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没有陪审团的庭审：Sam Bankman-Fried在证人席上的首次亮相意义重大来源：CoinDesk
作者：Nikhilesh De, Helene Braun, Elizabeth Napolitano, Sam Kessler
编译：Techub News-Gene
编辑：Techub News-Junge
尽管陪审员们并没有在现场聆听这位前加密货币大亨的证词，但这位前FTX首席执行官在证人席上的首次亮相仍然引人注目。
Sam Bankman-Fried 于 2023 年 10 月 26 日作证的草图（Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk）
10月26日，Sam Bankman-Fried在没有陪审员在场的情况下开始在其刑事审判中作证，法官的这一举动很不寻常，他想先审查一下这些评论是否可以采纳。
尽管陪审员并不在场，但Bankman-Fried在证人席上的首次表现，在宣誓时的表现还是非常出色的。
这位FTX创始人决定作证是有风险的。尽管Bankman-Fried一直试图将其价值数十亿美元的FTX加密交易所的倒闭说成是一次不可避免的意外，但他在公司于 2022 年 11 月申请破产后接受了记者采访，创办了Substack 时事通讯，并在推特上淡化了自己的罪责。
Bankman-Fried用干脆利落的语调回答了自己律师的询问，这与他一年前在帝国崩溃后接受《早安美国》采访时的不确定回答有所不同。这位前首席执行官将这家市值数十亿美元的加密货币交易所的倒闭归咎于FTX的律师，似乎试图推卸责任。但在这场没有陪审团的庭审中，检察官也对他进行了盘问。助理联邦检察官Danielle Sassoon的盘问通常会在辩方有机会充分阐述自己的观点之后进行，但Bankman-Fried的盘问并不顺利，这恰恰说明了在这样的案件中作证会给被告带来怎样的反效果。Sassoon的某些提问似乎让Bankman-Fried措手不及。
有一次，她问到了Bankman-Fried所面临的欺诈和共谋指控的核心问题：他是否盗用了客户的资金。她是在查看了FTX和Alameda Research（Bankman-Fried的交易公司）之间的“支付代理协议”后提出这个问题。指控称Alameda Research花费了FTX客户的数十亿美元。
Bankman-Fried能够镇定自若地回答自己律师的问题，但在浏览这份文件时却花了将近两分钟。当他终于想出一个回答时，似乎缺乏自信地指着文件中的一段话，承认自己“不是律师”，并不能确定自己的理解。
在回答其他问题时，Bankman-Fried偶尔停顿，然后自言自语，显然在努力思考要说什么，这与他之前在听证会上流利口才的表现形成鲜明对比。
Bankman-Fried偶尔会长时间仰望天花板，眼神闪烁，似乎在寻找最佳答案。当Bankman-Fried回答问题时，他的回答几乎总是冗长而含糊，使用着“大概”、“我认为”和“根据我的最佳估计”等措辞。但他经常只是回答：“我记不清了”，比如当被问及是否记得有关公司消失130亿美元的谈话时。控方证人Nishad Singh早些时候在庭审中描述了这次谈话，Bankman-Fried的FTX核心圈子成员已经认罪。
SBF的辩护
此前，法官Lewis A. Kaplan在未经法庭明确许可的情况下阻止Bankman-Fried的团队提出“律师建议”辩护等问题。但在上周四的听证会上，关于Bankman-Fried在FTX案中的法律建议的争论是公平的，因为陪审员已被遣散回家。
辩方在上周三提交的文件中辩称，Bankman-Fried计划作证，以解释他的律师在其辩护策略中所扮演的角色，Kaplan法官表示，他希望在决定是否允许陪审员听取其辩词之前更详细地审查其辩词。
在周六证词的准备阶段，检察官引起了关于FTX公司“自动删除”某些内部通信的做法的注意，他们认为这可能是Bankman-Fried及其团队有所隐瞒的迹象。
然而，根据Bankman-Fried的说法，他的外部总法律顾问是政策的制定者，导致他在FTX内部用于通信的消息应用程序Signal中自动删除内容。Bankman-Fried还表示，他的律师是FTX服务条款和与Bankman-Fried的交易公司Alameda银行业务安排的幕后推手。这两项内容都是检察官对他提出的核心指控。
Bankman-Fried特别强调总法律顾问Dan Friedberg和外部律师事务所Fenwick & West制定了许多相关文件和政策。
检察官盘问这位前加密巨头
助理联邦检察官Sassoon对Bankman-Fried之前回答辩护律师问题的方式提出了质疑。
