235 million Twitter accounts data leak and Robinhood stock seizure: top crypto and Web3 news for January 5

It’s our top news picks of the day again, and today we’ve got lots of high-profile titles for you!

SEC against

According to The Block, The Securities and Exchange Commission of the USA (SEC) has filed motions objecting to the Binance US’s acquisition in Voyager’s bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of New York. 

Hacker gets data from 235 million Twitter users

A data leak containing the email addresses of 235 million Twitter users was published on a popular hacker forum. Experts analyzed and confirmed the authenticity of many records. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the Ethereum network, is among the victims.

Robinhood stocks seized

The U.S. Justice Department seized a number of assets belonging to the busted crypto exchange FTX, according to Bloomberg. This includes shares of Robinhood, which Sam Bankman-Fried acquired through his subsidiary holding firm Emergent Fidelity Technologies. 

Data storage from the TON Foundation

The TON Foundation, a Proof-of-Stake blockchain created by the founders of the Telegram messenger, is launching a storage ecosystem called TON Storage. The goal of the project is to enable users to share files of any size while providing node operators with financial incentives to host files for users. TON Storage operates as a peer-to-peer file sharing system using the TON blockchain. In an effort to decentralize file storage, TON sites can be hosted on TON Storage, without the need for a centralized web server.