Crypto was never more than a solution in search of a problem
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By Adam Lashinsky Contributing columnist Washington Post October 11, 2023 at 6:15 a.m. EDT During jury selection in the ongoing federal fraud trial of the dethroned crypto kingpin Sam Bankman-Fried, one prospective juror worried out loud about his lack of knowledge of cryptocurrencies, despite his son’s efforts to explain them to him. “I still don’t understand how it works,” the would-be juror said. Lewis A. Kaplan, the sharp-tongued U.S. District Court judge overseeing the trial, responded: “You probably have a lot of company in this court.”
Crypto was never more than a solution in search of a problem
Crypto was never more than a solution in…
Crypto was never more than a solution in search of a problem
By Adam Lashinsky Contributing columnist Washington Post October 11, 2023 at 6:15 a.m. EDT During jury selection in the ongoing federal fraud trial of the dethroned crypto kingpin Sam Bankman-Fried, one prospective juror worried out loud about his lack of knowledge of cryptocurrencies, despite his son’s efforts to explain them to him. “I still don’t understand how it works,” the would-be juror said. Lewis A. Kaplan, the sharp-tongued U.S. District Court judge overseeing the trial, responded: “You probably have a lot of company in this court.”