“实际上，我也不确定，”Bankman-Fried说，”我不知道在回应传票时是否会保留Signal信息。”Bankman-Fried在回答检方提出的其他问题时也给出了类似的不确定回答。有时，Bankman-Fried声称他对导致FTX倒闭的事件记忆模糊。他的证词反复无常，明显令检方感到沮丧，但这并不妨碍Bankman-Fried对他在FTX的决策作出异常冗长的解释，也不妨碍他与检方就语义问题争吵不休。
Kaplan法官有时也注意到他那晦涩难懂的证词。Kaplan法官说："这位证人回答问题的方式相当有趣，我将其称之为'有趣的回答方式'。"他就辩方和控方关于交叉质证范围的一次特别有争议的对话发表了看法。
陪审员
上周四，Bankman-Fried在美国东部时间下午约2点出庭在Manhattan的法庭作证。然而，随后陪审员被遣散回家休息，以便法官可以先听取这位FTX创始人对其证词的某些方面的看法，并决定哪些证词可以采纳。这是一个罕见的步骤。
Kaplan法官对陪审员说：“这可能会让你们有点吃惊，但今天剩下的时间你们可以休息了。” Kaplan法官表示，这是他多年来从未做过的事情，他还告诉陪审员，案件可能会在下周上半周结束。他说：“我们已经进入了最后冲刺阶段。
在当天早些时候，美国司法部重申了其起诉的理由后，Cohen试图驳回检方的指控，认为迄今为止提供的证据不足以支持定罪。然而，Kaplan法官拒绝了这一常见的程序性动议。
检方在传唤了最后一名证人，联邦调查局特工Marc Troiano，以证明Bankman-Fried在大部分Signal对话中使用了自动删除设置后，宣布停止控诉。
接着，辩方传唤了代表Bankman-Fried的巴哈马律师Krystal Rolle和金融服务专家兼顾问Joseph Pimbley作为证人。然后轮到Bankman-Fried。
这位前交易所首席执行官被指控滥用客户和投资者的资金，到2022年11月FTX申请破产保护时，损失已超过80亿美元。美国司法部在过去几周内辩称，Bankman-Fried指挥了各种行动，使他的另一家公司Alameda Research挪用资金，并隐瞒损失，直到“纸牌屋”突然倒塌。
Bankman-Fried的前同事和核心圈子——前Alameda首席执行官Caroline Ellison、前FTX工程总监Nishad Singh和前FTX首席技术官Gary Wang——都指控了他。他们在纽约法庭上告诉陪审团，Bankman-Fried特别指示他们允许Alameda挪用FTX客户的资金，并向公司投资者隐瞒这些行为。
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作者： Shaurya Malwa
编辑：Techub News-Junge
区块链数据显示，与债权人集团控制的破产加密货币交易所相关的地址显然已经通过抵押代币来赚取收益。
与加密货币交易所相关的区块链地址显然显示，FTX 破产财产在周末显然已经抵押了价值数百万美元的以太坊 (ETH) 和 solana 的 SOL。
超过 550 万个 SOL（按当前价格计算，价值 1.22 亿美元）和略多于 24,000 个 ETH（价值 3000 万美元）已被质押，区块链上可显示单独的交易
质押是指将加密资产锁定在区块链上，以帮助维护网络并获得代币奖励。此举可能会帮助遗产管理机构在未来几年内赚取可观的收入，因为押注头寸会产生回报。
社交应用 X 上的链上观察人士援引数据称，SOL 似乎已被抵押在 Figment 上，持有的资产将获得 6.79% 的年化收益，即超过 800 万美元的 SOL 代币，复利后收益将超过 800 万美元。
以太坊交易显示，以太币直接质押在网络上，目前预计年化收益为 3.4%，即 100 万美元的 ETH 代币。
FTX 是 Solana 的早期投资者，并定期收到根据计划的兑现时间表解锁的大量 SOL。根据法庭文件，截至 2023 年 9 月，它持有价值超过 11.6 亿美元的代币。Ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison Says Sam Bankman-Fried Directed Her To Commit Crimes As Trial Enters Week TwoFormer Alameda Research chief executive Caroline Ellison says former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried directed her to commit fraud.
