SBF 'asked us to do it, so we did it,' Wang told the jury.
Share on email Wang, who was also FTX's chief technology officer, said Alameda's privileges were written right into the code, the software language behind the FTX platform. "He asked us to do it, so we did it," Wang told the jury.The U.S. government's case against SBF hinges on key witnesses persuading the jury that they committed fraud at the behest of the chief executive.
For example: If Alameda had $10 in its exchange account, but wanted to pull $100, the code allowed the firm to do that and carry a negative balance, Wang said. "Sam said 'yes' because at this point Alameda's borrowing was less than FTX's trading revenue to date," he told the jury.
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