Bankman-Fried To Testify At His US Crypto Trial

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, plans to make another high-stakes gamble and testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial.

Bankman-Fried's decision to take the stand comes after three weeks of devastating testimony for the 31-year-old accused of stealing billions of dollars from clients.

Prosecutors told Judge Lewis Kaplan that they will wrap up their case on Thursday and hand over to the defense, which said it plans to call four witnesses, including Bankman-Fried.

Bankman-Fried's lawyer, Mark Cohen, did not say in which order he planned to present his witnesses but his client could testify as early as Thursday.