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December 13, 2022, 5:05 AM

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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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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.
U.S. House Committee on Financial Services:
FTX CEO John Ray's testimony to the US House: FTX and Alameda commingled customer assets, insiders were paid $1B+, FTX US was not run independently, and more  —  Chairwoman Waters, Ranking Member McHenry, distinguished members of the Committee: thank you for the invitation to appear before you today.
Brian Quarmby / Cointelegraph:
The SEC prepares charges against SBF to be filed in the Southern District of New York on December 13, separate from those that led to his arrest in The Bahamas  —  SBF has finally been slapped with criminal charges and will be extradited to the U.S., once there, he will have to face separate charges from the SEC.
Steven Ehrlich / Forbes:
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 …
Laura Forman / Wall Street Journal:
Similarweb: desktop visits to Twitter's ad manager fell ~74% YoY in October and 85% in November, the largest drop since the takeover, continuing into December  —  Elon Musk is leading with narrative at Twitter.  Don't lose sight of the dollars and sense.  —  Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
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.”
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 …
Nelson Wang / CoinDesk:
Coinbase transparency report: law enforcement requests rose ~66% YoY to 12,320 from October 2021 to September 2022; ~57% of them were from outside the US  —  The number of requests from the U.S., which accounted for about 43% of the total, increased by 6%.  —  Coinbase (COIN) …
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.
Julie Zhu / Reuters:
Bloomberg:
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 …
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