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The hearing marks the final step in Bankman-Fried’s downfall from an ultra-wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur and major political donor to the biggest trophy to date in a crackdown by U.S. authorities on malfeasance in digital asset markets.

Analysis-Bankman-Fried fraud charges sidestep debate over how U.S. law sees crypto

Bankman-Fried, 30, was indicted on two counts of wire fraud and six conspiracy counts last month in Manhattan federal court for allegedly stealing FTX customer deposits to pay debts from his hedge fund, Alameda Research, and lying to equity investors about FTX's financial condition. He has pleaded not guilty.

Crypto firms off to rocky start in 2023 with outflows, layoffs and a lawsuit

Bankman-Fried on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to eight criminal counts including wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy

Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX executives received billions in hidden loans, ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison says

Caroline Ellison, former chief executive of Alameda Research, said she agreed with Bankman-Fried to hide from FTX's investors, lenders and customers that the hedge fund could borrow unlimited sums from the exchange, according a transcript of her Dec. 19 plea hearing that was unsealed on Friday.

FTX's Bankman-Fried gives consent to extradition to US on fraud charges

Bankman-Fried was arrested on a US extradition request last week in The Bahamas, where he lives and where FTX is based

In Pics | From FTX collapse to Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest; all you need to know

Hailed as next Warren Buffett, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas following the bankruptcy of the cryptocurrency exchange, whose dramatic collapse sent its more than a million investors and their billions of dollars down a sinkhole. Here's a timeline of events

Bankman-Fried's FTX, senior staff, parents bought Bahamas property worth $300 million

Separately, attorneys for FTX said on Tuesday that one of the company's units spent $300 million in the Bahamas buying homes and vacation properties for its senior staff, and that FTX was run as a "personal fiefdom" of Bankman-Fried. No further details were given.

FTX's Bankman-Fried, Tom Brady and other celebrity promoters sued by crypto investors

The proposed class action filed on Tuesday night in Miami alleges that FTX yield-bearing accounts were unregistered securities that were unlawfully sold in the United States.

FTX fallout hits crypto lender Genesis; Bankman-Fried, celebrities sued

FTX filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Friday in the highest-profile crypto blowup to date, after traders pulled $6 billion from the platform in three days and rival exchange Binance abandoned a rescue deal.

Crypto markets face ‘cascade’ of margin calls from FTX crisis, says JPMorgan team

There are fears that the potential bankruptcy of FTX.com could lead to contagion that takes down other crypto outfits