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Sam Bankman-Fried
March 23, 2023
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Jacob Silverman
The Rise of Damian Williams, America’s Top Crypto Cop
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has become one of the country’s chief financial watchdogs.
December 22, 2022
Tori Otten
Who Is Sean McElwee, the Progressive Buddy of Sam Bankman-Fried?
The “Abolish ICE” activist and founder of Data for Progress allegedly helped steer donations for the FTX head toward pro-crypto candidates.
December 21, 2022
The Scoundrels, Ghouls, and Crooks of 2022
Here are the humans who made our skin crawl this year—and a few who salvaged our faith in mankind.
December 21, 2022
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Matt Ford
Boondoggle of the Year: Cryptocurrency
After years of unwarranted hype ballooned its value, the crypto market came crashing down in 2022, bankrupting billionaires and naïve investors alike. Has America learned its lesson?
December 16, 2022
The Soapbox
Timothy Noah
You Know Who Had Sam Bankman-Fried’s Number? Charles Dickens
In his 1854 book “Hard Times,” the great British novelist satirized the utilitarian underpinnings of the Effective Altruist movement.
December 13, 2022
The Soapbox
Matt Ford
Was Sam Bankman-Fried a Fool or a Fraud?
Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission made a strong case for the latter on Tuesday.
December 13, 2022
Prem Thakker
Brad Sherman Tears Into FTX, Calls Cryptocurrency a “Garden of Snakes”
Representative Sherman said the problem isn’t just FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried. The problem is all of crypto.
December 1, 2022
Prem Thakker
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Media Tour to Explain How Everything Is Just a Mistake
The FTX founder and former CEO says that he’s as shocked as everyone else.
November 23, 2022
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Daniel Strauss
Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Long, Long,
Long
Money
Trail
Democrats, Republicans, PACs, Senate candidates, House candidates, right-wingers to left-wingers (one or two): SBF peddled influence with them all.
November 23, 2022
The Soapbox
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
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Timi Iwayemi
Don’t Fall for FTX’s Final Con
Embracing the bitcoin industry’s regulatory agenda is not the answer to the crypto crash.
November 18, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Kate Aronoff
Effective Altruism Is Bunk, Crypto Is Bad for the Planet, and Other Basic Truths of the FTX Crash
The overarching lesson of Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall is that the gauzy philosophical natterings of CEOs are just meant to distract us from their real goal: accumulating cash without interference.
November 17, 2022
The Soapbox
Matt Ford
The Twilight of the Crypto Celebs
Celebrities such as Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, and Shohei Ohtani face a class-action lawsuit for their roles touting the now wiped-out FTX.
November 16, 2022
The Soapbox
Alex Shephard
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Downfall Is a Cryptocurrency Warning for Democrats
Ditch the crypto bros and push forward with regulation.
November 16, 2022
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Timothy Noah
Sam Bankman-Fried and the Moral Emptiness of Effective Altruism
The most distinctive characteristic of E.A.? The deftness with which it tiptoes past targets likely to offend billionaires.
May 24, 2022
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Daniel Strauss
The Crypto Kings Are Making Big Political Donations. What Could Go Wrong?
Sam Bankman-Fried may have lost in Oregon, but he and other crypto big shots have discovered politics. What will Democrats do for them in return?
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