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A federal judge has sentenced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years for defrauding the crypto exchange's (FTT-USD) investors and customer base. Bankman-Fried has been ordered to forfeit $11 billion to compensate the victims. CoinDesk Managing Editor Nik De sits down with Yahoo Finance Live in-studio to discuss Bankman-Fried's sentencing, how much time the disgraced FTX co-founder will likely be made to serve in prison, and other details from Thursday's ruling. "From the beginning, it felt like prosecutors were making this... almost a poster child of what they can bring to bear against alleged criminal activity in crypto, at least as far as running exchanges go," De comments. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.