Of Course Sam Bankman-Fried Wants a Pardon From Trump (opens in new tab)

One of the worst cryptocurrency scam artists is trying to get a pardon from President Trump.Sam Bankman-Fried has officially filed with the Justice Department’s Pardon Attorney Office, Bloomberg reports. The co-founder of the cryptocurrency trading site FTX was convicted on fraud and money laundering charges in 2024 and is now serving a 25-year prison sentence.Whether Trump will pardon Bankman-Fried is an interesting question. The one-time crypto baron dropped millions of dollars on the Democ...