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not to unpack the scandal. it was to talk about the future of regulating crypto currency as form of currency. so this is no doubt going to speed that process up and there of course is this is part of the indictment. you know, there is millions of dollars flooding in to the campaign coffers of both republicans and democrats from people who have interests in crypto currency so this is an issue that s not going away. he donated a lot to democrats. beto o rourke says he s giving back the $1 million that was given to him or he s already given it back. charity donations for others that got that money coming from dick durbin, 2900. kirsten gillibrand, 16,600. john hoven, 11,600. so trying to do something with that money that was ill gotten. all right. ryan, ron, gretchen, thank you so much for being here and for helping us understand it.
regulating crypto. this is obviously a pretty complicated story. so let s get into it with our very best. joining me now is tom winter and to explain ftx and crypto, cnbc s senior analyst, ron, and senior financial reporter, gretchen morganson. so, tom, walk us through the indictment. reporter: so basically what the u.s. attorney s office and the sec are alleging here today is that sam bankman-fried conducted what would be a classic fraud scheme of taking money from others and instead of putting it where they thought it was going to go, he used for it own private hedge fund called alameda. he along with several others who are nominated, but known to the grand jury, sort of raises the questions could we have other individuals charged. saying they put it into these