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Sam Bankman Fried

S.B.F. Is Out of Options

This week, a thoroughly annoyed Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected, with prejudice, Sam Bankman-Fried’s long-shot bid for a new trial. That leaves his fate in the hands of the Second Circuit—which will almost certainly rule against him—or worse… in the hands of Donald Trump.
William D. Cohan • May 3, 2026
William D. Cohan • April 26, 2026
S.B.F. Alternate Histories & Ellison “Ticking Fee” Fears
Sam Bankman-Fried
Even as he withdrew his latest plea, Sam Bankman-Fried has been pushing another argument in the court of public opinion: that if FTX hadn’t been forced into bankruptcy, his biggest investments would be worth some $114 billion by now. Plus, notes on Zaslav’s golden parachute—and how a state antitrust intervention could sweeten the deal.
William D. Cohan • March 18, 2026
The Walls Are Closing in on Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried
The FTX founder’s appeals for a new trial have fallen on deaf ears, and his mother’s intervention appears to have backfired. Now, with the Justice Department going nuclear and Republicans lining up to ensure Trump doesn’t issue a pardon, S.B.F. may be running out of chances to escape his fate.
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William D. Cohan • March 1, 2026
Is S.B.F. Possibly… Innocent?
The imprisoned FTX founder is now taking a three-pronged approach to getting out of jail—claiming that prosecutors threatened his partners, Sullivan & Cromwell had a conflict of interest, and his crypto exchange was actually solvent all along. Oh, and he’s also sucking up to Trump. Will any of it work?
Joseph Bankman
William D. Cohan • October 15, 2025
The S.B.F. Parent Trap
In a rare public appearance, Joe Bankman confessed the depths of his agony over his son and his own attempts at a gradual renewal.
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William D. Cohan • September 29, 2024
The Final Days of S.B.F. & FTX
A new report from FTX’s court-appointed examiner reveals, in new and sordid details, the gruesome internal dynamics inside the House of S.B.F.
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William D. Cohan • September 25, 2024
Play It Again, Sam
Two recently filed amicus briefs on behalf of S.B.F. may prove to be his best hope yet of reducing his sentence. At the very least, they offer a fascinating revisionist history of this chapter of the FTX saga.
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William D. Cohan • September 15, 2024
Inside S.B.F.’s Legal Bunker
Notes on Sam Bankman-Fried’s fiery 102-page appeal, his demand for a new trial, and why he argues that everyone—well, at least Judge Lewis Kaplan, FTX’s attorneys, and the media—was out to convict him from the start.
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William D. Cohan • May 29, 2024
S.B.F.’s Diesel Therapy
The crypto convict is on a cross-country prison bus to California, planning his appeal, and claiming Sullivan & Cromwell bartered away his freedom. Does he have a case?
Sam Bankman-Fried
William D. Cohan • May 19, 2024
Sleuthing the S.B.F. Appeal
Sam Bankman-Fried may be locked up for 25 years for one of the greatest financial crimes in history. But clues to his appeal strategy may be emerging.