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Binance names its first board of directors, which has seven members including CEO Richard Teng and three other Binance execs (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-01/crypto-exchange-bina…

Binance Names Board of Directors in First for Crypto Exchange
Binance Holdings Ltd. named a board of directors for the first time, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange seeks to reshape itself after pleading guilty last year to US charges of anti-money laundering and sanctions violations.

#Nigeria govt slams $10 billion fine on #Binance
"The Nigerian government’s retribution claim is coming months after Binance pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $4.3 billion to settle criminal money laundering charges levied by the U.S. Department of Justice."

Nigeria govt slams $10 billion fine on Binance
The Nigerian government’s retribution claim is coming months after Binance pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $4.3 billion to settle...

Ferngesteuerte Binnenschiffe tuckern auf dem Rhein
Auf dem Rhein wird nun erstmals in Deutschland eine Technik für die Fernsteuerung von Binnenschiffen getestet.
https://www.heise.…

Judge puts brakes on new law banning foreign government spending on referendums | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/judge-puts-brakes-on-new-law-banning-foreign-government-spending-o…

tl;dr: because everyone else is doing it, and it gooses up stock prices short-term. #layoffs
“The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?”
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The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a raft of others fired thousands of workers in January, continuing a layoff wave that began in 2022.

"Israel is killing Palestinian journalists, banning foreign media from reporting on Gaza – and losing credibility." Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s attacks on journalists are backfiring https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/4/

US judge sentences Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24140638/binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-sentence-money-laundering

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison
Zhao, who began the run on FTX that eventually revealed fraud at the exchange, pleaded guilty to breaking laws himself.

Georgia is 'booming' economically under Biden like it 'never did' under Trump - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-biden-georgia-economy/?utm_medium=email

Georgia is 'booming' economically under Biden like it 'never did' under Trump
Georgia showed how much of a swing state it has become when, in the 2022 midterms, both conservative Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and liberal Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock were reelected. And it's a state that Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump will be paying close attention to in the mo...

Georgia is 'booming' economically under Biden like it 'never did' under Trump - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-biden-georgia-economy/?utm_medium=email

Georgia is 'booming' economically under Biden like it 'never did' under Trump
Georgia showed how much of a swing state it has become when, in the 2022 midterms, both conservative Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and liberal Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock were reelected. And it's a state that Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump will be paying close attention to in the mo...

Ahead of CZ's sentencing on April 30, a look at the contrast between CZ/Binance and SBF/FTX, as Binance claims more than 40M new users in 2023, up 30% YoY (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-…

Ex-Binance CEO CZ May Be Richest Person Ever in Jail in US
The ex-CEO is about to learn if he’ll be the richest US inmate ever. But, with friends on the company’s board, his ownership of the exchange intact and the mother of his children helping to run the show, his case is nothing like FTX’s.