The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, kicked off on Tuesday in the US. It’s the biggest and highest-profile crypto case, with prosecution coming nearly a year since the FTX implosion that sent shockwaves across crypto and the broader financial markets space. If the government proves its case against Bankman-Fried, including for fraud, a jury could send the disgraced ‘crypto genius” to jail for a long time. Under the law, all charges against the ex-FTX CEO carries a maximum sentence of up to 115 years. Expert on implications of SBF trial While the outcome ... (full story)