Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-Year Sentence a Harbinger of Crypto Trials to Come
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. It was shorter than the 40 to 50 years that federal prosecutors had recommended, but above the six-and-a-half-year sentence requested by the defense lawyers. The decision sets the tone for others accused of crimes involving digital assets, including former Celsius Network Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky, Terraform Labs Pte co-founder Do Kwon and Binance Holdings Ltd. founder Changpeng Zhao.
