US authorities have charged FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (aka SBF) with attempting to bribe Chinese officials with $40 million worth of cryptocurrency in exchange for unfreezing trading accounts. The indictment [PDF] alleges the Chinese government froze over $1 billion worth of Alameda Research digital assets and that after SBF tried to secure access he broke out the checkbook.

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