One of the strangest stories in modern finance starts with a man convicted of stealing customer funds and ends with a startup portfolio that, on paper, looks almost unbelievable. Sam Bankman-Fried helped drive FTX into collapse. Yet some of his early private bets later turned into massive paper winners. This isn’t a defense of what […]
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By Emir Abyazov Key highlights: Trump’s surprise pardon of CZ triggers a betting frenzy Polymarket odds for SBF surge as millions pour in Experts warn his case is far more serious than CZ’s Odds for Sam Bankman-Fried to be pardoned rose to 9% on forecasting platform Polymarket after U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned former Binance […]
By Chayanika Deka Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been transferred to a new federal prison following his stint in one of the country’s most notorious facilities. The 33-year-old, who was sentenced in March 2024 to 25 years for orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in history, is now housed […]