UK prosecutors say the Met Police seized 61K bitcoin, worth £1.4B+, in 2018, as part of a trial over an alleged ~£5B investment fraud in China between 2014-2017
One of the world's largest seizures revealed during trial of woman accused of laundering cryptocurrency for her former employer
A survey of 167 researchers shows that 104 studies about X were canceled, suspended, or changed after X ended free academic access to its API and sued the CCDH
Social media researchers have canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X, formerly Twitter …
A look at the proliferation of fake LinkedIn profiles; LinkedIn's transparency report says the company blocked 58M+ accounts in H2 2022, up from 22M in H1
On the internet, nobody knows you bought a dog — William Grace-Hunter doesn't exist, though this may not be immediately obvious from his LinkedIn profile.
Customs data: London-based Mykines shipped ~$1.2B of chips, servers, and other electronics into Russia, at least $982M of which are subject to export controls
including mobile phones, laptops, circuit boards and semiconductors — to Russia since February 2022. https://www.ft.com/... Richard Shearman / @dickshearman : Sanctions UK style: ‘...
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC say all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13
WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …
Klarna reports a ~$1B net loss in 2022, up 47% YoY, and Q4 revenue up 19% YoY to ~$534M, driven by US GMV rising 71% in 2022, as the BNPL industry struggles
Key performance metrics The information is presented for Klarna Holding AB (publ), if not otherwise stated. Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg : Klarna Narrows Losses as Growing Customer Bas...
Twitter reactivates some journalists' accounts, after 58.7% of participants in Elon Musk's poll voted to lift the suspension “now” compared to 41.3% “in 7 days”
(The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.) Out of the two poll options, “now” …
Some US auditors say FTX's collapse has led them to designate crypto clients as “high risk”, resulting in longer audits, higher fees, or dropping clients
Stephen Foley / Financial Times : Tweets: @jaypinho , @mayazi , @ian_fraser , and @bitfinexed Tweets: Jay Pinho / @jaypinho : Reminder: on July 8th @paoloardoino claimed Tether ha...
Foxconn offers ~$1,400 payouts to newly recruited Chinese workers who opt to leave its iPhone factory, aiming to quell unrest after violent clashes with police
Apple supplier apologises for ‘technical error’ after violent clashes between workers and police
A jury finds former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over Saudi dissidents' account data in exchange for bribes
A former Twitter Inc. employee was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over personal information of platform users …
In a court filing, CEO Alex Mashinsky said Celsius was owed $439M by a “private lending platform”, which sources say is specialist finance company EquitiesFirst
Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times :
Over $1.2B of Luna Foundation Guard's bitcoin reserves remains unaccounted for; LFG had $2B+ in bitcoin reserves and loaned $750M to OTC firms and market makers
Quick Take — Luna Foundation Guard accumulated over $2 billion in bitcoin reserves and provided a loan of $750 million in bitcoin.
Software Freedom Conservancy says TRUTH Social violates Mastodon's open source code licensing terms by not sharing its source code, gives it 30 days to comply
Truth Social ripped off open-source platform Mastodon — The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) says former President Donald Trump's …
The TOS for TRUTH Social shows it bans “excessive use of capital letters”, reserves the right to ban users, and hopes to benefit from Section 230 protections
And What Isn't Nathaniel Mott / PCMag : Things Aren't Going Well for Trump's Social Network Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian : A ‘non-cancellable’ community: the ‘truth’ about Trump's s...
The TOS for TRUTH Social shows it bans “excessive use of capital letters”, reserves the right to ban users, and hopes to benefit from Section 230 protections
very truthy: TRUTH Social | Truth Social https://truthsocial.com/ Tom Coates / @tomcoates : Watching the ‘Truth social’ conversation. Looks like it's a Mastodon instance which shou...
UK government publishes the contracts National Health Service signed with Microsoft, Google, Faculty, and Palantir to create a COVID-19 datastore
Lindsay Clark / The Register :