Before his FTX crypto exchange imploded and he went on trial for fraud, Mr. Bankman-Fried ran a global business empire spanning Berkeley, Calif., Hong Kong and the Bahamas.
Category: Computers and the Internet
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The Wager That Betting Can Change the World
A coterie of tech insiders believe that “prediction markets” can fix social ills. Are they right?
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Gary Wang, a FTX Founder, Says Sam Bankman-Fried Steered Misuse of Funds
Mr. Wang is one of three key witnesses who pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate against Mr. Bankman-Fried, the onetime crypto mogul on trial for fraud.
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How the Big Chip Makers Are Pushing Back on Biden’s China Agenda
Nvidia, Intel and Qualcomm are campaigning to protect their businesses before further crackdowns on the sale of semiconductor technology to Beijing.
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‘Lied to the World’ or Acted in ‘Good Faith’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial Opens
Prosecutors said the FTX founder had lied to customers. Defense lawyers said he had just been trying to prevent his cryptocurrency exchange from melting down.
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Spotify Gave Subscribers Music and Podcasts. Next: Audiobooks.
A year after adding à la carte sales of audiobooks, Spotify is offering paying subscribers 15 hours of books a month.
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China Is Suffering a Brain Drain. The U.S. Isn’t Exploiting It.
China’s brightest minds, including tech professionals, are emigrating, but many are not heading to America. We spoke to them to ask why.
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Microsoft C.E.O. Testifies That Google’s Power in Search Is Ubiquitous
Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, is the government’s biggest-name witness in its landmark antitrust case against Google.
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Who’s Rooting Hardest for a Sam Bankman-Fried Conviction? The Crypto Industry.
Crypto insiders, who have been trying to distance themselves from the FTX founder, are united in their zeal to see Mr. Bankman-Fried held to account.
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Crypto Goes on Trial, as Sam Bankman-Fried Faces His Reckoning
The FTX founder’s uphill court battle starts Tuesday, after he has come to symbolize everything that went wrong with the cryptocurrency industry.
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Ukraine’s War of Drones Runs Into an Obstacle: China
As the war with Russia stretches on, so too does a contest to make more and deadlier flying machines. That means a fight over global electronics supply chains that run through China.