🚀Hey BTC enthusiasts! The trial of FTX's founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has begun, and the first witness, Marc-Antoine Julliard, has testified against him. Julliard, a London-based cocoa beans trader, lost $100,000 on FTX when the platform went bankrupt. He said he felt "extremely anxious" when he couldn't withdraw his funds and was left hanging like thousands of other customers. Julliard's testimony supports the prosecution's claim that FTX customers were misled into believing their assets were safe while SBF and others misused the funds.

🏎️Julliard was drawn to FTX by its connections to venture funds, celebrities like supermodel Gisele Bündchen, and Formula 1 racing. He never participated in any lending, borrowing, or margin trading programs on the platform.

👨‍💻The prosecution's second witness, Adam Yedidia, a former FTX software engineer, said he left the company after learning that FTX's sister firm, Alameda Research, used customer deposits to pay back creditors. Yedidia is concerned that he may have unintentionally written code that contributed to the crime.

👨‍⚖️SBF's lawyer, Mark Cohen, argues that his client didn't defraud anyone and is trying to hold customers accountable for their crypto choices. Stay tuned for more updates on this high-profile trial! 🍿