FTX’s Bankman-Fried Cannot Blame Lawyers in Opening Statement: Judge Sam Bankman-Fried cannot blame FTX’s lawyers for its collapse or operations in his opening statements, though he can still try and make a so-called “advice-of-counsel” defense later, the federal judge overseeing his case ruled Sunday.

FTX Customers, Investors Will Testify Against Sam Bankman-Fried, DOJ Says The U.S. Department of Justice said it intends to call FTX customers, investors and cooperating witnesses to testify against Sam Bankman-Fried at trial next week, including a Ukrainian local who would have difficulty getting to the courthouse in-person.

DOJ’s Proposed Jury Questions ‘Risks Tainting’ Bankman-Fried’s Panel, Defense Says Sam Bankman-Fried’s attorneys objected to some of the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed voir dire questions in a late Friday filing, saying they may miss potential juror bias or otherwise lead to jurors making assumptions about the case.

EnSam, 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, whic…

Sam Bankman-Fried Almost Tweeted About His Depression, Drafts Show FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has a right to shape the narrative around him, his lawyers argued during a court hearing last month. Unposted tweets obtained by CoinDesk suggest he may have been trying to craft a new image for himself since as soon as last December by discussing his mental health and prescribed medication.

We Asked New Yorkers if They’d Heard of Sam Bankman-Fried To some, Sam Bankman-Fried’s impending trial is one of the biggest stories in recent news, but to many New Yorkers, the name does not strike a chord.

Sam Bankman-Fried Scoops Help CoinDesk Win Major Journalism Award FTX, an industry titan, ended up in bankruptcy court nine days after a November 2022 scoop from CoinDesk’s Ian Allison.

Here’s the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Schedule Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is scheduled to start on Oct. 3, but the actual opening arguments are projected to begin a day later, a newly released court trial calendar shows.

Judge Denies Temporary Release For Sam Bankman-Fried During Trial

The FTX trial is bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried What evidence is he sitting on? | Image: The VergeAnd potentially very embarrassing for all of crypto. Continue reading…

2 Small Wins For Sam Bankman-Fried After multiple consecutive setbacks for the former FTX CEO and his defense team, Judge Lewis Kaplan seemed to have been in a slightly more generous mood yesterday.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Biggest Grift? His ‘Best In Class’ Exchange

U.S. Department of Justice Opposes Sam Bankman-Fried’s Latest Move for ‘Temporary Release’ The U.S. Department of Justice said in a Wednesday court filing that Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest move for a temporary release – even with severe restrictions – should be denied.

Sam Bankman-Fried Can Use an ‘Air-Gapped’ Laptop in Court, Judge Rules A federal judge signed off on a defense request to allow FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to use an “air-gapped” laptop while in court during his trial next month.

Sam Bankman-Fried Can Grill Former FTX Insiders on Drug Use in Court While Bankman-Fried’s lawyers tried again to get him out of jail just days ahead of his trial, the judge overseeing the case inched closer to resolving some outstanding issues.

Sam Bankman-Fried Can Ask DOJ Witnesses About Drug Use Judge Lewis Kaplan, who’s overseeing Sam Bankman-Fried’s upcoming trial, set guardrails for certain witness questions and testimony.

Sam Bankman-Fried Refiles for Temporary Release Ahead of Trial The jailed founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has renewed his request to be released temporarily during the course of his trial.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Probably) Won’t Get a 115-Year Prison Sentence If he’s convicted of wire fraud and/or conspiracy charges, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will probably spend quite a bit of time behind bars. But there’s a good chance the 31-year-old won’t spend the rest of his life in prison.

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.

Sam Bankman-Fried Will Remain in Jail Through the Start of His Trial An appeals court rejected his attorneys’ attempt to free him in the run-up to the trial.