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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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| 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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| CNBC: |
The Southern District of New York charges SBF with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, money laundering, and more — - Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York unsealed eight separate charges against disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried …
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Tweets: @tier10k, @yaffebellany, @johnedeaton1, @rwpusa, @poordart, @cobie, @nic__carter, @lilmoonlambo, @jason_howerton, @kadhim, @dlauer, @kadhim, @cryptokaleo, @anthony, @klasfeldreports, @anthony, @satoshiflipper, @klasfeldreports, @nycsouthpaw, @smtuffy, @ivanthek, @teddyschleifer, @cevalloslaw, @pkelso, @tier10k, @zerohedge, @benfeuerherd, @anthony, @martadhanis, @benfeuerherd, @smtuffy, @coinbureau, @unusual_whales, @smtuffy, and @kenvogel
| Bloomberg: |
The CFTC sues Sam Bankman-Fried on fraud charges, alleging FTX “misappropriated customer funds”, violated its TOS, extended Alameda unlimited credit, and more — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and Alameda Research for violations of federal commodities laws.
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| 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.| 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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TheStreet, CNBC, Insider, Livemint, Cointelegraph, International Business Times, CryptoPotato, and The Block
Tweets: @workmj, @jeffjohnroberts, @bradmichelson, and @claireeboston
| 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, Insider, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Daily, CryptoSlate, Crowdfund Insider, Bloomberg, Watcher Guru, Wall Street Journal, and CoinJournal
Tweets: @cz_binance, @justinsuntron, @nansen_ai, @wublockchain, @binance, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @peckshieldalert, @malwarejake, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @tree_of_alpha, @fredwalton216, @j0e007, @adamscochran, @akadosang, @nansen_ai, @jackniewold, @cz_binance, @simondixontwitt, @0xponzischeme, @mikeburgersburg, @tree_of_alpha, @tree_of_alpha, and @route2fi
| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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Twitter, PCMag, Insider, TechCrunch, Android Authority, KnowTechie, CoinGape, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @twitterblue, @twittersupport, @verified, @zacksjerryrig, @populismupdates, @jaykirsch, and @pantibliss
| 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. Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @justin_ling, @saeeddicaprio, @mattbinder, @jonst0kes, @nuicemedia, and @zoeschiffer
| 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 and @joshuasteinman
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A brief history of the 40-year-old 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:| Financial Times: |
A look at the EU's plans for local chips, aided by ASML and more; SEMI estimates 10 new facilities in Europe by 2025, compared to 14 in the US and 21 in Taiwan — On the edge of a tranquil forest an hour's drive from Stuttgart, where hiking trails snake through the trees and across gently rolling hills … | Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: |
Sources: Checkout.com, which offers payment processing tools, slashes its internal valuation to ~$11B, after securing a $40B investor valuation in January 2022 — Start-up sharply reduces price of staff stock options as private tech groups are hit by funding crunch
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The Information, PYMNTS.com, and Finextra
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Ngrok, which helps devs deploy sites, services, and apps, raised a $50M Series A led by Lightspeed, says ~5M devs use the service and ~30K are paying customers — Ask Alan Shreve why he founded Ngrok, a service that helps developers share sites and apps running on their local machines or servers …
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VentureBeat and PaymentSecurity.io
| Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: online fast fashion retailer Shein is exploring becoming a marketplace for third-party merchants and started diversifying its supply chain away from China — The fast-growing company founded in China has also begun diversifying its supply chain to Europe, according to memo to investors
Tweets: @jchengwsj, @keithzhai, @juokaz, and @astaniscia86
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