Ellison said Alameda, the trading arm of FTX, took around $14 billion from the exchange’s customers and used it for investments between 2020 and 2022, according to lengthy court transcripts from Bankman-Fried’s trial released by Inner City Press on the social media platform X.
Ellison says Bankman-Fried “set up the systems and told us to take the money.” She also says Alameda defrauded lenders by sending balance sheets “that made Alameda look less risky than it was.”
Ellison notes that she and Bankman-Fried “started sleeping together on and off in the summer of 2020” and dated for a while before breaking up. She says the former FTX CEO told her about his ambition to become president of the United States.
FTX filed for bankruptcy last November after its native asset collapsed and it was forced to halt customer withdrawals. Ellison says the exchange couldn’t give its customers their money because Alameda had used their assets to repay lenders.
Bankman-Fried faces a slew of charges for allegedly defrauding customers, mishandling billions of dollars worth of their funds and making illegal political donations. If convicted, he could face more than 100 years in prison.
Ellison pled guiltyto fraud charges last December and is reportedly cooperating with Bankman-Fried’s prosecution.
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Sam Bankman-Fried blamed Binance for balance sheet leak to media: Court evidenceAn internal document was revealed in court showing Sam Bankman-Fried believed Binance leaked Alameda’s balance sheet to the media in 2022.
Evidence presented in court as a part of the ongoing criminal trial against Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, reveals SBF believed Binance leaked an Alameda balance sheet to the media in 2022.
On Oct. 11, Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, said SBF created a memo that dates back to Nov. 6, 2022 and that outlined possible investors and other parties to reach out for a bailout.
According to the document, Bankman-Fried wrote that Binance had been “engaging in a PR campaign against us.”
It continued to say that Binance “leaked a balance sheet; blogged about it; fed it to Coindesk; then announced very publicly that they were selling $500m of FTT in response to it while telling customers to be wary of FTX.”
On Nov. 2, 2022, CoinDesk reported that it saw a balance sheet from Alameda and that the firm was possibly not in good standing. This was a key event in the lead-up to the run on FTX and its ultimate bankruptcy.
SBF also noted that FTX was capitalized but not entirely liquid, which Ellison clarified by saying that out of the $12 billion in client assets said to be held by the exchange, only $4 billion was available to process withdrawals.
Related: Caroline Ellison testimony: SBF bribed Chinese officials for $150M to unfreeze funds
The document also revealed Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron network and a Huobi adviser, as a potential investor — though it reads that it “turns out he’s close to [Binance CEO] CZ.”
Inner City Press, which has been in the courtroom, reported on X (formerly Twitter) that Ellison said she was “stressed” when Changpeng Zhao tweeted about liquidating his share of FTX Token (FTT).
Ellison: The tweet characterizes the delay as being about anti-spam and nodes. But we just didn't have the money.
AUSA: Are these the tweets of CZ of Binance?
Ellison: Yes. He tweeted, "we have decided to liquidate any FTT on our books." I was stressed out.
— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) October 11, 2023
This is the second weekof Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial. He faces seven charges of conspiracy and fraud tied to the collapse of FTX, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
A second trial is scheduled for sometime in March 2024, during which SBF will face another six charges, including bank fraud and foreign bribery conspiracy charges.
