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What can we expect from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial?

Last September, Sam Bankman-Fried was described on CNBC as the “Michael Jordan of crypto.” Just over a year later, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is on trial in a federal court in Manhattan in one of the most anticipated criminal proceedings of the year.

FTX was a crypto exchange that allowed its users to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies, and use financial mechanisms to

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