Bonus episode: What we learned from SBF's testimony with Jacquelyn Melinek from Chain Reaction

Equity

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🗓️ 28 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Happy Saturday! We have a special bonus episode for you from our sister pod, Chain Reaction. Alex joins Jacquelyn Melinek go over the FTX/Sam Bankman-Fried trial before getting into his testimony from Thursday and Friday. They talked about: Why the judge had the jury leave the courthouse for SBF’s testimony Thursday The general feeling of the courthouse on the fourth week of the trial A possible timeline for next week and what to look out for as the prosecution gets a chance to cross examines defendant Keep up to date with Jacquie's coverage at techcrunch.com For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews foundersand more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. It's Alex. I have a treat for you on this lovely weekend. This upcoming
0:16.8	audio clip is from Chain Reaction, our sister podcast on the crypto beat. But the cool thing is I got to once again go hang out on
0:24.7	that show and talk with this host Jackie Melanic all about the FTX trial and
0:29.6	how SBF did in his first couple of days of testimony.
0:33.0	And honestly, it was so interesting.
0:35.3	It's just a fun conversation.
0:36.3	I wanted to share it with you here as well.
0:38.6	So if you don't listen to Chain Reaction, well enjoy this.
0:41.2	It's a fun chat.
0:42.1	We've been making Jackie go to the courthouse at abysmally
0:44.3	early hours for weeks now, so the least you can do is come hang out with us and learn all about
0:48.8	what it's like to watch one of the biggest financial trials of the century. What's up Jack? How you doing?
0:57.0	Hey,
0:58.0	Hey Alex.
0:59.6	So this is a very special bonus episode.
1:01.8	We're going to do our best to recap the Sam
1:04.0	Bankman-Free Trial it is the fourth week of the trial and the defendant
1:08.5	himself took the stand on Thursday and Friday. This is the first time he has spoken publicly since the trial began,
1:15.0	and at the beginning of the trial all he said was yes,
1:18.0	so this is really the first time he spoke in publicly.
1:21.0	But the crazy part about all of this, and I'm sure me and Alex will get into this is that the judge
1:26.0	sent home the jury on Thursday and we will get into the reasoning behind that and the main
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