The SBF trial is over — here’s what you need to know

This story was updated on November 3 to reflect the guilty verdict.

The criminal trial against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is over and the jury has found him guilty on all seven charges.

The former golden boy of crypto may face the rest of his life in jail.

Here’s our roundup of the trial:

October 2:

• Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial has one winner — and it’s not FTX creditors
• The crypto and finance worlds unite — in their ire at Michael Lewis’ SBF stance
• What to expect on Day 1 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial: TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord

October 3:

• Binance CEO’s ‘vendetta’ hurt FTX traders, new class action lawsuit claims

October 5:

• Fired FTX worker who flagged Alameda back door was told about ‘less rigid rules’: WSJ
• Sam Bankman-Fried leans on ‘dumb defendant defence’ as he faces life in prison

October 6:

• SBF’s ‘dumb defendant’ strategy is a Hail Mary
• How FTX hacker’s $131m ‘laundering’ spree caused DeFi exchange to shut off
• FTX co-founder Gary Wang drops $65bn bombshell — who is SBF’s star coder?

October 7:

• Bankman-Fried’s fate in FTX fraud trial to be decided by jury of 12 everyday people

October 8:

• SBF lawyers brace for most important witness in second week of trial: TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord

October 9:

• How SBF’s fraud trial will slow US crypto bills
• ‘Manipulative’ SBF led Alameda’s co-founder to quit in 2018 — who is Tara Mac Aulay?

October 10:

• Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial enters week two — here’s who’s on the stand
• SBF ‘directed me’ to take $14bn from FTX customers — who is Caroline Ellison?

October 11:

• Ellison’s ‘devastating’ testimony will be hard for SBF’s team to overcome, lawyers say

October 12:

• SBF on trial: A timeline of FTX, one of the worst failures in crypto history

October 14:

• Caroline Ellison’s testimony in SBF case was strong, but was it credible?
• Solana still haunted by past FTX ties as SBF trial rages on

October 16:

• How Hamas and SBF thwart crypto bills in the US
• SBF girds for week three after damaging testimony from FTX and Alameda insiders
• FTX executive details SBF’s ‘embarrassing’ spending — who is Nishad Singh?

October 17:

• SBF defence struggles again, yet scores some points against Nishad Singh

October 18:

• Alameda, FTX spending spree ‘must have come from customer funds,’ accounting expert testifies in SBF rial

October 19:

• SBF’s post-collapse media tour came back to bite him in court

October 25:

• SBF will testify Thursday in high-risk, high-reward play
• As SBF prepares to testify, his fixer keeps being mentioned in court — who is Ramnik Arora?

October 26:

• SBF testified in his own defence and it didn’t go well. But it might not matter

October 27:

• Inside SBF’s feud with Binance’s Changpeng Zhao: ‘Well played, you won’
• Jurors finally hear from Sam Bankman-Fried, who basically blamed everything on his former friends

October 28:

• Michael Lewis says crypto haters ‘sell the hell out of the book’ on SBF

October 30:

• Bankman-Fried concedes that Alameda enjoyed ‘special privileges’ with FTX

October 31

• Crash in market for ‘Samcoins’ led to FTX’s downfall, SBF insists as trial moves into final stage

November 1

• Bettors put odds of Sam Bankman-Fried conviction at 98%

November 2

• Greedy liar or math nerd? Duelling portraits of SBF cap trial as jurors weigh verdicts

November 3

• FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of all charges in fraud trial

Tyler Pearson is a researcher at DL News. He is based out of Alberta, Canada. Got a tip? Reach out to him at ty@dlnews.com.