Zeke Faux's book(1) on crypto pretty much sums up what most people believe: SBF knowingly ran a Ponzi scheme, or at the very least knowingly stole from investors, but that all of them had a knowing hand in it and bear responsibility.
Michael Lewis's book(2) however is much more sympathetic, painting SBF as a hapless nerd with autism, who meant well but wasn't socially adept enough to knowingly commit a crime; he broke the law for a good cause; altruism.
I think the jury is going to have to wrestle with these two ideas, a crime versus culpability of "super smart kids" that got in over their heads. I think therein lies what will be a hung jury.
1. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux
Michael Lewis's book(2) however is much more sympathetic, painting SBF as a hapless nerd with autism, who meant well but wasn't socially adept enough to knowingly commit a crime; he broke the law for a good cause; altruism.
I think the jury is going to have to wrestle with these two ideas, a crime versus culpability of "super smart kids" that got in over their heads. I think therein lies what will be a hung jury.
1. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux
2. Going Infinite by Michael Lewis