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The news comes as entries from Ellison's own personal diary were leaked to the press, and they seem to show a young woman in over her head as the CEO of a large cryptocurrency trading platform: "Running Alameda doesn't feel like something I'm that comparatively advantaged at or well suited to do, she wrote in one entry, adding:

"I have been feeling pretty unhappy and overwhelmed with my job…At the end of the day I can't wait to go home and turn off my phone and have a drink and get away from it all."

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The New York Times reported that those entries and many others were leaked by Bankman-Fried himself, who was then hit with a gag order by the court because he was believed to have done so as an intimidation tactic against her (she is scheduled to testify against Bankman-Fried in his trial in October). He's also scheduled for another hearing in August to determine whether he will be jailed before his trial.

Ellison told a judge last year that she knew that her actions during the time of FTX's collapse were both wrong and illegal. Before her guilty plea, she was reportedly facing up to 110 years in prison. Her case, including an eventual sentence for the charges, is still underway.

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