An interview with Alabama Securities Commission Director Joe Borg on why US state regulators protected investors from crypto fraud more quickly than the SEC (Tory Newmyer/Washington Post)

CNBC:
The Southern District of New York charges SBF with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, money laundering, and more  —  – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York unsealed eight seperate charges against disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried …

Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
DARPA is launching a review of cryptocurrencies to assess threats to national security and law enforcement posed by the rise of digital assets  —  New project is part of the U.S. government’s wider crackdown on illicit uses of digital assets  —  The military’s innovation office is launching …

New York Times:
Source: US prosecutors charge Sam Bankman-Fried with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and money laundering  —  A statement by the government of the Bahamas said Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested after prosecutors in the United States filed criminal charges.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
The SEC charges ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and ex-FTX CTO Gary Wang for their role in defrauding FTX’s investors at SBF’s direction between 2019 and 2022  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Zixiao (Gary) …

Jason Guerrasio / Insider:
The DOJ charges two former MoviePass execs in a securities fraud case, claiming they sought to artificially inflate the stock price of MoviePass’ parent company  —  – Lowe and Farnsworth have been charged in a securities fraud case by the Department of Justice.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
The SEC charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors and concealing diverting FTX customer funds to Alameda while raising over $1.8B  —  Defendant concealed his diversion of FTX customers’ funds to crypto trading firm Alameda Research while raising more than $1.8 billion from investors