“Coin Cafe defrauded hundreds of New Yorkers out of thousands of dollars with its deceptive marketing and due to a lack of effective regulation,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/05/18/brooklyn-coin-cafe-defrauded-investors-new-york-attorney-generals-office/

"Here, you have the combination of a legendary athlete, a case involving an explosive failure in the crypto world, and a hunt that kept making headlines. So it’s one for the ages."

https://fortune.com/2023/05/17/crypto-lawsuits-shaq-celebrity-endorsers-ftx/

After the fall of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the trading firm she ran, the 28-year-old became a public villain:

https://fortune.com/longform/caroline-ellison-alameda-ftx-sam-bankman-fried/

SBF considered shutting down Alameda weeks before FTX bankruptcy. He had 14 billion reasons why he couldn’t, cofounder says:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/06/sam-bankman-fried-alameda-research-gary-wang-ftx-criminal-tria/

As we enter into the second week of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial, let’s rehash what went down last week:

https://fortune.com/2023/10/09/sam-bankman-fried-trial-week-one/

With the prospect of a decades-long prison sentence hanging over his head, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has a critical decision to make: Should he testify in his own defense at his fraud trial that is currently underway in a Manhattan courtroom?

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/10/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-trial-testify-legal-experts-discuss/

In today's #FortuneCrypto newsletter:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/10/sam-bankman-fried-ex-girlfriend-caroline-ellison-trial-testimony/

FTX cofounder Gary Wang personally signed for hundreds of millions of dollars in loans when he was CTO at FTX.

Why?

He couldn’t “recall,” he said during his third day of testimony in SBF's trial:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/10/ftx-cofounder-gary-wang-alameda-research-sam-bankman-fried-hundreds-of-millions-loans

Caroline Ellison, FTX's hedge fund chief and ex-girlfriend of SBF, testified that he directed her to commit crimes—and thought he might be US president someday:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/11/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-hedge-fund-chief-ex-girlfriend-caroline-ellison-us-president/

“I felt a sense of relief that I didn’t need to lie anymore.”

Near the end of her second day on the witness stand, Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of the crypto hedge fund Alameda Research, broke down:


https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/11/caroline-ellison-utilitarianism-saudi-arabia-mbs-thai-prostitutes-tears-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-sbf/

Sam Bankman-Fried has usually kept quiet as a victim, a former investor, and two of his best friends took to the witness stand to testify against him.

However, Caroline Ellison—Bankman-Fried’s on-again off-again girlfriend—allegedly provoked the most emotional reaction from him on Wednesday afternoon:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/12/sam-bankman-fried-laughed-scoffed-caroline-ellison-testimony/

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the Winklevoss twin-led exchange Gemini along with Genesis and Digital Currency Group for defrauding investors out of more than $1 billion:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/19/gemini-genesis-dcg-lawsuit-new-york-attorney-general-winklevoss-silbert/

The Securities and Exchange Commission is no longer pursuing civil charges against Ripple executives Christian Larsen and Brad Garlinghouse, according to a court filing in the Southern District of New York on Thursday:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/19/sec-drops-charges-ripple-xrp-garlinghouse-larsen/

Sam Bankman-Fried appears likely to testify as his trial enters its final phase:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/23/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-trial-will-he-testify/

Who will be the biggest winners from Bitcoin’s latest rally?

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/24/bitcoin-reaches-highest-level-in-a-year-new-crypto-boom/

BREAKING: Sam Bankman-Fried will testify in his own defense, his lawyers confirmed at a court hearing in Manhattan on Wednesday:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/25/sam-bankman-fried-to-take-the-stand-in-his-own-defense-ftx/

Sam Bankman-Fried stumbles through cross-examination—and he wasn’t even in front of the jury:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/10/26/sam-bankman-fried-cross-examination-stumble-ftx-jury-fraud-trial/

A 12-person jury found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of seven counts on Thursday, the culmination of a year-long criminal proceeding following the November 2022 collapse of the crypto exchange FTX:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/11/02/sam-bankman-fried-verdict-trial-ftx-fraud-jury-sdny/

As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits his prison sentence, the spotlight has shifted to "Barb and Joe:"

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/11/13/sam-bankman-fried-awaiting-sentence-parents-joseph-and-barbara-civil-charges/

Even if you have no interest in crypto, the current frenzy around Bitcoin ETFs is interesting purely as a matter of competitive strategy.

There is a brand new market up for grabs that will be worth billions—perhaps trillions—and at least 13 companies are vying to get a piece of it:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/01/09/bitcoin-etf-companies-first-to-launch/

The SEC's approval of Bitcoin ETFs is a bullish outcome for the long term. What happens in the short term is much harder to predict:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/01/11/bitcoin-goes-public-what-the-etf-victory-means-and-what-comes-next/