Alameda Research’s balance sheet to finally show that ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s big crypto house of cards was built on a shaky bedrock of customer funds. But according to a new report, a few FTX employees were well aware that Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund Alameda had backdoor access to…
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Prosecutors Say SBF Pushed FTX Execs to Make Extra Political Donations
Ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is again being accused of campaign finance violations. This time, prosecutors say the once-crypto kingpin used other FTX execs to hide just how much of the Washington machinery he was trying to turn pro-crypto. The U.S. filed a superseding indictment late on Monday alleging the once-crypto kingpin embezzled around $US100 million from customers’…
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Should Have Said No: Taylor Swift Reportedly Did Sign a Deal With FTX
While news of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange’s crumbling castle has come and gone, there is a new wrinkle in the tale involving one of the world’s largest singer-songwriters. After reports that Taylor Swift knew all too well that the exchange would fail and declined to sign a deal with Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, news has broken…