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SBF

182 articles decelerating

A 25-year prison sentence and more than $11B forfeiture order made SBF’s FTX fraud conviction the defining turn in coverage that began with the exchange’s collapse.

Who they are

SBF is the shorthand used in coverage for Sam Bankman-Fried, the central figure in the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and its relationship with Alameda Research. Stories place him at the center of allegations and later convictions over the use of FTX customer funds, alongside testimony from former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and scrutiny from U.S. prosecutors.

The recent arc

Coverage peaked during FTX’s 2022 collapse, then shifted into a tightly documented criminal-case narrative: bail revocation after the DOJ alleged witness tampering, Ellison’s testimony that Bankman-Fried directed crimes involving FTX client funds, and the November 2023 jury verdict on seven fraud and money-laundering counts. The March 2024 sentence of 25 years in prison and forfeiture exceeding $11B converted the story from a fast-moving exchange failure into its legal aftermath.

More recent coverage is less about the trial record than Bankman-Fried’s effort to contest or reinterpret its consequences. A judge rejected his new-trial request in April 2026, while New York Magazine’s June interviews covered prison life, his serialized memoir, political shift toward Trump and pursuit of a pardon. The latest story also connects his arrest to the decline of effective altruism and its prospective revival through AI wealth.

The tension

The coverage repeatedly circles the clash between Bankman-Fried’s defenses and the evidentiary case tied to FTX and Alameda: an ex-FTX lawyer said he was asked to devise legal rationales for $7B in missing user funds, while Ellison testified that he directed the misuse of client assets. It also frames FTX as a cautionary episode for crypto market structure, including the argument that a decentralized exchange governed by smart contracts could have constrained the ability to drain customer funds.

Why it matters

If the trajectory continues, Bankman-Fried’s story will remain a reference point for how crypto failures are judged: not only as market losses, but as questions of custody, governance and executive control over customer assets. His ongoing appeal and pardon-oriented media campaign may keep the individual case in view, while the FTX-Alameda record continues to shape debate over whether centralized intermediaries or technical safeguards better protect users.

SBF has appeared in 182 articles since 2022-04. Coverage peaked in 2023Q4 with 33 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside FTX, Alameda, Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-07-08
New York Magazine 1 related

A look at effective altruism's fall after SBF's arrest and how the soon-to-be rich from upcoming AI IPOs give the movement a chance to return larger than ever

Out of the spotlight, the movement has been preparing for the soon-to-be AI rich to donate billions.

2026-06-17
New York Magazine 3 related

An interview with SBF about life in prison, his serialized prison memoir titled Manfred, and more, as he praises Trump, becomes a Republican, and seeks a pardon

2026-06-16
New York Magazine

An interview with SBF about life in prison, his serialized prison memoir titled Manfred, and more, as he praises Trump, becomes a Republican, and seeks a pardon

Sam Bankman-Fried is incarcerated at a federal prison in Lompoc, California, which sits northwest of Santa Barbara and is dubbed “the City of Arts and Flowers.”

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.

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 ...

2025-10-04
Mother Jones 4 related

Inside the aftermath of FTX's collapse, law firm Sullivan & Cromwell's role, and an interview with SBF, who is preparing to appeal his conviction in November

In exclusive prison interviews, the convicted crypto king is still fighting to control the narrative ahead of a high-stakes appeal.

2025-05-24
Wall Street Journal 17 related

Trump hosted a gala dinner for top buyers of $TRUMP, including Justin Sun, and said he was fulfilling his promise to make the US the world's “crypto capital”

and no access to the president NBC News : Who attended Trump's crypto dinner? Photos and social media offer some clues Vignesh Karunanidhi / crypto.news : TRON's Justin Sun vows to cement Trump, US cr...

2025-03-07
CoinDesk 28 related

In a Tucker Carlson interview, Sam Bankman-Fried says he was becoming closer to the GOP in the lead-up to his arrest and that played a role in his sentencing

where Luigi Mangione is also being held Bluesky: Dotto / @idott : I can haz pardon? Bernie Michalik / @berniemichalik.ca : I think I'm going to have to start a website called: isSBFstillLockddUp.fyi [...

2025-01-19
Decrypt 25 related

Donald Trump is promoting a Solana memecoin called TRUMP from his social media accounts, with 200M $TRUMP available now and growing to 1B “over three years”

Have Fun!  —  [image] GetTrumpMemes : The Official Trump Meme Dishita Malvania / The Crypto Times : Solana Hits $295 ATH Amid $TRUMP Token's Grand Launch Felix Mollen / CryptoPotato : $TRUMP Meme Coin...

2024-11-16
Reuters 13 related

A senior SDNY prosecutor says the office will devote fewer resources to policing crypto crimes after securing several major convictions, including that of SBF

Luc Cohen / Reuters :

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