Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly wanted to acquire the parent company of Snapchat, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison told the court on Wednesday.  

Ellison kept a list of “things Sam is freaking out about,” which she regularly updated, including “buying SNAP,” the parent company of Snapchat, according to CNN. Also on that list was “raising funds from MBS,” from the Saudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and “to trade Japanese government bonds,” according to Inner City Press. 

Ellison also added to the list “getting regulators to crack down on binance,” according to those reports. Bankman-Fried and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao had a long public rivalry, with Binance accusing the former FTX CEO of spreading rumors ahead of FTX’s collapse. 

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