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A year ago, billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, then 30 years old, posted a 14-tweet thread on the balance of "safety vs freedom" in cryptocurrency regulation. Now, a different kind of freedom is on the line when he walks into a Manhattan courtroom to face criminal charges that carry a combined maximum sentence of more than a century in prison. Mr Bankman-Fried's trial, which is set to begin with jury selection on Tuesday and last for six weeks, marks the ultimate reckoning for the disgraced tycoon who was once welcomed by lawmakers in Washington and Silicon Valley investors as the responsible face…
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