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| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: |
The SEC charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors and concealing diverting FTX customer funds to Alameda while raising $1.8B+ since at least May 2019 — Defendant concealed his diversion of FTX customers' funds to crypto trading firm Alameda Research while raising more than $1.8 billion from investors
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Tweets: @secgov, @tier10k, @laurashin, @timccopeland, @cgasparino, @spreekaway, @pt, @meattc_, @testinprodcap, @silvermanjacob, @cryptocronkite, @desogames, @arthur_0x, @twobitidiot, @zerohedge, @mayazi, @kadhim, @robdothutton, @ivanthek, @annmlipton, @jim_edwards, @hedgeye, @truecrypto28, @juleshyman, @annmlipton, @annmlipton, @hedgeye, @mrjasonchoi, @cryptodonalt, @robinwigg, @hsakatrades, @hsakatrades, @scottmelker, @kadhim, @mc_of_a, @jim_edwards, @timccopeland, @wublockchain, @timccopeland, @loopifyyy, @boxmining, @claritytoast, @breakoutpoint, @goldseek, @tier10k, @kadhim, @wublockchain, @smtuffy, @birdyword, @tier10k, @hsakatrades, @claritytoast, @lookner, @kadhim, @jonerlichman, @tree_of_alpha, @belisarius2020, @johnedeaton1, @meattc_, @kadhim, @mayazi, @tree_of_alpha, @tier10k, @lisaabramowicz1, @du09btc, and @ldrogen
| CNBC: |
Bahamas AG Ryan Pinder and US SDNY Attorney Damian Williams confirm Bahamas police arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, who is under indictment and could be extradited — - The cofounder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto trading firm FTX was arrested in the Bahamas after the U.S. attorney …
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Tweets: @sdnynews, @sarahnemerson, @latraelrahming, @tier10k, @kaitlancollins, @techemails, @sbf_ftx, @repleezeldin, @tier10k, @chancery_daily, @coffeebreak_yt, @kadhim, @tina_davis, @sensherrodbrown, @iamdcinvestor, @ledgerstatus, @cobie, @twobitidiot, @lilmoonlambo, @draftcheat, @can, @ryansadams, @richsignorelli, @dlauer, @chriscantino, @kadhim, @jagoecapital, @asvanevik, @cobie, @wclementeiii, @moonoverlord, @statelayer, @adamscochran, @bondhack, @0xfoobar, @bongcapital, @excellion, @cobie, @kenziesigalos, @alexisohanian, @dystopiabreaker, @beatinthebookie, @0xallen_, @rampcapitalllc, @eriqgardner, @danprimack, @wclementeiii, @marketrebels, @lukewearechange, @stoolpresidente, @0xvktr, @parikpatelcfa, @greg_price11, @gchahal, @mattbinder, @kr00ney, @jason, @davidsirota, @autismcapital, @davidhundeyin, @asvanevik, @lopp, @nmasc_, @renato_mariotti, @chainlinkgod, @beyondreasdoubt, @ivanthek, @hosseeb, @schuldensuehner, @balajis, @tomaskenn, @basedkarbon, @el33th4xor, @matthewstoller, @autismcapital, and @pythianism
| New York Times: |
Source: US prosecutors charge Sam Bankman-Fried with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and money laundering — A statement by the government of the Bahamas said Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested after prosecutors in the United States filed criminal charges.
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Tweets: @tier10k, @yaffebellany, @johnedeaton1, @coinbureau, @unusual_whales, @smtuffy, @kenvogel, @dylanleclair_, @adamscochran, and @cgasparino
| Steven Ehrlich / Forbes: |
A look at a draft copy of Sam Bankman-Fried's planned House testimony, including accusations against John Ray and screenshots from a chat with Changpeng Zhao — Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, was scheduled to testify Tuesday before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services.
