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Sources: US prosecutors are split on charging Binance and its executives over money laundering and sanctions violations and have discussed potential plea deals — Splits between U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors are delaying the conclusion of a long-running criminal investigation …
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| Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal: |
Mazars' Binance “proof of reserve” report covers only some assets and liabilities and doesn't vouch for the numbers or assess internal reporting controls — Crypto exchange has begun releasing data to shore up confidence following collapse of FTX — Crypto's Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained.
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| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao acknowledges temporarily restricting accounts over “abnormal” altcoin trading, following a spat with a high-profile crypto trader — The company says the observed activity had nothing to do with compromised accounts or leaked API keys.| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft acquires a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange, valued at ~£1.6B, as part of a 10-year deal in which LSEG plans to spend $2.8B+ on cloud services — Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy a 4% stake in London Stock Exchange Group Plc in a $2.8 billion cloud-computing deal that pushes big tech further into financial markets.
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Sources: the Netherlands and Japan agree in principle to join the US in tightening chipmaking exports to China and limit its ability to obtain advanced chips — Japan and the Netherlands have agreed in principle to join the US in tightening controls over the export of advanced chipmaking machinery to China …
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| Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle: |
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony opposes the Activision Blizzard deal to “protect its dominance on the console” and to grow by “making Xbox smaller” — In the latest war of words over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft's Gaming CEO …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the role of SBF's parents Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried in FTX's rise; the Stanford Law professors have stayed in the Bahamas after FTX's collapse — Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both professors at Stanford Law, have remained in the Bahamas with their son since his firm's collapse
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| Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: |
How conservatives redefined free speech in the social media era, using the First Amendment to claim a “right to post” on platforms run by private companies — Early December might have marked the first time anyone ever asserted a First Amendment right to see the president's son's penis …
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| Song Jung-a / Financial Times: |
South Korean prosecutors believe Do Kwon, who founded the collapsed UST and LUNA tokens, is hiding in Serbia after traveling via Dubai from Singapore in October — Prosecutors seek co-operation with Belgrade as search intensifies for Terraform chief — South Korean prosecutors believe that Do Kwon …
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| U.S. House Committee on Financial Services: |
FTX CEO's testimony to the US House: FTX and Alameda customer assets were commingled, insiders were paid $1B+, FTX US was not run independently of FTX, and more — Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member McHenry, distinguished members of the Committee: thank you for the invitation to appear before you today.
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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Drucker Institute's US annual Management Top 250 ranking lists Microsoft in first for the third straight year and Apple in second; Meta, Amazon, and Google drop — The company is No. 1—again—in the Drucker Institute's annual Management Top 250 ranking. But below No. 1, there were a lot of changes … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Atlanta-based MessageGears, a customer engagement service rivaling MoEngage, raised $62M led by Long Ridge Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to $80M+ — Dan Roy, a former software engineer at Delta, says he witnessed firsthand the challenges companies face when making the shift …
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| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Switzerland-based Nillion, which aims to offer a decentralized network for securing storage and data computation, raised a $20M+ seed led by Distributed Global — Nillion, a web3 startup aiming to build a non-blockchain decentralized network, closed an oversubscribed round of more than $20 million …
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