The Real Story
BBC World Service
Categories: Government & Organizations
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A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast.
Sam Bankman-Fried was the golden boy of cryptocurrency. He was dubbed the king and saviour of the industry. But this week he will be sentenced to possibly decades in prison for fraud and money laundering, and his firm, FTX, went bankrupt.
Joe Tidy, the BBC's cyber correspondent tells us about SBF - the man he interviewed before his trial. And Erin Delmore, our North America business correspondent explains what his downfall means for the future of crypto.
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This episode was made by Peter Goffin, Neal Razzel, Beth Timmins and Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Matt Hewitt. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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440 - Bonus: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party Mon, 25 Mar 2024
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437 - Can Haiti break free from its history? Fri, 08 Mar 2024
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432 - China’s economy: How worried should we be? Fri, 02 Feb 2024
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431 - Will artificial intelligence erode our rights? Fri, 26 Jan 2024
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430 - The changing face of Taiwan Fri, 19 Jan 2024
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429 - What will decide the 2024 US election? Fri, 12 Jan 2024
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428 - Is the world losing faith in democracy? Fri, 05 Jan 2024
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426 - Is COP failing? Fri, 08 Dec 2023
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395 - The rehabilitation of Syria’s President Assad Fri, 05 May 2023
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