ChainCatcher 消息，美国总统特朗普任命 Danielle Sassoon 为纽约南区联邦检察官办公室临时负责人，负责曼哈顿及周边地区事务。 Sassoon 曾主导起诉 FTX 创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried 的案件，该案件以 Bankman-Fried 被判 25 年监禁告终。此外，她还参与了美国司法部对 Terra 创始人 Do Kwon 的案件。 Sassoon 毕业于哈佛大学和耶鲁法学院，并曾担任已故最高法院法官 Antonin Scalia 的书记官。她将领导南区检察官办公室，直至特朗普提名的正式人选 Jay Clayton 完成确认程序。

ChainCatcher 消息，据路透社报道，曼哈顿美国检察官办公室计划缩减对加密货币案件的处理规模。 纽约南区证券和商品工作组联席负责人斯科特·哈特曼表示，该办公室不会忽视加密货币案件，但处理这些案件的检察官数量比 2022 年数字资产价格暴跌时（即所谓的“加密货币寒冬”）要少。

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor stated, "The U.S. government should own most of the Bitcoin; Bitcoin is the Manhattan of cyberspace."

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, Coinbase is relocating to a new office in Manhattan, New York, and in the process is abandoning its previous workplace at Hudson Yards.It is reported that Coinbase has signed an eleven-year lease for a space at 1 Madison in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, covering an area of 67,208 square feet. This office space is approximately twice the size of the original Hudson Yards space, but the company has neither changed its remote work policy nor indicated plans to expand its team in New York. Sources revealed that the number of Coinbase employees has remained relatively stable this year.

ChainCatcher news, CNBC reporter Mackenzie Sigalos posted on the X platform that the sentencing hearing for SBF will take place at 9:30 AM ET (9:30 PM Beijing time) on the 26th floor of the Manhattan Federal Court.Sigalos added that after speaking with prosecutors and trial lawyers, there is a consensus that SBF could be sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison.

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon will stand trial this Monday in Manhattan. Regulators accuse them of lying to investors before the collapse of the company's two cryptocurrencies LUNA/UST.It is reported that Do Kwon will not attend the hearing. He is currently housed in a foreigner "reception center" by Montenegrin authorities until the local court makes a new decision regarding his extradition.

ChainCatcher news, encrypted KOL Autism Capital tweeted that a user claimed to have seen Caroline Ellison, the former head of the investment division of Alameda Research, at Ground Support Coffee in the West Soho area of Manhattan on December 4th, "which means she is not in Hong Kong, but in New York, and is not detained." (source link)