Hedge fund Fir Tree Capital sues Grayscale Investments for info on potential mismanagement, as GBTC, down ~74% YTD, trades at a ~43% discount to its BTC’s value (Bloomberg)

Stephanie Murray / The Block:
DCG’s Grayscale refuses to share proof of reserves, citing “security concerns”, as Grayscale Bitcoin Trust reaches new lows and DCG’s Genesis halts withdrawals  —  Grayscale will not show proof of reserves due to “security concerns,” after its bitcoin and ether products fell to all-time lows this week.

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk:
Washington, DC sues Michael Saylor for tax fraud and his company MicroStrategy “for conspiring to help him evade taxes” “on hundreds of millions of dollars”  —  The attorney general’s office is also suing the business software company for allegedly helping him evade taxes on his earnings in the district.

Tim Copeland / The Block:
Binance releases its proof-of-reserves system, starting with BTC, claiming it has 582,485 BTC and 575,742 BTC user balance, a reserve ratio of 101% for users  —  – Binance has put out its proof-of-reserves system, in light of FTX’s meltdown.  — It shows a reserve ratio of 101% for its users’ bitcoin balances.

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ahead of Elon Musk’s takeover, advertisers on Twitter are concerned about looser content moderation and potential conflicts of interest for auto ads  —  Marketers are concerned about the Tesla CEO’s stance on content moderation and potential conflicts in auto advertising if the deal for Twitter completes

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Activist investor TCI, which has a $6B+ stake in Alphabet, calls on the company to aggressively reduce headcount and cut costs in long-term bets such as Waymo  —  Hedge fund says company would be more efficient with fewer employees  —  Activist hedge fund TCI Fund Management called …

Tracy Wang / CoinDesk:
Current and former FTX and Alameda staffers say the Bahamian operation SBF ran with housemates is full of conflicts of interest, nepotism, and lack of oversight  —  “The whole operation was run by a gang of kids in the Bahamas,” a person familiar with the matter told CoinDesk on condition of anonymity.