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Topic: Sam Bankman-fried

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States, in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

SBF tells Carlson about life in prison

Griffin Eckstein
Gary Wang, co-foudner of the crypotcurrency exchange FTX, departs federal court after his sentencing hearing for fraud charges on November 20, 2024, in New York City. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

FTX co-founder avoids prison time

Natalie Chandler
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States, in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Furious judge sentences SBF to 25 years

Igor Derysh
George Santos and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why it's easy to defraud conservatives

Amanda Marcotte
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (C) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force at the Nassau, Bahamas, courthouse on December 19, 2022. (KRIS INGRAHAM/AFP via Getty Images)

How dark money drove the crypto fraud

Lisa Gilbert
Terrence A. Duffy, CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried (in focus), CEO of FTX US Derivatives, Christopher Edmonds, chief development officer of the Intercontinental Exchange, and Christopher Perkins, president of CoinFund, testify during the House Agriculture Committee hearing titled Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models, in Longworth Building on Thursday, May 12, 2022 (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Crypto: The white male privilege scam

Amanda Marcotte
Sam Bankman-Fried | Bitcoin and FTX (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why did we need cryptocurrency?

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Moonlight Gala benefitting CARE - Children With Special Needs - at Casa Cipriani on June 23, 2022 in New York City. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for CARE For Special Children )

FTX's SBF: I'm the 3rd-biggest GOP donor

Samaa Khullar
Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) watches as US President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, before a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Is America finally sick of billionaires?

Amanda Marcotte
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States, in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Sam Bankman-Fried and "longtermism"

Émile P. Torres
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, testifies during the House Agriculture Committee hearing in Longworth Building on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

FTX collapse a warning to crypto bros

D. Brian Blank, Brandy Hadley - The Conversation
(L-R) Nick Bostrom Philosopher at the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Sir Francis Galton the father of Eugenics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Longtermism" is everywhere — and toxic

Émile P. Torres
Nina Turner (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Nina Turner slams opponent's PAC funding

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams