The former boss of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX has officially denied charges that he defrauded customers and investors. Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in a US court to claims that he took customer deposits at FTX to fund his other firm, Alameda Research, buy property and make politi...

Sam Bankman-Fried, better known as SBF, has a reputation for being the smartest guy in the room. The crypto billionaire controls both one of the largest crypto hedge funds, Alameda Research, and one of the largest crypto exchanges, FTX. He has appeared in the thick of multiple crypto company failure...