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December 20, 2022, 6:00 AM

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Washington Post:
Elon Musk's poll asking “should I step down as head of Twitter?” ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk says Twitter polls will determine “major policy changes”  —  After a new policy prompted backlash, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said future policies would be determined by polls
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Replying to a tweet suggesting voting on Twitter policy decisions should be restricted to Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change”  —  Twitter Inc. will restrict voting on major policy decisions to paying Twitter Blue subscribers, company owner Elon Musk …
Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
An analysis of Elon Musk's reported attempts to raise money for Twitter via an equity sale at an absurd price, why his successor will be unpopular, and more  —  Oh Elon  —  Imagine taking the job!  Yesterday Elon Musk tweeted a poll asking if he should step down as “head” of Twitter Inc.; …
Dan Primack / Axios:
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Washington Post:
Source: Sam Bankman-Fried agrees voluntarily to be extradited to the US, where he faces criminal and civil charges like conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering  —  Former crypto CEO's decision could expedite the criminal and civil cases against him  —  NASSAU, Bahamas …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with select businesses, helping companies identify employees via an additional badge, but doesn't share other perks and pricing  —  Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue.  At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses.
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Over 100 BTC was moved out of cold wallets tied to QuadrigaCX, the exchange bankrupted in 2019 after its CEO allegedly died; trustee EY lost access to the BTC  —  More than 100 BTC tied to QuadrigaCX moved out of cold storage wallets over the weekend.  Quadriga's bankruptcy trustee …
New York Times:
An analysis shows how Chinese-language bots on Twitter drowned out tweets about protests over China's zero-COVID-19 policy, as people sought to evade censors  —  Twitter and its new owner, Elon Musk, have recently vowed to crack down on bots.  But the flood of spam for Chinese users …
Bloomberg:
Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA's 46.1%, NYC's 47.6%, and Austin's 62.7%  —  San Francisco's Salesforce Tower opened almost five years ago as a monument to the region's tech-driven economy …
Reuters:
Analysis of Binance filings in 14 jurisdictions: the exchange has opaque operations, does not disclose where Binance.com is based, offers little data, and more  —  The world's biggest crypto exchange, Binance, is battling to shore up confidence after a surge in customer withdrawals and a steep drop in the value of its digital token.

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