Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Blow It? (Feat. David Z. Morris)

Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey are joined by David Z. Morris to discuss the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, and the testimony against him so far. This includes longtime friend Adam Yedidia, FTX leader Gary Wang, and investor Matt Huang.

Additional resources:

Protos coverage of the trial

https://protos.com/sbftrial/

Bennett newsletter about opening statements

http://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=16a900a42513fb7998acad86d&id=4f3209dbfb

Semafor reporting on loans

https://www.semafor.com/article/12/07/2022/charity-money-launched-sam-bankman-frieds-empire

Tara Mac Aulay tweet about leaving

https://twitter.com/Tara_MacAulay/status/1592985303262072834?cxt=HHwWhMDU1a_stZssAAAA

WSJ reporting on XRP bet

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/alameda-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-crypto-crash-11672434101

Reporting on MobileCoin losses

https://protos.com/mobilecoin-the-project-that-doomed-ftx-a-year-before-terra-luna/

WSJ reporting on Cohen & Everdell

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sam-bankman-frieds-defense-team-led-by-battle-tested-lawyers-11673217199

Where to find David:

Flesh/Markets

https://davidzmorris.substack.com/

Protos

https://protos.com/author/dmorris/

Unchained

https://unchainedcrypto.com/author/davidz/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/davidzmorris

This video was recorded on October 8th, 2023.