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| Bloomberg: |
FTX lawyers says Bahamas officials worked to help SBF regain access to FTX Trading's systems, asking him to mint a coin and transfer funds to island officials — Bahamas government officials are working closely with failed crypto magnate Sam Bankman-Fried and trying to help him regain access …
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Tweets: @workmj, @jeffjohnroberts, @bradmichelson, @claireeboston, @financeleo, and @umbrella_uni
| Adam James / The Block: |
Changpeng Zhao seeks to reassure Binance users on USDC outflows, saying they can “withdraw any other stablecoin”; Nansen shows $1.6B in ETH outflows in 24 hours — - Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has addressed major USD Coin outflows. — Some $1.6 billion has been withdrawn …
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CoinDesk, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CoinJournal, Coinspeaker, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Bitcoinist.com, and crypto.news
Tweets: @cz_binance, @justinsuntron, @binance, @nansen_ai, @wublockchain, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @malwarejake, @jp_koning, @peckshieldalert, @0xponzischeme, @jp_koning, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @tree_of_alpha, @fredwalton216, @j0e007, @adamscochran, @akadosang, @nansen_ai, @jackniewold, @cz_binance, @simondixontwitt, @mikeburgersburg, @tree_of_alpha, @tree_of_alpha, @route2fi, @kamikaz_eth, @loopifyyy, @lookonchain, and @themlpx
| Urvi Dugar / Reuters: |
Elon Musk says Blue subscribers will see half the number of ads as non-subscribers and that Twitter plans to offer a higher tier with no ads in 2023 — Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Monday that Twitter's Basic blue tick will have half the number of advertisements and the social media platform …
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| Reuters: |
China files a trade dispute at the WTO against the US over its chip export controls, arguing the curbs threaten the stability of global industrial supply chains — China has launched a trade dispute at the World Trade Organization against the United States over its chip export control measures, China's commerce ministry said.
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City A.M., CNBC, Semafor, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg
| Julie Zhu / Reuters: |
Sources: China is working on a $143B+ five-year support package for its chip industry, mainly including subsidies and tax credits, starting as soon as Q1 2023 — China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said …
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PCMag, Firstpost Tech, and Tech Monitor
Tweets: @sino_market, @therealjoshye, @edark94, and @therealjoshye
| Platformer: |
Sources: on December 11, Twitter briefly blocked traffic from ~30 mobile carriers, mainly in the Asia-Pacific region, in an attempt to rid Twitter of spam — PLUS: Why it's time to start leaving Twitter behind — On Sunday, Elon Musk tweeted a vague warning: “the bots are in for a surprise tomorrow.”
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Insider, @caseynewton@mastodon.social, and @Popehat@mastodon.social
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @justin_ling, @saeeddicaprio, @mattbinder, @jonst0kes, @nuicemedia, @zoeschiffer, and @elonmusk
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Email: Twitter dissolves its Trust and Safety Council, saying it isn't “the best structure” for “external insights into our product and policy development work” — Meanwhile, a former top Twitter official fled his home amid attacks following Musk tweets
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: Lensa tops the US App Store charts with 3.6M installs in December; the app had 12.6M globally in December so far, up 600% from the end of November — Lensa AI's popularity has had a notable impact on the App Store's Top Charts. The popular photo and video editing app recently went viral … | Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal: |
Officials and studies: US spy agencies have been slow to adapt to open source intelligence, falling behind China, which has the largest and most focused effort — China outpaces efforts by U.S. intelligence agencies to harness power of publicly available data — The U.S. Strategy to Catch Up on China's Global Push for Influence
Tweets: @mrbcyber, @joshuasteinman, @csetgeorgetown, and @derekjgrossman
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A brief history of the video game industry, the rise of Nintendo, the dominance of Sony, and what Microsoft's Activision deal means for competition — The first video game was a 1952 research product called OXO — tic-tac-toe played on a computer the size of a large room:| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Zappi, which offers an automated, AI-based market research service, raised $170M from Sumeru Equity Partners and others and says it has 350 clients — Fundraising may be drying up for some segments of the tech industry at the moment, but one area that continues to get a lot of attention …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Some Uber employee records, corporate reports, and IT information were leaked online; Uber says the data is related to a breach of a third-party vendor — Uber has suffered a new data breach after a threat actor leaked employee email addresses, corporate reports, and IT asset information stolen …
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