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513 articles – decelerating

Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year sentence turned FTX coverage from a 2022 collapse story into a long-running reckoning over fraud, bankruptcy and appeals.

Who they are

FTX was a crypto exchange whose 2022 collapse became a defining industry failure, tying its coverage to alleged customer-fund diversion to affiliated trading firm Alameda Research, the criminal case against co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, and an unusually complex bankruptcy.

The recent arc

Coverage reached its clear peak in 2022Q4 as FTX halted withdrawals, Binance signed a non-binding proposal to acquire FTX.com amid its liquidity crisis, the Bahamas regulator disputed an FTX statement on local withdrawals, and more than $600 million in crypto left company wallets in a reported hack. The story then shifted from a fast-moving corporate failure to prosecution and court-supervised unwinding: the SEC alleged Bankman-Fried had concealed the diversion of customer funds to Alameda, while former executives including Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh became central to the legal fallout.

The next major coverage resurgence came with Bankman-Fried’s conviction in late 2023 and his 25-year sentence in March 2024. More recently, reporting has centered on the afterlife of that case rather than a revived exchange: FTX prepared an initial creditor payment from cash collected in bankruptcy, disputes included Three Arrows Capital’s enlarged claim, and 2026 headlines followed Bankman-Fried’s unsuccessful new-trial efforts, pardon application and failed bid to overturn his conviction. Caroline Ellison’s release after roughly 14 months added another closing-stage legal development.

The tension

The central tension is between FTX’s collapse as an exchange failure and the allegation that it was enabled by intertwined control with Alameda Research. Binance figured prominently at the point of crisis through its proposed, ultimately conditional rescue, while subsequent coverage has tested whether bankruptcy recoveries, creditor claims and criminal accountability can repair damage from weak records and corporate controls.

Why it matters

FTX remains a reference point for crypto-market stress and governance risk, including comparisons to Coinbase’s post-FTX performance. If creditor distributions and appeals continue to dominate, the case will matter less as a functioning-company narrative than as a test of how much value can be recovered, and how convincingly the legal system can resolve accountability, after a major crypto intermediary fails; the remaining uncertainty is in claims resolution and the durability of the convictions.

Related: Sam Bankman-Fried · Alameda · Binance · Alameda Research · A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for steal

FTX's coverage arc is one of the corpus's most compressed boom-bust cycles: from 4 articles in Q1 2021 to 131 in Q4 2022, when Sam Bankman-Fried's exchange collapsed amid revelations of commingled customer funds. The November 2022 implosion generated 108 related articles, making it the corpus's biggest crypto story and one of the most concentrated coverage events on record. Bankman-Fried appears in 107 co-occurrences, with Binance (63), Alameda Research (47), and Bahamas (39) forming the narrative triangle around FTX's rapid rise and catastrophic fall. Coverage declined to 19 articles in Q1 2023 as the story shifted from breaking news to legal proceedings, then dropped to single digits as Bankman-Fried's trial concluded with his conviction and 25-year sentence. FTX now appears primarily in crypto regulatory discussions as a cautionary tale, with recent headlines focused on bankruptcy proceedings and customer fund recovery efforts.

FTX has appeared in 513 articles since 2020-08. Coverage peaked in 2023Q4 with 36 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda, SBF, Binance.

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Sam Bankman-Fried 135 Alameda 128 SBF 120 Binance 67 Sam Bankman-Fried's 47 Bahamas 43 Alameda Research 38 BlockFi 32 Caroline Ellison 30 Sam 30

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@sbf_ftx 136 discussions @autismcapital 132 discussions @adamscochran 131 discussions @innercitypress 97 discussions @wublockchain 93 discussions @kadhim 92 discussions @smtuffy 85 discussions @molly0xfff 79 discussions

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Coverage Timeline

2026-08-20
Bloomberg 8 related

The US CFTC bans former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang from trading for five years, as part of a settlement over their roles at FTX

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2026-08-19
Bloomberg 9 related

The US CFTC bans former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang from trading for five years, as part of a settlement over their roles at FTX

FTX co-founder Gary Wang and former Alameda Research Chief Executive Officer Caroline Ellison avoided financial penalties under a settlement …

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2026-06-12
Reuters 27 related

Sam Bankman-Fried loses his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried lost on Friday his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded.

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2026-06-09
Bloomberg 14 related

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applies for a presidential pardon; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, following the FTX collapse

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applied for a presidential pardon, more than two years after he was convicted …

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2026-06-08
Bloomberg 40 related

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applies for a presidential pardon; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, following the FTX collapse

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried formally applied for a presidential pardon, more than two years after he was convicted …

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2026-04-29
Bloomberg 18 related

A US judge rejects Sam Bankman-Fried's new trial request based on what SBF called new evidence; SBF asked to withdraw his request, which the judge also rejected

A federal judge rejected FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's do-it-yourself motion for a new trial based on what the former crypto king claimed was new evidence.

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2026-02-10
Bloomberg 12 related

Sam Bankman-Fried, who is serving 25 years for fraud, files a long-shot request for a new trial, says new witness testimony could refute the prosecution's case

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried filed a long-shot request for a new trial on the charges for which he's currently serving …

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2026-01-23
Business Insider 6 related

The US BOP releases Caroline Ellison, the former FTX executive and ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, after about 14 months; she had a two-year sentence

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2026-01-22
Business Insider 9 related

The US BOP releases Caroline Ellison, the former FTX executive and ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, after about 14 months; she had a two-year sentence

- Caroline Ellison, the exec involved in the FTX scandal, has been released from federal custody.  — The former Alameda Research CEO …

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2025-10-24
Wall Street Journal 35 related

President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial

reporting no longer grounded in truth. The facts are clear and stated as follows: 👇 @acyn : Collins: Can you explain why you chose to pardon the founder of Binance and did it have anything to do with ...

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Narrative

FTX has appeared in 538 tech news articles since August 2020, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include The Securities Commission of The Bahamas says it didn't order FTX to reopen withdrawals... and A jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and money laundering.... Frequently covered alongside Sam Bankman-Fried, SBF, Binance, Alameda Research, and Caroline Ellison. Coverage has shifted toward regulation themes and away from enterprise, developer.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety -16pts; funding +23pts; competition +11pts
2024Q3enterprise -22pts; developer -11pts; consumer -11pts
2024Q4enterprise +22pts; developer +8pts; research +8pts

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