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• FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges with plans to extradite him (WSJ)

• SBF's final interview before his arrest (UW)

• Binance is in the hot seat now as U.S. federal investigations continue, seeing cases of fraud and money laundering

• Tron's stablecoin USDD loses it's peg on December 12, dropping below $.97 (CS)

• Less than 10% of Americans are investing into cryptocurrencies, and 65% consider it too risky for investment

• TCG and Jump Capital back Outdefine with $2.5 million to scale decentralized community for Web3 hiring (VCND)

• Social Impact NFT startup 'MetaGood' raises $5 million in pre-seed round (TC)

• Chicago-based crypto insurance startup Evertas brings in $14 million Series A (CD)

• Nillion closes $20 million to create a non-blockchain network for applications excluding finance (TC)

• DeGaming is on fire with billions of dollars in funding according venture capitalists (BSTR)

• Launchpool and Alphabit Digital Currency Fund back MetaVersusWorld ultra-realistic metaverse with $2 million seed round (YF)

• BlackRock is launching a new metaverse ETF (T-E)

• Crypto payments app MoonPay gains UK regulator registration (CD)

• Crypto tax season is almost here, it's time to start planning for it (BW)

• Canada to prohibit crypto firms from offering leveraged trading to citizens (Decrypt)

• The global Financial Stability Board will lay out framework and steps for regulation of digital assets (FT)

• Elon Musk is making an effort to prosecute scammers and crypto bots on twitter (CT)

• Numen Cyber working with Binance to enhance web3 security (CT)

• The War on Code and the investigation of Tornado Cash (TD)

• Chinese Police arrest criminals behind $1.7B money laundering using Tether (BW)

• Thailand's SEC plans to closely monitor and tighten policies on cryptocurrency in the "best interest for investors" (CT)

• Inflation slowdown shown after CPI report causes Ethereum, Bitcoin, and most of the crypto market to rise 3% Tuesday morning (DT)

• Hong Kong property management company CSOP has launched an Ethereum Futures ETF in Asia (INV)

• Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) usage set for explosion in 2023 (CD)

• Avalanche launches Core Mobile, a mobile version of its flagship crypto wallet (Decrypt)

• SBF confirmed he was playing video games during his interview with Unusual Whales (@thedropcrypto) (UW)

• Billionaire investor Tim Draper is still bullish on Bitcoin and decentralization (CNBC)

• GolBall is bringing blockchain to soccer fútbol (GolBall)

• South Korea is reporting Do Kwon (creator of Terra) is in Siberia (CT)

• Arkansas submits proposal to offer cheap Bitcoin mining tariffs (Cryptopolitan)

• With Binance being investigated & potentially in financial trouble, here is how to withdrawal from their centralized exchange (Stilt)

• Experts believe these will be the top 5 Web3 trends in 2023 (RCSV)

• Blockchain can revolutionize businesses Know Your Customer (KYC) process (TC)

• Review and learn about Robinhood's Web3 wallet for customers (Forbes)

• A read on the opportunities of wallets within web3 (Medium)

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