A New York judge orders Tether to produce documents related to the backing of USDT in a lawsuit claiming Tether conspired to issue USDT to pump bitcoin prices (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Tether freezes FTX’s $46M in USDT on the Tron blockchain at the request of law enforcement while investigations occur  —  Tether received the request to freeze assets while an investigation occurs.  —  Stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen $46 million of USDT held on the Tron blockchain …

James Reddick / The Record:
US prosecutors say two men conspired with Russian hackers to tamper with JFK airport’s taxi queuing software, allegedly letting drivers cut the line for a fee  —  Two Queens men have been arrested and are facing up to 10 years in prison on charges that they conspired with Russian hackers …

James Reddick / The Record:
US prosecutors say two men conspired with Russian hackers to tamper with JFK airport’s taxi queuing software, allegedly letting drivers cut the line for a fee  —  Two Queens men have been arrested and are facing up to 10 years in prison on charges that they conspired with Russian hackers …

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
Binance’s mining service Binance Pool launches a $500M fund to provide 18-to-24-month loans for private and publicly listed Bitcoin miners  —  The entity is the latest to join the growing ranks of alternative lenders looking to provide capital to the distressed mining industry.

Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg:
A US bankruptcy judge orders Celsius to return ~$50M crypto deposits in non-interest bearing custody accounts, pending a decision on interest-bearing accounts  —  US Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn ordered Celsius Network LLC to return cryptocurrency that never touched the lender’s interest-bearing accounts to its customers.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Rackspace confirms a ransomware attack caused an ongoing outage to its hosted Microsoft Exchange services, but its other products are fully operational  —  Texas-based cloud computing provider Rackspace has confirmed today that a ransomware attack is behind its ongoing Hosted Exchange outage.