Ellison has been a key witness in the trial thus far and is scheduled for cross-examination by the defense’s attorneys on Oct. 12.
Cointelegraph reporters are on the ground in New York covering the trial. As the saga unfolds, check here for the latest updates.
Magazine: SBF trial underway, Mashinsky trial set, Binance’s market share shrinks: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 1–7
FTX hacker moves $120M amid Sam Bankman-Fried trial: ReportThe blockchain analytics firm Elliptic didn't rule out the possibility of an FTX inside job being behind the $477 million hack.
Anonymous hackers of the now-defunct exchange FTX have been moving large amounts of assets stolen from the platform, with new transactions occurring just as the ongoing trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Friedgets underway.
As much as 72,500 Ether (ETH) of stolen assets from FTX has awakened for the first time since the exchange was hacked in November 2022, the blockchain analytics firm Elliptic reportedon Oct. 12.
According to Elliptic, the thief has converted $120 million worth of ETH into Bitcoin (BTC) through the multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) THORSwap since Sept. 30, 2023.
The first converting transactions were made just a few days before Bankman-Fried’s trial started on Oct. 3. At the time of the hack, the converted amount was worth $87 million, or 18% of the total stolen funds of $477 million.
The FTX hacker applied a similar laundering technique to the one deployed soon they stole the funds when the thief transferred 65,000 ETH ($100,000) to BTC using the cross-chain bridge RenBridge in November last year.
“The 180,000 ETH that was not converted to Bitcoin through RenBridge remained dormant until the early hours of Sep. 30, 2023 — by which time it was worth $300 million,” Elliptic wrote in the new report.
Daily number of transactions involving FTX stolen assets. Source: Elliptic
Elliptic mentioned that the FTX hacker lost $94 million in the days following the hack as the attacker rushed to launder the funds through decentralized exchanges, cross-chain bridges and mixers.
Related: FTX hacker could be using SBF trial as a smokescreen: CertiK
Almost a year after the hack, the identity of the FTX thief is still unknown, Elliptic noted. The blockchain analytics firm suggested three potential possibilities for who could be behind the FTX theft, including an FTX inside job, North Korea’s Lazarus Group and Russia-linked criminal groups.
“Some FTX employees would have had access to the business’s crypto assets in order to move them for operational reasons. In the chaos surrounding the company’s bankruptcy and collapse, it may have been possible for an internal actor to take these assets,” the Elliptic’s report reads.
Magazine: Blockchain detectives — Mt. Gox collapse saw birth of Chainalysis
A Saudi Prince, Chinese Government Officials, and Thai Prostitutes: Former Alameda Research CEO’s Damning Testimony Continues against Sam Bankman-FriedA Saudi Prince, Chinese Government Officials, and Thai Prostitutes: Former Alameda Research CEO’s Damning Testimony Continues against Sam Bankman-Fried
Caroline Ellison, former Alameda Research CEO and ex-girlfriend of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, stunned the jury today in Manhattan Federal Court when she revealed startling claims involving Alameda Research’s ties to international government officials.
Taking the stand for the first time yesterday, Ellison admitted to falsifying a number of balance sheets to make investing in the crypto hedge fund seem “less risky than it was and to hide the fact we were borrowing tens of billions of dollars from FTX customers.”
"I knew it was wrong"
Testifying under a cooperation agreement with the US government,Ellison appeared to be remorseful, calling her actions “wrong.”
Moreover, the former Alameda CEO said that she had been left in “a constant of dread” in the lead-up to FTX’s collapse. By 2022, Alameda Research’s total assets, which were mostly illiquid, totaled $21 billion, while their liabilities were estimated at over $14 billion.
Ellison testified that she and Bankman-Fried predicted and analyzed a number of “bad market scenarios” that could tank their crypto empire.
At one point, Ellison calculated there was 100% probability they would not be able to repay their loans should the crypto market experience a downturn while they attempted large venture investments. Nonetheless, Bankman-Fried charged on, instructing Ellison to repay their loans using customers’ funds on FTX.
