Katelyn, it is the end of the first week of Sandbite when Freed's trial. It has been

a week of incredibly early mornings, and then hours spent on uncomfortable court

and benches. But we have a jury in this case now, and we have heard opening arguments

from the prosecution and defense. And now we're hearing from witnesses. We've had several

witnesses already. And right now, on the stand, we have a key witness, a star witness.

Yes. Right now, we are hearing from Gary Wong. And Wong has known Sandbite and Freed

for years. They co-founded companies together. They became billionaires together. But now

Wong has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the government. And Bankman Freed has

pleaded not guilty. So they found themselves in very different parts of the courtroom. And

Wong's testimony has been explosive. He's revealed just how big the mess really was at

FTX Nalamida. Yeah, and we still haven't heard much from the defense's class examination.

Wong has said a lot, and a lot of it has surprised me.

From the journal, this is the trial of crypto's golden boy. I'm Rachel Humphries, and I'm

Kate Anastroff. Coming up, the first key witness.

So Kate and we are in the midst now of witnesses at the stage of the trial. What would you say the

jury is listening for from these witnesses? So remember, the jury is tasked with deciding whether

Bankman Freed is guilty or not guilty of charges that the government has brought against him,

including fraud and conspiracy. And so it's their job to sit there, listen to all of the witnesses,

look at all of the evidence, and eventually decide whether Bankman Freed is guilty

beyond a reasonable doubt or not guilty. And they're starting to hear from witnesses this week.

We've heard from a person who invested on FTX. And we heard from a former FTX employee. And so

we're starting to hear from people who had some interaction with FTX and Bankman Freed.

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