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In his first tweet since being arrested, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has denied any involvement in the recent movement of funds in wallets linked to Alameda Research. Over $684,000 in crypto has been cashed out of the Alameda-linked wallets via. an exchange in Seychelles, according to an on-chain investigation conducted by DeFi educator BowTiedIguana. SBF tweeted, "None of these are me. I'm not and couldn't be moving any of those funds; I don't have access to them anymore." https://decrypt.co/118193/sam-bankman-fried-denies-moving-alameda-linked-funds

In a letter posted on its website, crypto asset manager Valkyrie Investments has revealed that it wants to become the sponsor and manager of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), a product introduced by its rival firm Grayscale Investments. It included a set of proposals on how it intends to manage the product, which includes allowing investors to redeem GBTC at net-asset value via a Regulation M filing. Parts of the letter posted on the firm’s website reads as follows, “We are well-equipped to handle the unique challenges and opportunities presented by GBTC. Our combination of technical and regulatory knowledge and hands-on experience makes us the ideal choice to…

According to reports, Mr Park Mo, the vice president of Vidente, the biggest shareholder of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, was discovered dead in front of his house around 4 am on December 30. Shortly before his death, Mr Mo had been identified as the primary suspect in a case involving stock price manipulation and money embezzlement at businesses connected to Bithumb. Authorities suspect that Mr Mo may have taken his own life due to the nature of the criminal allegations that had been brought against him. https://cointelegraph.com/news/bithumb-s-largest-shareholder-executive-found-dead-following-allegations-of-embezzlement

According to a statement by Bitfarms, the Canadian Bitcoin mining firm has promoted its COO Geoffrey Morphy to the position of CEO. The promotion follows the resignation of former CEO Emiliano Grodzki- who will reportedly remain as a director in the company. Bitfarms co-founder Bonta will also move from executive chairman to chairman of the board. Bonta stated, "In a little over two years, Geoff helped transform Bitfarms from a purely Canadian company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange with five farms in Quebec to an international powerhouse traded on both the Nasdaq and TSX with 10 operating farms in four countries driving over 4.4 exahash/second (EH/s) today.…

The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) has reportedly been holding more than $3.5 billion worth of FTX customer assets in custody since Nov. 12. The regulator stated that the assets will be held until the Bahamas Supreme Court directs the SCB to deliver them to the customers and creditors who own them. It further clarified that the assets were no longer in the control of FTX co-founders and that it had never directed them to prioritise fund withdrawals for Bahamas-based clients. https://www.theblock.co/post/198434/bahamian-regulator-holding-3-5-billion-of-ftx-customer-assets

According to local media reports, China’s first state-backed digital collectables marketplace, the "China Digital Asset Trading Platform," is set to be unveiled on January 1, 2023. The platform will be run by the government-backed China Technology Exchange and China Cultural Relics Exchange Center and the Huaban Digital Copyright Service Center. An official ceremony celebrating the launch of the marketplace will be held in Beijing. https://decrypt.co/118123/china-roll-out-state-backed-exchange-digital-collectibles

According to a statement released yesterday, the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) has successfully carried out the first test payment transactions of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Digital Turkish Lira, on its CBDC network. The CBRT has stated that it will continue to run “small-scale, closed-loop application pilot tests” with technology stakeholders in the first quarter of 2023. It will later expand the pilot to include selected banks and financial technology companies over the course of the year. https://cointelegraph.com/news/turkey-s-central-bank-completes-first-cbdc-test-with-more-to-come-in-2023

I’m not reading up on Lincoln anymore. I’m reading up on Grant. Pudgy would like both, I think and may already be well-versed. They both were raised in lowly circumstances. They both were unusually humble and defenders of the lowly. They both were continually sneered at by elites. They both made emancipation of slaves their chief mission. And they both . . . wait for it . . found occasion to suspect habeas corpus. I have a younger relative who is libertarian. By far, that is his overriding philosophy, motivating everything he does. The first factoid he ever learned about Lincoln was his suspension of habeas corpus. That was enough for him to permanently put Lincol…

What a beautiful interior!

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She nails it. In order to keep the French state wealthy, little kids like that must mine gold in Africa and risk their life in dangerous mineshafts. All so that France can have their exploitative, imperialist colonies which they keep with fiat currency, created out of thin air.

They say that no press is bad press, but that may not be true for Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has been getting a lot of negative publicity lately, with both the Wolf of Wall Street and the CEO of JPMorgan (ahem, they’re two different people) calling the digital dollars a “fraud.” The investors’ concerns stem from the fact that the increasingly popular monetary system currently has no government backing and is based on “artificial scarcity.” Despite this lack of government support, federal regulators are certainly taking notice of Bitcoin. Last month, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged a hedge fund company with fraud, misappropriation, and issuing false …

Mica is a shiny mineral that’s all the rage in modern-day makeup, helping to give beauty products a bright gleam and natural-looking glow. This beauty, however, comes at a price that most are unaware of. Those who pay it are the poorest and most vulnerable. RT Doc visits India’s illegal mica mines where child labor is rife.

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Up above us, companies like Apple and Globalstar, SpaceX and T-Mobile, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and more are duking it out over a new frontier of business: satellite connectivity.

Most of the money will be used to fund Globalstar’s satellite constellation.