“Every day, I was worrying about the possibility of customer withdrawals and worried about this getting as well as who it would it hurt,” she stated.
Bankman-Fried tried to raise FTX funds while utilizing discreet messaging
With little remaining sources of capital left, Ellison recalled Bankman-Fried attempting to raise funds for his company by selling shares to the Crown Prince of Saudia Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud. However, these attempts ultimately proved futile.
Ellison further alleged that Bankman-Fried was concerned about the subject matter of his employees’ conversations coming back to haunt him, even going so far as enabling an automatic deletion feature on their company’s end-to-end encrypted messaging platform, Signal. “Sensitive conversations were saved for Signal, in-person, or not at all,” Ellison added.
Moreover, she testified that Bankman-Fried instructed that company communication should “The New York Times Test,” meaning employees should only communicate information they would be comfortable reading as a headline in the newspaper.
Bankman-Fried bribed Chinese government officials
However, one of the most damning pieces of evidence came when Ellison recalled Bankman-Fried bribing Chinese government officials to unlock Alameda’s frozen trading accounts. These accounts were held on exchanges called OKX and Huobi, with those belonging to Alameda Research holding over $1 billion in assets.
According to Ellison, their bribery came as a last resort after hiring a lawyer who failed to negotiate with several Chinese officials. Following this, they unsuccessfully attempted to use the trading accounts of several Thai prostitutes in order to unlock their funds.
When a trader for Alameda Research attempted to dissuade Bankman-Fried from bribing the Chinese government, the fallen “King of Crypto” yelled at her to “shut the f–k up!”
Bankman-Fried sat silent in the courtroom, resting his hand slightly over his mouth. Ellison remained somewhat hunched as she calmly continued her testimony.
After a detailed review of Alameda Research’s financial documents, the prosecution announced they were submitting one last balance sheet into evidence.
“Microsoft stock must be plunging then,” Kaplan joked.
Having pled guilty to seven different fraud charges, Ellison is expected to finish her time on the stand this week. It is currently unclear if Bankman-Fried will testify in his own defense.
Sam Bankman-Fried considered selling FTX equity to Saudi crown prince, says Caroline EllisonTestimony from the former Alameda Research CEO continued on the sixth day of Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial, delving into potential investments prior to FTX’s bankruptcy.
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellisonclaimed in court that Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried attempted to raise equity for FTX by considering an investment from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS.
Addressing the court at SBF’s criminal trial on Oct. 11, Ellison reportedly saidshe had discussed ways of hedging Alameda investments with Bankman-Fried in 2022. According to the former Alameda CEO, Bankman-Fried said that MBS was a potential investor in the crypto exchange prior to its collapse in November.
The potential investment by MBS was one of the notes mentioned in one of Ellison’s online journalstitled “Things Sam is Freaking Out About,” which prosecutors said in August they could present at trial. According to her testimony, the list included “raising funds from MBS” as well as turning regulators against crypto exchange Binance.
With a net worth in the billions, MBS — both crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia — has made investments into blockchain gamingthrough the nation’s sovereign wealth fund. However, he was also reportedly connectedto the 2018 assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.
From Paradise to Courtroom: Sam Bankman-Fried's $35 Million Bahamas PropertyFrom Paradise to Courtroom: Sam Bankman-Fried's $35 Million Bahamas Property
Sam Bankman-Fried. Source: a video screenshot, Forbes / YouTube
Prior to his crypto empire’s collapse eleven months ago, disgraced FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) lived on a lavish Bahamas property alongside nine close friends, accomplices, and fellow executives.
Some of those executives included FTX co-founder Gary Wangand SBF’s ex-girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, who he appointed to lead FTX’s sister hedge fund Alameda Research. Today those same two executives testify against Bankman-Fried, in court having pled guilty to their own acts of fraud.
During the first week of the ex-billionaire's trial, prosecutors dug into how exactly the group paid for their luxurious 11-500 square foot home.
