The former golden boy of crypto is on trial for one of the most lurid corporate fraud scandals of the century. What's happening at the trial? What are the most compelling pieces of evidence against him? Does he have any chance of winning? Zeke Faux, the author of the new book 'Number Go Up,' takes us inside the courtroom where SBF is facing charges that coul ... Show More
Oct 6
The Bitter Rivalries Behind the Race to Build Superintelligence
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis are three of the most important figures in AI superintelligence, but each of them have very different ideas about what this technology should become and what it could mean for the future. Kevin Roose, author of 'The AGI Chronicles,' jo ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2
Why the Midterms Suddenly Look So Bad for Republicans
Last year, Republicans were the heavy favorites to hold the Senate in the following years midterms. Now, however, prediction markets and political forecasters see a very different race. Today, Nate Silver joins Derek to explain what’s behind Donald Trump’s plummeting approval rat ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on Trial
<p>Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen golden boy of crypto, is going on trial for what prosecutors are calling the largest financial fraud in recent history.</p><p>David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The Times, explains the case of the man who was supposed to save the crypt ... Show More
29m 55s
Oct 2023
Crypto’s crown prince in court
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial begins today; a guilty verdict could represent the final nail in crypto’s coffin. Bloomberg’s Zeke Faux, who spent two years chronicling SBF’s downfall, explains.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help ... Show More
26m 6s
Sep 2023
UNCHAINED: Here’s How Sam Bankman-Fried’s High-Stakes Trial Could Play Out
Nik De, CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation, discusses the importance of jury selection in the trial and how many years Sam Bankman-Fried may face if found guilty.
The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency excha ... Show More
38m 27s
Sep 2023
Judging Sam: The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
Just a year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was heralded as a wunderkind, a genius, a crypto innovator, a major philanthropist and political donor. He was worth tens of billions of dollars. FTX, the crypto exchange he founded, was buying Super Bowl ads. Now, he’s standing trial on multipl ... Show More
1m 35s
Oct 2023
SBF, FTX, WTF? Sam Bankman-Fried goes on trial
<p>The founder of FTX, a spectacularly failed cryptocurrency exchange, is a <a href="https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/10/03/decoding-sam-bankman-fried-alleged-titan-of-crypto-conmen?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discove ... Show More
22m 43s
Oct 2023
CARPE CONSENSUS: Can the Mainstream Separate SBF From the Rest of Crypto?
CoinDesk reports from the courthouse on week three of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial.
On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller and Danny Nelson center the episode on, arguably, the crypto news event of the year: the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried.
[0:46] Inside the Desk: Danny recounts w ... Show More
28m 36s