Caroline Ellison is a math whiz, trader, and shadow figure behind FTX's collapse. She's testifying this week in the criminal trial of her ex-colleague and boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Caroline Ellison was the CEO of Alameda Research, a trading firm launched by Sam Bankman-Fried. She expected to testify in SBF's trial this week.

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Be ready for the S&P 500 to crash by 50%, house prices to slide, and a recession to strike, Jeremy Grantham says. Here are the elite investor's 16 best quotes from a new interview.

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Jeremy Grantham.
Jeremy Grantham.

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The same day SBF promised his hedge fund wasn't getting special treatment, FTX gave it an unlimited line of credit — which other customers didn't get

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Gary Wang and SBF.

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Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham warns the S&P is likely to crash by 30% - and could nosedive 50% if the 'wheels fall off'

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Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of the Boston-based investment firm Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo (GMO), lays out the financial case for divestment at the Fossil Fuel Divestment State of the Movement event in San Francisco in Septemebr 2018.
Jeremy Grantham.

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Michael Lewis is hitting back at critics who feel he's been too sympathetic to Sam Bankman-Fried: 'I think they're crazy'

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Michael Lewis (left) hits back at critics he was being too sympathetic to Sam Bankman-Fried (right).

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Sam Bankman-Fried isn't the only one on trial. The entire crypto industry is.

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Sam Bankman-Fried viewed from the side through a glass window at the U.S. federal courthouse in New York City on March 30, 2023.
Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Sam Bankman-Fried decided at the last minute he didn't want to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos, leaving organizers scrambling

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A close-up of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Sam Bankman-Fried often canceled on meetings, according to his biographer.

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Caroline Ellison was 'terrified' of Sam Bankman-Fried when she started working at Alameda

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As the former head of Alameda Research, Ellison shares both personal and professional ties to Sam Bankman-Fried.

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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary laughs off idea that institutional investors want bitcoin: 'They don't own any of it'

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Kevin O'Leary.

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As police arrived at Sam Bankman-Fried's house, his mom was texting him insisting that he wear long pants to get arrested, instead of his usual cargo shorts

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Sam Bankman-Fried is led away by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force on December 13, 2022.
Sam Bankman-Fried is led away by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force on December 13, 2022.

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