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Day 2: We expect opening arguments in the Sam Bankman-Fried trial today.
We don’t have a jury yet for the trial of the former crypto CEO, but we will soon. After that, it’s opening arguments and, if I’m lucky, our first witness.
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Day 1: Sam Bankman-Fried got a haircut and other matters.
The first day of the trial is over, but we haven’t selected a jury yet.
Bankman-Fried, who appeared with a shorter haircut and sporting a suit, wasn’t offered a plea deal because when the government raised the question of plea discussions, the defense said no, said Nicholas Roos, one of the federal prosecutors. Two prospective jurors lost money in crypto, one along with his twin brother; another potential juror’s fiancé lost in crypto as well.
There were a couple Madoff mentions, as well. We should have a jury and opening statements tomorrow.
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The earlybirds are here for the Sam Bankman-Fried trial. Yes, I’m one of them.
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The scariest thing about prison for Sam Bankman-Fried is the lack of internet.
Michael Lewis, interviewed on his time with Sam Bankman-Fried, says:
I do think that if he had the internet, he could survive jail forever. Without having a constant stream of information to react to— I think he may go mad. If you gave Sam Bankman-Fried a choice (this is quite serious) of living in a $39 million penthouse in the Bahamas without the internet, or the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn with the internet, there’s no question in my mind he’d take the jail.
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Who is Open AI’s Sam Altman anyway?
Well, besides giving himself scurvy once, he likes meditating. Altman is also “pretty disconnected from the reality of life for most people,” he admits. And:
A friend in his inner circle described him to me as “the most ambitious person I know who is still sane, and I know 20,000 people in Silicon Valley.”
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