☸️CRYPTO ALERTS❄️

1️⃣Apple pulls crypto exchange apps, including Binance and Kraken, from India App Store due to alleged anti-money laundering rule violations reported by the Financial Intelligence Unit.

2️⃣BTC Map data shows a threefold increase in businesses accepting Bitcoin worldwide, from 2207 to 6126 in 2023.

3️⃣US Senators Vance and Tillis demanded a report from SEC Chair Gensler on the recent X account breach, citing concerns about internal cybersecurity procedures.

🔆They request clarity by January 15, highlighting the SEC's four-day disclosure mandate for cybersecurity incidents.

🔆X's Safety team published a tweet that it confirms that the SEC's X account was compromised, and they have completed a preliminary investigation.

🔆Based on our investigation, the compromise was not due to any breach of X’s systems, but rather due to an unidentified individual obtaining control over a phone number associated with the SEC account through a third party.

🔆We can also confirm that the account did not have two-factor authentication enabled at the time the account was compromised.