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/

Bitcoin’s price—above $63,000 on Thursday—has reached heights not seen in two years, but the coin’s upcoming halving event could push prices down to $42,000, according to analysts at JPMorgan:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/02/29/bitcoin-correction-jp-morgan-april-halving/

As the legal debate continues over whether sales of cryptocurrencies constitute securities, all eyes have been on a court case involving a Coinbase employee sharing insider information with his brother and a friend. While the main defendant, former Coinbase employee Ishan Wahi, and his brother have reached settlements with both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the friend—Sameer Ramani—remains at large:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/03/sec-coinbase-insider-trading-kraken-howey-binance-ripple-terra/

A Donald Trump–themed, MAGA memecoin (TRUMP) has surged more than 700% over the last month, according to CoinGecko data, reaching a market cap of almost $500 million:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/04/trump-maga-coin-meme-nft/

Crypto has been a main area of focus for several of the Gulf countries, especially the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which saw an opportunity during the pandemic to pitch themselves as digital asset hubs:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/06/dubai-crypto-saudi-vara-blockchain-regulation-mena-middle-east/

The world’s largest and scandal-ridden crypto exchange today unveiled Crypto, its own luxury scent “blending finance with fragrance,” according to a statement:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/06/smells-like-crypto-binance-drops-perfume-that-blends-finance-with-fragrance/

Here’s a closer look at the odds Bitcoin’s creator could come back—and what it would mean if they did:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/07/bitcoins-black-swan-event-how-the-return-of-satoshi-could-pose-a-75-billion-threat/

Grayscale wants to launch a spinoff of its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, GBTC, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/12/grayscale-bitcoin-mini-trust-gbtc-spinoff/

U.S. President Joe Biden put forward a variety of crypto related taxes and regulations which he says could generate almost $10 billion next year, and over $42 billion over the next decade, according to his proposed 2025 budget:

https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/13/joe-bidens-latest-budge-proposal-calls-for-a-30-tax-on-crypto-mining/