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'Crypto King' admits people got hurt as he speaks out in trial

Sam Bankman-Fried, ‘Crypto King’ told the Manhattan federal court he made "a number of small mistakes and a number of larger mistakes" while running the now-bankrupt exchange.

Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried acknowledged "a lot of people got hurt" when the FTX exchange he founded collapsed, in his testimony to the jury at his fraud trial. The former entrepreneur said he had made many mistakes when running the cryptocurrency exchange.

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(FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (C) departs Manhattan Federal Court after an arraignment hearing on March 30, 2023 in New York City. Photo Credit: by Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

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