Sam Bankman-Fried, a convicted crypto fraudster, is the focus of attention due to his sentencing submission and letters of support highlighting his veganism. Stanford University is involved as his parents are professors, with faculty cautioned against using university letterhead. Bankman-Fried's defense faces challenges reconciling details from the trial, including a plea from his mother for a lenient sentence.
We now interrupt your regularly scheduled raging bull market for some thoughts around Sam Bankman-Fried. Sam's mother Barbara wrote a letter to the court two days ago, pleading for light sentence for her son. I've pasted the six page letter here. It's worth the read- https://t.co/0wTi6XkrFI
https://t.co/CMPLimo1Db Bitcoin's spiking — are we in for another round of crypto mania? I also go through Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing memorandum, in which he asks for 6 years imprisonment instead of the recommended 100, and the 29 people who wrote letters in support.
My newsletter this week points at one awkward detail Sam Bankman-Fried's defense is going to have to reconcile with: Their sentencing memo is directed toward a judge who watched SBF testify, and the rest of that 4-weel trial https://t.co/50O6qPePnU
.@Stanford continues to be wrapped up in the case of convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, whose parents are longtime professors at the Law School. Of note: faculty have previously been warned that using Stanford letterhead in this manner is against policy. https://t.co/dSVIbJ6gkc
kind of incredible how many times Sam Bankman-Fried's veganism comes up in his sentencing submission and the attached letters of support