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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)

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  —  – Crypto exchange turned blind eye to child pornography, US says  — Hamas, al-Qaeda raised money through Binance, Treasury claims

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Court filing: crypto lender Genesis sues the Winklevoss’ exchange Gemini Trust to recover $689M, alleging Gemini made preferential transfers to other creditors (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: Court filing: crypto lender Genesis sues the Winklevoss’ exchange Gemini Trust to recover $689M, alleging Gemini made preferential transfers to other creditors  —  Genesis and Gemini have been embroiled in a public and legal feud since the collapse of FTX.  —  Register Now

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A look at Changpeng Zhao’s rapid downfall, from triggering FTX’s collapse a year ago and posting a dismissive “4” to news of breaking US laws to pleading guilty (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: A look at Changpeng Zhao’s rapid downfall, from triggering FTX’s collapse a year ago and posting a dismissive “4” to news of breaking US laws to pleading guilty  —  – Deal with DOJ may allow Binance to keep operating, report says  — Billionaire played a key role in moving crypto into

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Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed

Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed on laptops from Dell, Lenovo, and even Microsoft. Security researchers at Blackwing Intelligence have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the top three fingerprint sensors that are embedded into laptops and used widely by businesses to secure laptops with Windows Hello fingerprint authentication. Microsoft’s Offensive Research and

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Sources: in 2019, Paul Graham flew from the UK to San Francisco to fire his protégé Sam Altman from YC, worried that Altman put his interests ahead of YC (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Sources: in 2019, Paul Graham flew from the UK to San Francisco to fire his protégé Sam Altman from YC, worried that Altman put his interests ahead of YC  —  Before OpenAI, Altman was asked to leave by his mentor at the prominent start-up incubator Y Combinator …

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DefiLlama: Binance’s 24-hour outflows reached $1B as of 2:30AM ET on November 22 and seven-day net outflows were $703.1M, after Changpeng Zhao pled guilty (Timmy Shen/The Block)

Timmy Shen / The Block: DefiLlama: Binance’s 24-hour outflows reached $1B as of 2:30AM ET on November 22 and seven-day net outflows were $703.1M, after Changpeng Zhao pled guilty  —  The world’s largest crypto exchange saw an uptick in withdrawals around the time that CEO Changpeng Zhao pled guilty to criminal charges.

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At Microsoft’s request, researchers find multiple flaws in the top three fingerprint sensors in laptops and used for Windows Hello fingerprint authentication (Blackwing Intelligence)

Blackwing Intelligence: At Microsoft’s request, researchers find multiple flaws in the top three fingerprint sensors in laptops and used for Windows Hello fingerprint authentication  —  Authors:  —  TL;DR  —  Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) asked us to evaluate the security …

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Internal Alibaba memo: Jack Ma has not yet sold any Alibaba stock due to the price not reaching his desired level; Ma planned to sell 10M shares for ~$870M (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: Internal Alibaba memo: Jack Ma has not yet sold any Alibaba stock due to the price not reaching his desired level; Ma planned to sell 10M shares for ~$870M  —  – Ma earlier planned to sell 10 million shares this week  — Alibaba’s overhaul in doubt after canceling cloud spinoff

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