SBF, FTX, WTF? Sam Bankman-Fried goes on trial

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The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The founder of FTX, a spectacularly failed cryptocurrency exchange, is a curious character. He denies the stack of charges he faces in a New York court, but unpicking the cryptographic paper trail will be tricky. Crime in Britain is broadly in decline, with the notable exception of increasingly brazen shoplifting (10:24). And how a sports-media entrepreneur became a pizza-review star (15:57).

Additional audio courtesy South West News Service.

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