Government lawyers presented a series of photos featuring “Orchid,” a penthouse Condo in which the co-workers reside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The Orchid is considered the crown jewel of the 600-acre Albany oceanside resort and features backing from numerous wealthy celebrities including Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake.
In his own testimony, senior FTX developer Adam Yedidia said Alameda was responsible for buying the $35 million penthouse. The government included into evidence a text exchange from Bankman-Fried in which he admitted that he’d “been assuming that it’s basically just Alameda paying for it in the end.”
Michael Lewis captured the penthouse’s glamor in an excerpt from his new book on Bankman-Fried, “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.” He wrote:
“At night its penthouse was lit purple, and the purple light made it seem glamorous, and elicited envy even from those accustomed to being envied.”
Alameda’s Sheer Debt
Yedidia said that he and Bankman-Fried spoke about concerns the latter had about FTX’s business outside the resort, near a group of six stadium-lit padel courts. Yedidia said he discovered an $8 billion debt that Alameda owed FTX in the summer of 2022, which matched the shortfall FTX faced on customer deposits when it finally collapsed last year.
“Because if they spend the money that belongs to the FTX customers, then it’s not there to give the FTX customers should they withdraw,” Yedidia testified.
Yedidia said he resigned from FTX a day before it filed for bankruptcy after a fellow developer told him the exchange had used customer deposits to pay back Alameda’s creditors. According to Ellison’s testimony on Tuesday, Alameda had taken upwards of $10 billion from FTX customers to pay off creditors, all at Bankman-Fried’s order.FTX 前高管 Caroline Ellison 与 Gary Wang 与美国 CFTC 达成和解，被永久禁止交易与注册Techub News 消息，美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）已与 FTX 前高管 Caroline Ellison 和 Gary Wang 达成和解，并发布同意令，对两人实施永久性交易和注册禁令。根据 CFTC 文件，和解协议未增加新的民事罚款，但永久禁止两人参与 CFTC 监管的市场活动。
此次和解是 FTX 事件后续民事监管行动的一部分，旨在追究相关个人责任。Ellison 和 Wang 此前已在针对 FTX 创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 的刑事审判中作为关键证人合作。
