FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to take the stand in his ongoing criminal trial as early as Thursday, his defense team has revealed.

FOX Business has learned there will be a few defense witnesses ahead of the disgraced crypto king's testimony, but those are expected to last roughly an hour.

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<i>This is a developing story and will be updated.</i>

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to take the stand in the former crypto boss's criminal trial as early as Thursday, his attorneys revealed.{ai:summary}<p>FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will testify in his criminal trial. Defense witnesses are expected to testify before him for about an hour. #crime</p>

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried set to testify in his fraud trial

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