FTX might not have been the only crypto exchange using customer money for other things

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Happy Friday eve, Opening Bell crew. Senior reporter Phil Rosen here. 

As if the universe knew that I hadn't written a crypto newsletter in some time, here we go: Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has been under some scrutiny this week. 

Ted Cruz shouts over Merrick Garland about the DOJ's response to protests outside Supreme Court justices' homes

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Ted Cruz
US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) arrives for a US Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing to examine the Justice Department on March 1, 2023.

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Days before the Supreme Court takes on Biden's student-loan forgiveness, Elizabeth Warren urges it to 'do its job and apply the law as it is written'

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks on student debt at the AFL-CIO on June 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. The AFL-CIO held an event to discuss “the importance of student debt cancellation for American workers.”
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks on student debt at the AFL-CIO on June 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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Exclusive: British authorities surveilled FBI spy chief Charles McGonigal's secret 2018 meeting with a Russian contact

Tech Insider : Politics
Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives to Manhattan federal court in New York, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in New York.
Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Feb. 9.

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The DOJ will brief lawmakers on the classified documents recovered from Trump and Biden

Tech Insider : Politics
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President Joe Biden, left, and former President Donald Trump, right, in a composite image.

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Exclusive: The FBI's McGonigal labyrinth

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Duplicates of Charles McGonigal on blue background 2x1
"What are you, a drug dealer now?" Charlie McGonigal's then-girlfriend recalls asking him when, she says, he bought a second phone to continue communicating through an encrypted app.

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Why the law Biden is using to cancel student debt is 'highly strained,' according to a group formed by Obama lawyers aimed at protecting American democracy

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden.

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Betsy DeVos and former GOP lawmakers who helped construct versions of the legislation Biden is using to cancel student debt just told the Supreme Court his plan 'obviously violates' the law

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos.

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'Search unlikely to be uprooted by ChatGPT': From AI competition to massive layoffs, here's what Wall Street is watching for in Alphabet's 4th-quarter earnings

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A man walks through Google offices on January 25, 2023 in New York City.
Alphabet's stock has pushed higher since 2023 kicked off.

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A conservative group blocked student-loan forgiveness because 2 borrowers wanted more relief than they qualified for. Here's why it thinks no one else should get to benefit from Biden's plan.

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Cancel student debt activists
Activists hold cancel student debt signs as they gather to rally in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2022.

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