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🎯 Biden administration announces new sanctions against Hamas. "The United States is taking swift and decisive action to target Hamas's financiers and facilitators following its brutal and unconscionable massacre of Israeli civilians, including children..." Axios
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🌎 Singapore to Inspect Credit Suisse, Others in $2 Billion Scandal. Singapore’s financial regulator will conduct an on-site inspection of Credit Suisse Group AG after at least one of its customers was charged for money laundering in a scandal that has rocked the city-state. Bloomberg
🌎 Cocaine Whack-A-Mole: A game Brussels is playing to win. In an effort to stop this story being played out at every port across the Continent, the EU executive is stepping up. Politico
🌎 The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion. In 2012, someone stole 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road. Over time, the value of the stolen bitcoin skyrocketed to more than $3 billion dollars and for years it remained one of the biggest mysteries in the world of crypto. CNBC
📕 Hot Crypto Report: The $477 Million FTX hack – A New Blockchain Trail Elliptic
🌎 Far from Gaza hardships, Hamas chief and family enjoy easy life in Qatar. Thanks to Doha’s sponsorship and the wealth he accumulated as Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh and his children today live a life of wealth and privileges denied to other Gazans. TOI
🌎 Twitter glitch allows CIA informant channel to be hijacked. At some point after 27 September, the CIA had added to its X profile page a link to its Telegram channel containing information about contacting the organization on the dark net. BBC
🌎 Deadly Brawl Over Maltese Prostitution Ring Traced to Romania’s Criminal Underworld. On an unusually warm Monday in early December, two Romanian brothers stood with their cousin outside a popular bar in Paceville, a beachside district in the Maltese town of St. Julian’s known for booze, drugs, and strip clubs. OCCRP
🌎 Why Binance, Coinbase, Ripple and Other Crypto Firms Cite the ‘Major Questions’ Doctrine During Legal Imbroglios. A controversial legal doctrine meant to curb overzealous regulators has become the pièce de résistance in several of the crypto industry's arguments against SEC encroachment. CoinDesk
🌎 Binance.US Halts Direct Dollar Withdrawals. U.S. dollar deposits in user wallets are no longer eligible for FDIC insurance protection. CoinDesk
🌎 Oil tanker hit by US sanctions heads to Texas for unloading. Exxon was not targeted by sanctions last week since the oil producer chartered the tanker months after it carried and offloaded Russian oil. Reuters
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