永久禁令意味着两人未来无法在 CFTC 注册、参与受监管市场交易或从事该机构管辖范围内的特定市场活动。这标志着监管机构仍在持续处理 FTX 倒闭事件的后续影响。（NewsBTC）CFTC 与 FTX 前高管达成最终和解，Ellison 与 Wang 获交易禁令Techub News 消息，美国商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）与 FTX 前高管 Caroline Ellison 和 Gary Wang 达成最终和解。纽约联邦法院批准了补充同意令，两人将接受交易禁令但无需支付新罚款。Ellison 与 Wang 因在 FTX 欺诈案中提供实质性合作，CFTC 未要求其支付赔偿金或民事罚款。
Ellison 将面临五年交易禁令和十年注册禁令，Wang 则面临五年交易禁令和八年注册禁令，禁令均从 2022 年 12 月起算。CFTC 执法部门主任 David I. Miller 表示，此决议凸显了该部门对充分合作的高度重视。
此前，Ellison 和 Wang 已在刑事案中被判处 110.2 亿美元罚没款。美国证券交易委员会（SEC）去年也采取了类似处理，施加了长期领导禁令但未追加罚款。（BeInCrypto）美上诉法院维持 SBF 定罪，确认 25 年刑期及 110 亿美元罚没Techub News 消息，美国第二巡回上诉法院周二发布命令，维持对前 FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried（SBF）的定罪及 25 年刑期，支持 110 亿美元没收令。三名法官驳回其关于「FTX 有足够流动性确保投资者无损失」的主张，指出临时挪用资金即构成欺诈。
据法院意见，SBF 转移客户资金至 Alameda 时即构成欺诈。随着命令生效，其提前出狱途径已极为有限。特朗普 1 月曾表示无赦免计划，美参议院上月亦通过决议反对赦免。（Cointelegraph）美国第二巡回法院驳回 SBF 上诉，维持欺诈定罪Techub News 消息，美国第二巡回上诉法院于 8 月 4 日提交正式命令，驳回 Sam Bankman-Fried（SBF）的上诉请求，维持其欺诈和共谋罪定罪。
SBF 为已破产加密货币交易所 FTX 创始人，2023 年 11 月因挪用客户资金、欺诈投资者等罪名被判处 25 年监禁。检方指控其将 FTX 客户存款挪用于旗下对冲基金 Alameda Research 的交易亏损及私人消费。此次上诉被驳回意味着 SBF 定罪正式生效，其需在联邦监狱服刑。（Cointelegraph）Sam Bankman-Fried：出狱后或发行新加密货币Techub News 消息，据 New York Magazine 报道，Sam Bankman-Fried 在狱中向狱友透露，若获释可能发行新加密货币，并声称「每个人都会抢购」。他提到 serious business 需要 5000 万至 1 亿美元启动资金，随后表示将「发行自己的代币」。
目前他因 FTX 欺诈案在加州 Lompoc 联邦监狱服刑 25 年，上周上诉法院刚维持其定罪判决。报道称他已于 6 月 8 日向特朗普政府提交赦免申请，Polymarket 上其获赦概率已升至约 14%。联邦法院驳回 SBF 上诉，报道称其拟出狱后发行代币Techub News 消息，据 cryptobriefing.com 报道，美国联邦上诉法院于 2026 年 6 月 12 日驳回 FTX 创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried（SBF）的上诉，维持 25 年监禁判决。报道称其计划出狱后发行新代币，但目前尚无经核实的具体方案。
SBF 于 2024 年 3 月因欺诈罪被定罪，涉及没收 110 亿美元。其近期提交总统赦免申请并坚持无罪辩护。受此消息影响，FTX 代币 FTT 在 2026 年 6 月一度上涨约 30%。目前社区已出现多个相关 meme 代币，但均未获其官方背书。美国二审法院驳回 SBF 上诉，维持 FTX 案定罪Techub News 消息，据美国第二巡回上诉法院材料，由三名法官组成的合议庭驳回 Sam Bankman-Fried（SBF）就 FTX 欺诈案提出的上诉请求。法院认定其关于未获公平审判的主张不成立，维持原有定罪判决。
SBF 此前因 FTX 崩溃及客户资金损失被判多项欺诈罪名成立。此次裁决显著缩窄其法律救济途径，未来或需向美国联邦最高法院申请复审。FTX 破产案及债权人清偿程序仍在进行中。美上诉法院维持 SBF 定罪，25 年刑期及 110 亿美元罚没获确认Techub News 消息，据 AMBCrypto 报道，美国第二巡回上诉法院于 6 月 12 日裁决维持 Sam Bankman-Fried（SBF）七项欺诈定罪，确认其 25 年监禁及约 110 亿美元没收令。法院驳回其「FTX 客户最终可获赔偿」的辩护理由，援引最高法院 2025 年判例指出，联邦欺诈法不要求证明永久性财务损失，临时挪用资产即构成欺诈。
