CZ was once worth $153 billion. Now his world has come crashing down

CZ was once worth $153 billion. Now his world has come crashing down

Sam Bankman-Fried may have been the best known name in crypto but Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was the wealthiest and most powerful. But it made him a big target.

  • byOlga Kharif

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Crypto king falls:Binance CEO pleads guilty,company hit with $US4.3b in penalties
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Crypto king falls:Binance CEO pleads guilty,company hit with $US4.3b in penalties

Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to criminal charges for anti-money laundering and US sanctions violations,including allowing transactions with Hamas and other terrorist groups.

  • byChris Strohm,Matt Day,Ava Benny-Morrison andAllyson Versprille
He made a massive fortune. Now he’s facing 110 years in jail

He made a massive fortune. Now he’s facing 110 years in jail

Sam Bankman-Fried’s rise and fall is the subject of Michael Lewis’ latest book.

  • byAndrew Leigh
Panthers are milking it
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Panthers are milking it

And Qantas deserve another bagging.

Bankman-Fried convicted,but crypto policy debate is far from settled
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Bankman-Fried convicted,but crypto policy debate is far from settled

Sam Bankman-Fried is facing a very lengthy jail sentence for defrauding customers,but there is still a debate in the US whether that strengthens or weakens the case for regulating crypto.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Sam Bankman-Fried’s wild rise and abrupt crash
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Analysis

Sam Bankman-Fried’s wild rise and abrupt crash

For a time,everyone loved Sam Bankman-Fried. Everyone kept insisting he was off-the-charts brilliant,the entrepreneur who would create the future.

  • byDavid Streitfeld
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Ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding FTX customers

Ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding FTX customers

Prosecutors successfully made the case that Bankman-Fried stole $US8 billion from the exchange’s customers out of sheer greed.

  • byLuc Cohen andJody Godoy
‘We are conquerors’:Why Silicon Valley’s latest fad is its deadliest

‘We are conquerors’:Why Silicon Valley’s latest fad is its deadliest

Just when you thought Silicon Valley couldn’t get any more detached from reality,in comes billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.

  • byDavid Swan
Crypto is a small slice of Hamas’ funding – but it’s deadly
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Crypto is a small slice of Hamas’ funding – but it’s deadly

Governments around the world are intensifying their crackdown on sources of funding for terrorist groups – including crypto.

  • byLionel Laurent
Bankman-Fried ‘directed me to commit these crimes’,key witness says

Bankman-Fried ‘directed me to commit these crimes’,key witness says

The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried took a star turn on Tuesday as his former fellow top executive,Caroline Ellison,began testifying against him.

  • byKen Sweet andLarry Neumeister
Liar or unlucky? Making sense of the Sam Bankman-Fried crypto trial

Liar or unlucky? Making sense of the Sam Bankman-Fried crypto trial

Set in a Manhattan courtroom,this is the litigation equivalent of a page turner. And it’s difficult to pick who will emerge the biggest loser in this landmark case.

  • byElizabeth Knight