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SBF

Sam Bankman-Fried

Keeping Up with the Bankman-Frieds

At the core of the S.B.F. dilemma is the brainy academic milieu in which he came of age: a place where effective altruism was discussed at the dinner table, shape-shifting was au naturel, and the pursuit of an ethical life undergirded it all.
Theodore Schleifer • December 13, 2022
William D. Cohan • December 7, 2022
Elon, S.B.F. & The Closing of the Billionaire Mind
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Remember a time when our Wall Street heroes were good at business?
Theodore Schleifer • December 6, 2022
The Confessions of S.B.F.
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An occasionally chilling conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried about accountability, naivety, family, prison, politics, and the strategy embedded in his walk of shame.
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Theodore Schleifer & Eriq Gardner • December 5, 2022
The S.B.F. Legal Meteor
Puck’s Teddy Schleifer and Eriq Gardner discuss the litigation minefield, financial casualties, and political backlash after the FTX supernova: Who’s getting sued? How will Washington crack down? Can crypto investors recover? And will Sam Bankman-Fried go to jail?
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William D. Cohan • December 4, 2022
The S.B.F. Reckoning Comes Due
News and notes on Wall Street’s favorite mop-topped obsession, plus Elon’s latest gambit at Twitter.
Mitch McConnell
Theodore Schleifer • December 2, 2022
S.B.F.’s McConnell Money Tickle
In his previous life as crypto boy king, S.B.F. was fetishized as a modern Soros. But he cared about power and relevance, which is why, yes, he gave some dark-money to Republicans, too.
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William D. Cohan • November 30, 2022
The S.B.F. Orphanage
A close reading of institutional investors’ remorse over the FTX implosion.
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Theodore Schleifer • November 29, 2022
An S.B.F. Ally in the Barrel
Sean McElwee, the ur-connected political operative, is the latest to get singed by the FTX scandal following a no-confidence vote at Data for Progress. His exit speaks volumes, not only about Sam Bankman-Fried, but about the power of social media contagion.
Carl Icahn
William D. Cohan • November 27, 2022
Icahn’s Big Short & The FTX Colonic
News and notes on some of the most controversial storylines percolating through Wall Street this week: TradFi’s crypto victory lap and Carl Icahn’s battle with the apes.
Bob Iger
William D. Cohan • November 23, 2022
The Chapek Coup & The Adults at FTX
The insider conversation on the two seismic storylines roiling Wall Street this holiday season: the latest beats in the saga of S.B.F., and what to expect from the new Iger era.