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At 29, Sam Bankman-Fried ran one of the biggest crypto exchanges on Earth. Forbes ranked him the 41st-richest person in America, worth roughly $26 billion at his peak. He testified before Congress. He posed with Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. He wore cargo shorts to meetings with world leaders and called his giving "effective altruism." FTX processed billions in trades a day, and Bankman-Fried was its trusted face.
