Tencent Cloud’s deepfake creation service can analyze and train itself on three-minute videos and 100 voice clips to produce a convincing deepfake video within 24 hours. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/tencent-cloud-to-reportedly-offer-deepfake-creation-tool-at-145

Internal reviews of the supervision of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have been released, showing weaknesses on the part of the banks’ regulators as well as management. Source: …

It’s unclear what the Bureau was searching for in the home of the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, who worked closely with Sam Bankman-Fried. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-ftx-exec-ryan-salame-s-home-searched-by-fbi-report

The SEC boss reiterated that “the law is clear” on cryptocurrencies being securities, while others highlighted the lack of regulatory clarity in the U.S. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-s-gary-gensler-takes-another-swipe-at-crypto-in-educational-video

The lawmakers see a “coordinated strategy” to deny the digital asset industry access to banking that is not related to a desire to protect banks. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-house-financial-committee-republicans-look-for-records-to-show-crypto-debanking

Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence has denied playing a role in the flash crash that saw Bitcoin fall 7% in less than an hour. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/arkham-denies-buggy-mt-gox-alerts-to-blame-for-7-bitcoin-price-crash

Cathie Wood’s ARK and crypto investment firm 21Shares are tripling down on their attempt to get approval to create a spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/third-time-s-the-charm-ark-and-21shares-again-file-with-sec-for-bitcoin-etf

The futures and options exchange was purchased by FTX.US in 2021 to expand its spot trading services. Three other FTX assets remain up for sale. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-sells-ledgerx-for-50m-to-affiliate-of-miami-based-exchange-holding-company

Surveillance software installed on Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents’ phones will track every minute of their activity across browsers, messaging and calls. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-approves-taps-on-sbf-s-parents-phones-to-meet-bail-conditions

OPNX chief Leslie Lamb called out a number of venture capital firms on Twitter after some rushed to distance themselves from the company. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/opnx-ceo-scolds-claimed-backers-after-they-deny-investing-in-the-firm