SBF 曾辩称若 Alameda 投资持续增值或可全额赔偿客户，但法院认定欺诈行为一经发生即成立，且律师未充分知情不构成有效辩护。据报道，该裁决出台正值 SBF 在司法部赦免数据库中出现待处理申请之际，或使未来赦免谈判更趋复杂。前 Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison 等核心证人曾指证其将 FTX 当作「私人存钱罐」挪用客户资金。SBF：绝对希望获得特朗普总统赦免Techub News 消息，据 watcher.guru 报道，FTX 创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried（SBF）在接受 FOX Business 采访时表示，自己「绝对」希望获得美国总统特朗普的赦免，但拒绝透露其家人是否在为此游说。
其于 2024 年 3 月因电汇欺诈等罪被判 25 年监禁，法院认定 FTX 客户损失 80 亿美元。他坚称未窃取用户资金，表示客户已获赔约 170% 存款。此前其父母曾寻求赦免但未获回应，特朗普上任后已赦免多位加密货币行业人物。SBF 正式申请特朗普总统赦免Techub News 消息，据 CoinDesk 报道，FTX 创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried（SBF）已正式向美国总统特朗普提交总统赦免申请。
SBF 此前因 FTX 欺诈案被判处 25 年监禁，目前正在联邦监狱服刑。此次赦免申请若获批准，将使其提前获释。白宫尚未对此申请公开置评。来源：Decrypt 作者：André Beganski 编译：Techub News-Gene 这位声名狼藉的加密货币创始人作证说，他创建 FTX 的初衷是为了提供一个利基市场，使其成为 Binance 的收购目标。 在周五的证词中，Sam Bankman-Fried告诉法庭，他打算在加密货币交易所 Binance 成立之初就将 FTX 卖给该公司。 Bankman-Fried在2019年与FTX联合创始人Gary Wang合作，在香港建立了这家现已破产的交易所。 根据Bankman-Fried今天在法庭上的证词，当时他认为 FTX 可以成为专门迎合保证金交易者的交易场所，而在当时的交易所市场上，保证金交易者在很大程度上还处于空白状态。为此，他作证说，他预计 Binance 这样的交易所可能会有意收购 FTX。 根据 CoinGecko 的数据，Binance 是目前全球最大的加密货币交易所，在过去的一天里交易量达到 46 亿美元。 Binance 曾表示有兴趣收购 FTX，因为该交易所在去年 11 月倒闭了。不过，该公司退出了潜在收购。正如首席执行官Changpeng Zhao所说："（FTX 的）问题超出了我们的控制范围，我们也无能为力。 Bankman-Fried说，FTX 成立之初，"获得客户 "是一项挑战，但 "口口相传 "使其成为一项可行的业务。Bankman-Fried说，FTX 在 2019 年的收入高达 2000 万美元。他说，到 2021 年，FTX 每天的收入将达到 300 万美元。 Bankman-Fried回忆说，FTX 早期的卖点之一是它的风险引擎。与当时的其他交易所相比，FTX 的风险引擎负责决定何时清算交易者的头寸，能更全面地了解客户的账户情况。 FTX 创始人说，他 "没有编写或阅读 "交易所的代码。相反，在 Bankman-Fried 从哲学角度提出交易所应该是什么样子的建议时，是 Wang 一行一行地构建了交易所。 Bankman-Fried说，交叉保证金交易也是 FTX 成立之初的主要吸引力之一。Bankman-Fried说，从本质上讲，该功能允许交易者使用一笔交易的超额保证金来满足其他交易的保证金要求。 不过，Binance 从未对 FTX 进行早期收购。Bankman-Fried作证说，Binance 利用内部团队进一步开发了自己的平台。 当首席律师Mark Cohen要求他描述该公司失败的交易所代币 FTT 时，Bankman-Fried说 Binance 的 BNB 代币给了他灵感。他还指出，Binance 是 FTX 的第一位投资者，向交易所提供了价值 8000 万美元的 BNB 作为种子资金。 FTX 去年 11 月申请破产，因为 FTT 的暴跌引发了致命的提现潮。由于交易所无法满足客户的大规模提现需求，该交易所被迫承认没有持有 1:1 的客户资产储备。 虽然 Binance 是 FTX 的早期投资者，但 Bankman-Fried 的公司通过 21 亿美元的 FTT 和其他资产组合买断了 Binance 的股份。去年 11 月，当 Binance 转而出售其持有的代币时，FTT 陷入了低谷。 在周五的证词中，Bankman-Fried说，他的公司对 FTT 的目标是 "让持有它的账户受益"，并将交易所的一些成功经验传递给账户。 Bankman-Fried说，例如，FTX 有一项举措，即每周用一部分收入购买 FTT，通过烧掉收购的代币来减少供应量--这类似于上市公司回购股票。
