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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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Tweets: @binance, @tier10k, @tier10k, @runews, @zerohedge, @crypto_mckenna, @ap_archpublic, @bearnakedcrypto, @du09btc, @crypto_potato, @molly0xfff, @cryptowendyo, @arielstulberg, @paleofuture, @cz_binance, @raoulgmi, @wublockchain, @tomwilson1983, @cobie, @johnreedstark, @adamscochran, @nikhileshde, @grindingpoet, @icebergy_, @gainzy222, @coingecko, @ben_mckenzie, @officialtravlad, @functi0nzer0, @macrocrg, @tomwilson1983, @tier10k, @smtuffy, @advisercounsel, @matthewstoller, @tier10k, @wiseanalyze, @kamikaz_eth, @doombergt, @wiseanalyze, @milesdeutscher, @silvermanjacob, @carnage4life, @hsakatrades, @hsakatrades, @gainzy222, @wublockchain, @hsakatrades, @stockmktnewz, @aaberwick, @nbits60, @toptickcrypto, @tomwilson1983, @gaborgurbacs, and @silvermanjacob
| 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.
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| 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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| Bloomberg: |
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 … | Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle: |
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony opposes the Activision Blizzard acquisition to “protect its dominance” and grows by “making Xbox smaller” — In the latest war of words over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft's Gaming CEO has claimed …
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Tweets: @dowhatyoudo6, @frontlinegamer, and @tomwarren
| 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 … | Song Jung-a / Financial Times: |
South Korean prosecutors believe Do Kwon, who founded the collapsed TerraUSD and LUNA tokens, is hiding in Serbia, 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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Tweets: @tier10k, @wublockchain, @caspiancey, @cryptomanran, and @robinwauters
| 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 been in the Bahamas since 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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New York Post and TheBitTimes.Com's Newsletter
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @bickerinbrattle, @bickerinbrattle, and @ericgarland
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Drucker Institute's annual Management Top 250 ranking shows Microsoft in first for a third straight year and Apple in second; Meta, Amazon, and Google drop down — 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 … | Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
A look at what went wrong at decentralized lending protocol Maple Finance, as $54M in loans, or 66% of its lending pools, turn bad and what could happen next — Maple Finance, the largest unsecured crypto lending platform, is grappling with a debt crisis while gearing up for a major system upgrade.
Tweets: @peckshieldalert, @m11credit, @autholykos, @coindesk, and @peckshieldalert
| Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: |
Enterprise spending management software maker Coupa agrees to be acquired by PE firm Thoma Bravo for $8B in cash, a 77.2% premium on when the news was reported — Coupa Software Inc (COUP.O) said on Monday it will sell itself to private equity major Thoma Bravo for $6.15 billion in cash …
| Jules Wang / Android Police: |
Xiaomi announces the ~$575 Xiaomi 13 and ~$720 Xiaomi 13 Pro, adding a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, available in China, and the Watch S2, Buds 4, and more — When it comes to cameras, Leica's all about the focal lengths … Xiaomi has become a perennial player in the Qualcomm stakes … | Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
With AI image generation tools like Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth, it is easy to make life-wrecking deepfakes with a few photos of a person from social media — AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures. — If you're one of the billions …
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Tweets: @urban_teacher, @nick_stevens_gr, @kevin_bowen, @arstechnica, and @susanbellair
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