[Lunchtime News-What happened in the currency circle today]
**FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried will face two separate trials:
1. Bankman-Fried faces a total of 13 charges involving fraud, conspiracy to defraud and bribery.
2. Five of the charges will be tried for the second time on March 11, 2024.
**DoJ attorneys will continue to pursue the original eight-count indictment against Bankman-Fried:
1. Lawyers for the FTX co-founder are seeking to have the five additional charges he faces following his extradition thrown out.
2. The new trial in March will focus on charges of bribery conspiracy, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed financial transmission business, bank fraud conspiracy, and derivatives and securities fraud.
