South Korean police are investigating Telegram for allegedly facilitating deepfake sex crimes. They plan to work with French investigators following the detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France for similar investigations. “Telegram does not readily provide investigation data, such as account information, to us or other state investigative bodies, including those in the U.S.,”…
On Monday, Coinbase, which is a top cryptocurrency exchange, took legal action against the SEC by filing a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in response to a petition that was submitted in July 2022 requesting regulatory clarity from the SEC regarding the regulation of securities traded through digital means. The petition had asked whether the…
A Binance executive has claimed that the former head of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, regularly spread false rumors and denigrated his rival, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The executive referred to CZ as SBF’s ‘Darth Vader’. This behavior reportedly occurred before the collapse of SBF’s FTX and Alameda Research empire. A great read by @WilliamCohan at…