We would say stranger things have happened, but Trump pardoning a crypto fraudster isn't very strange in 2026.

The FTX founder is betting on a Trump clemency spree that's already freed crypto's biggest names.

And he might just get one, even after running a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme.

The FTX co-founder is serving a 25-year sentence, doled out in 2024.

Sam Bankman-Fried, convicted in the FTX cryptocurrency empire collapse, has formally applied for a presidential pardon. He submitted his application to the Justice Department…