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Changpeng Zhao looks of camera in front of blank wall.
Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao 2 years after the crypto billionaire’s guilty plea

The Binance founder pleaded guilty in 2023 to failing to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering regime.

By Ben WeissOctober 23, 2025
Exclusive: Senate Democrats demand top Trump advisor Steve Witkoff provide details on crypto investments, lack of divestment
Exclusive: Senate Democrats demand top Trump advisor Steve Witkoff provide details on crypto investments, lack of divestment
By Ben WeissOctober 22, 2025
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ reaches $50 million deal with DOJ to dismiss tax evasion charges
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ reaches $50 million deal with DOJ to dismiss tax evasion charges
By Ben WeissOctober 14, 2025
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Crypto hoarding brings a stock pop for small firms—and in some cases shows patterns of possible insider trading
By Ben WeissAugust 28, 2025
Bitcoin zooms over $123,000 as crypto fans hail an ‘Uptober’ for the ages
Bitcoin zooms over $123,000 as crypto fans hail an ‘Uptober’ for the ages
By Leo SchwartzOctober 3, 2025
Top crypto regulator Adrienne Harris steps down from the New York Department of Financial Services
Top crypto regulator Adrienne Harris steps down from the New York Department of Financial Services
By Leo SchwartzSeptember 29, 2025
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CompaniesFormer FTX executive Nishad Singh describes conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried over customer funds: ‘I was blindsided and horrified’
By Ben WeissOctober 16, 2023
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    CompaniesSam Bankman-Fried is known for T-shirts and cargo shorts. A defense lawyer explains why his glow-up matters to a jury
    By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 3, 2023
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CompaniesSam Bankman-Fried pushed for $30 million Bahamas penthouse despite concern from FTX colleagues it would be ‘ostentatious’
By Leo SchwartzOctober 16, 2023
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Future of Finance: TaxBit’s Argalas on the benefits of fintech-TradFi collaboration, and how clear crypto rules would help everyone
CompaniesFuture of Finance: TaxBit’s Argalas on the benefits of fintech-TradFi collaboration, and how clear crypto rules would help everyone
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 16, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers request Adderall for the FTX founder as he decides whether to testify
RegulatorsSam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers request Adderall for the FTX founder as he decides whether to testify
By Leo SchwartzOctober 16, 2023
Why the Trader Joe’s lawsuit against a similarly named crypto firm may not be ‘a slam dunk’
CompaniesWhy the Trader Joe’s lawsuit against a similarly named crypto firm may not be ‘a slam dunk’
By Jeff John RobertsOctober 14, 2023
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    NewslettersStar author Michael Lewis blasted for kid-glove treatment of Sam Bankman-Fried
    By Jeff John RobertsOctober 3, 2023
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CompaniesAn Alameda employee connected to China objected to Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged bribery scheme. He told her to ‘shut the f*** up’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 13, 2023
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CommentaryEven after Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest, the crypto industry remains full of men acting like boys
By Kathleen BreitmanOctober 13, 2023
Inside the meeting where Caroline Ellison came clean to Alameda staff, per a secret recording from an employee who started 3 days earlier
CompaniesInside the meeting where Caroline Ellison came clean to Alameda staff, per a secret recording from an employee who started 3 days earlier
By Ben WeissOctober 12, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried laughed, scoffed, and visibly shook his head during Caroline Ellison’s second-day testimony, prosecutor tells judge
CompaniesSam Bankman-Fried laughed, scoffed, and visibly shook his head during Caroline Ellison’s second-day testimony, prosecutor tells judge
By Ben WeissOctober 12, 2023
Caroline Ellison’s latest testimony included utilitarianism, Saudi money, Thai prostitutes, and ended in tears: ‘The worst week of my life’
CompaniesCaroline Ellison’s latest testimony included utilitarianism, Saudi money, Thai prostitutes, and ended in tears: ‘The worst week of my life’
By Ben WeissOctober 11, 2023
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    RegulatorsSam Bankman-Fried’s trial starts today. Here’s everything you need to know
    By Leo SchwartzOctober 3, 2023
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CompaniesEmails show how Bankman-Fried toyed with Paradigm VCs, who had misgivings but gave him nearly $300 million anyway
By Jeff John RobertsOctober 11, 2023
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CompaniesAlameda propped up the price of ‘Sam coin’ FTT to help secure loans, former CEO Caroline Ellison says
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 11, 2023
The Sam Bankman-Fried trial could have been much worse for Washington, D.C.
NewslettersThe Sam Bankman-Fried trial could have been much worse for Washington, D.C.
By Jeff John RobertsOctober 11, 2023
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CompaniesFTX was a boys’ club. When Caroline Ellison asked Sam Bankman-Fried for equity in the hedge fund she ran, he said ‘it was too complicated’
By Ben WeissOctober 10, 2023
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CompaniesFTX cofounder Gary Wang says he took out $200 million to $300 million in loans from Alameda Research for investments he couldn’t ‘recall’
By Ben WeissOctober 10, 2023
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NewslettersSam Bankman-Fried’s friends sang like canaries—now comes his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison
By Jeff John RobertsOctober 10, 2023
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CompaniesWill Sam Bankman-Fried take the stand? Legal experts on the pros and cons
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 10, 2023
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CompaniesProsecutors don’t want Bankman-Fried’s lawyers mentioning his $500 million investment in AI startup Anthropic: ‘It is immaterial’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 9, 2023
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By Jeff John RobertsOctober 9, 2023
Bankman-Fried’s trial enters week 2: What’s happened so far, and what to expect when his ex takes the stand
CompaniesBankman-Fried’s trial enters week 2: What’s happened so far, and what to expect when his ex takes the stand
By Ben WeissOctober 9, 2023
A sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried turning to check out potential jurors for his fraud trial in New York City on Oct. 3, 2023.
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By Leo SchwartzOctober 6, 2023
Crypto’s decentralization problem: The word is used too often to justify bad product decisions
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‘Going Infinite’ review: Michael Lewis had incredible access to Sam Bankman-Fried but got played by his own protagonist
Commentary‘Going Infinite’ review: Michael Lewis had incredible access to Sam Bankman-Fried but got played by his own protagonist
By Jeff John RobertsOctober 6, 2023
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CompaniesSam Bankman-Fried’s college housemate and FTX employee details fateful conversation on tennis court: ‘We’re not bulletproof’
By Leo SchwartzOctober 5, 2023
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CompaniesAuthorities clip SBF’s wings, confiscate 2 private jets worth more than a combined $28 million
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 5, 2023
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NewslettersHow Binance’s CEO outwitted Bankman-Fried, and helped topple FTX
By Jeff John RobertsOctober 5, 2023
Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, left, exits the courthouse where Sam Bankman-Fried is being tried.
RegulatorsIs Sam Bankman-Fried a bad ‘man’ or a good ‘boy’? Lawyers swap opening statements before first witnesses take the stand
By Ben WeissOctober 4, 2023
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By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 4, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried got a haircut, and everything else we learned on the first day of the FTX founder’s trial
RegulatorsSam Bankman-Fried got a haircut, and everything else we learned on the first day of the FTX founder’s trial
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