FTX crypto exchange

Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves the Manhattan federal court in New York City, US March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo
World+Biz

Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the onetime crypto mogul sentenced to 25 years in prison?

Two years after launching a hedge fund, Alameda Research, Bankman-Fried founded FTX in 2019, an exchange that let users buy and sell digital assets such as bitcoin

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USA

FTX founder Bankman-Fried charged with paying $40M bribe

Representations of cryptocurrencies in this illustration taken, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Global Economy

Crypto exchange FTX ordered to halt 'false and misleading' claims by US bank regulator

The logo of Robinhood Markets, Inc. is seen at a pop-up event on Wall Street after the company's IPO in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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Bankman-Fried's FTX says no talks to acquire Robinhood