They had been discreet. It was as if they had disappeared. The silence of Bitcoin billionaires had become deafening in recent months. When we heard them, it was only to defend themselves from being compared to Sam Bankman-Fried, the former fallen king of the crypto sphere. The former trader whose net wealth soared to $16 billion before his Nov. 11 downfall, faces 12 criminal counts, including fraud, after cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research went bankrupt. He was the founder of both companies. Bankman-Fried, 31, is currently under house arrest in California, after his parents posted a ... (full story)