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Is America finally sick of billionaires?

Between Elon Musk, Sam Bankman-Fried, Donald Trump and Elizabeth Holmes, who still believes that money = brains?

Salon

Commentary: The practice of proclaiming virtue while amassing wealth and power is not new

What do Elizabeth Holmes, Sam Bankman-Fried and Al Capone have in common? No, they are not all convicted felons. Capone did serve time for tax evasion, and Holmes was recently sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding the public through her blood-testing company Theranos. But Bankman-Fried, founder of the…

Chicago Tribune

Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost knows tough road lies ahead in GOP-led House

ORLANDO, Fla. — Incoming U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost has suddenly become one of the most prominent members of his generation. But like many other 25-year-olds, he’s still looking for a place to crash.

Orlando Sentinel

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‘Foot massage to a criminal’: Elon Musk leads attacks on WSJ for Sam Bankman Fried article

Bankman Fried’s FTX is now reportedly under investigation by authorities in the US and the Bahamas after up to $2bn in client funds vanished

The Independent UK

The gods of Silicon Valley are falling to earth. So are their warped visions for society

Tech titans like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried have been feted for their wealth, but see the world in ways that also merit scrutiny , says Moya Lothian McLean

The Guardian - UK

$740M in crypto assets recovered in FTX bankruptcy so far

The company tasked with locking down the assets in the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said they’ve managed to recover and secure $740 million in assets so far, a fraction of the potential billions that is likely missing from bankrupt company’s coffers

The Independent UK

Crypto customers looking to write-off FTX investments for taxes will need to wait

FTX customers may be facing huge losses, but most are in a holding pattern until bankruptcy proceedings bring some clarity and order to how the failed cryptocurrency exchange's assets will be handled.

Fortune

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5 major revelations about the collapse of crypto giant FTX

At the first hearing in FTX's bankruptcy proceedings, lawyers confirmed that millions of dollars are stolen or missing, and revealed stunning details about the downfall of the once-mighty exchange

WEKU

Inside FTX’s crypto empire in the Bahamas

A Fortune reporter lays out details from his week in the Bahamas, uncovering the collapse of FTX.

Fortune

Founder of failed crypto exchange FTX apologises to ex-employees

Sam Bankman-Fried continues to say firm’s downfall can be solely explained by misplaced $8bn

The Guardian - UK

‘Betrayed’: FTX meltdown signals end to crypto’s ‘Wild West’ days

Cryptocurrency exchange’s spectacular collapse spurs government scrutiny and calls for greater regulation.

Al Jazeera

FTX was run as ‘personal fiefdom’ of Sam Bankman-Fried, court hears

Hearing in Delaware bankruptcy court is the first since the cryptocurrency exchange declared bankruptcy earlier this month

The Guardian - US

Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's extravagant penthouse lifestyle in the Bahamas, where the T-shirt-clad FTX founder lived like royalty

The FTX founder created a gilded and connected life in the island paradise.

Fortune

Michael Hiltzik: How Sam Bankman-Fried exploited the 'effective altruism' fad to get rich and con the world

The most uplifting aspect of the Sam Bankman-Fried story was always that he guided his way to a putative cryptocurrency fortune of more than $16 billion by following a philosophy of charitable giving known as "effective altruism."

Los Angeles Times

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The Guardian - UK

TechScape: How do you slice a billion-dollar crypto bankruptcy pie?

The 50 biggest claims against FTX total $3.1bn. Now a US court has to determine who gets what – if anything. Plus, what will be more valuable by the end of the year: Musk’s stake in Twitter, or a lettuce?

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Billionaires like Musk, Bankman-Fried didn't save the world. They wrecked it. Let's take it back

After growing up amid upper-middle-class affluence in Silicon Valley as the children of two Stanford Law School professors, as a super-smart kid who got into MIT to study physics, Sam Bankman-Fried decided in those teen years that he wanted to save the world in the worst way.

Evening Standard

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his parents built million-pound property empire in the Bahamas

Together, the family, the company and its executives bought nineteen properties over two years

WEKU

Wringing its hands over FTX's collapse, Washington hopes to prevent more crypto pain

Congress, which has been unable to pass comprehensive crypto legislation, is digging into what happened as regulators try to police the new, mysterious world of virtual currencies with old laws.

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Al Jazeera

Crypto lender Genesis denies bankruptcy plans after FTX collapse

Genesis’s comments come days after it halted customer withdrawals due to liquidity difficulties.

Fortune

What will happen to nearly a third of SkyBridge Capital? Here's how 'The Mooch' could get back his company

Less than two weeks ago SBF and Scaramucci embarked on a fundraising trip together in the Middle East. Now, nearly a third of Scaramucci's firm is tied up in bankruptcy proceedings.

Reason

Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty?

The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.

Axios

Assigning blame when startups break bad

The best con artists are the ones who identify the system’s frailties and then exploit them.

Fortune

Congress will be taking a closer look at Sam Bankman-Fried’s political spending spree

The former FTX CEO became the Democratic party’s top donor apart from George Soros during the last election cycle.

The Texas Tribune

Cryptocurrency firm FTX’s fall pains industry, but Texas stays optimistic

FTX’s bankruptcy has been a painful setback for the industry. But many legislators, investors and enthusiasts remain believers in making Texas crypto’s top destination.

Financial Times

Stephen Diehl: Crypto is the ‘commoditisation of populist anger, gambling and crime’

The software engineer has denounced crypto assets as vehicles for pure speculation. But his views have made him a target of harassment — including death threats

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