In a leaked recording of an all-hands meeting, Mark Zuckerberg said Meta was slow to respond to TikTok's rise because “we didn't think TikTok was social”
- Mark Zuckerberg addressed several recent policy changes in a company all-hands meeting on Thursday.
Leaked all-hands recording: Mark Zuckerberg told staff to “buckle up” for an “intense” year, said a changing policy landscape necessitated DEI changes, and more
Business Insider :
Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea
Bloomberg :
Tai Mo Shan, part of Jump Trading's crypto unit, agrees to pay $123M to settle SEC's claims it misled investors about the stability of TerraUSD
David Scheer / Bloomberg :
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumps 35%+ after hours
Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk :
US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act by not having an adequate AML program from 2015 to 2020
US prosecutors say crypto exchange BitMEX pled guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act by not having an adequate AML program from 2015 to 2020
- U.S. agencies are paying attention now, and they are aggressively reviewing those early practices, as we've seen again and again recently.
Filing: Robinhood's crypto arm got a Wells notice from the US SEC on May 4; on June 27, 2023, Robinhood ended support for tokens named in previous SEC lawsuits
Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk :
The US asks a court to reverse its decision to let Changpeng Zhao return to the UAE ahead of his February 2024 sentencing, citing his “substantial” flight risk
Over the government's objection, a US magistrate judge on Tuesday granted the multi-billionaire's request to return to the UAE before his February sentencing.
US filings: Binance's lax rules and staff misconduct helped Hamas, al-Qaida, and ISIS raise funds, let Iranians conduct 1.1M+ transactions worth $899M, and more
David Voreacos / Bloomberg :
US filings: Binance's lax rules and staff misconduct helped Hamas, al-Qaeda, and ISIS raise funds, let Iranians conduct 1.1M+ transactions worth $899M, and more
David Voreacos / Bloomberg :
Binance and CZ plead guilty to federal charges as part of a $4.3B settlement with the US DOJ; charges include violating sanctions and anti-money laundering laws
- The U.S. Department of Justice has brought criminal charges against Binance and its billionaire founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao.
In a lawsuit, the US SEC accuses Kraken of commingling customer and corporate funds while operating as an unregistered broker, clearing agency, and dealer
The U.S. crypto exchange is the latest targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a series of similar actions being fought in court by other companies.
Experts say LockBit is behind the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China hack, a “ransomware as a service” group that hacked the UK's Royal Mail, among others
- LockBit is what's known as a ‘ransomware as a service’ group — It is one of the most prolific ransomware attackers in world
A ransomware attack stopped the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's largest bank, from settling US Treasury and some equity trades
I've once again recently heard the famous words from a CEO, “We don't need your services, we are all covered.” … Tyrus Kamau : Ransomware attacks keep ravaging financial institutio...
Sources: Tether added Britannia Bank & Trust, a privately held bank operating in the Bahamas, to process dollar transfers, as US banks cut crypto ties
Bloomberg :
Sources: Tether added Britannia Bank & Trust, a privately held bank operating in the Bahamas, to process dollar transfers, as US banks cut crypto ties
Bloomberg :
The SEC's Paul Munter warns that the accounting firms working with crypto companies could be held liable for misleading public statements made by their clients
Colin Wilhelm / The Block :
NY AG's documents: Tether once counted Chinese companies' securities among its reserves; in July 2022, Tether claimed not to be holding Chinese commercial paper
Bloomberg :
NY AG documents: Tether once counted securities from Chinese companies among its reserves; Tether said in July 2022 that it held no Chinese commercial paper
Tether Holdings Ltd. once counted securities issued by Chinese companies among the reserves backing its USDT stablecoin …