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5 min readYouTube cleared more than sixty billion dollars in revenue last year, a figure that let the platform edge past Disney's media operations and claim the spot as the world's largest media company.
Binance Faces Renewed U.S. Scrutiny
The Department of Justice is examining how Iran used Binance to move money past sanctions, with particular attention to funds reaching groups such as Yemen's Houthis. Internal Binance documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal show that more than one billion dollars flowed through the platform via a Hong Kong payments firm called Blessed Trust, much of it linked to Iranian proxies. The exchange suspended its own investigators last November after they flagged roughly 1.7 billion dollars in related activity. Binance's 2023 guilty plea already requires it to screen for terrorism financing and report suspicious flows, yet the company has pushed to end the independent monitor imposed until 2029. A spokesman stated the firm uncovered a multi-jurisdictional pattern and acted with law enforcement, while also filing a defamation suit against Dow Jones over an earlier Journal article on the same transactions.
Coordinated Action Against Southeast Asian Scam Networks
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:32) **DOJ Investigates Binance Over Iran Sanctions Evasion** - The Wall Street Journal reports the US Department of Justice is investigating Iran's use of Binance to evade sanctions, focusing on money flowing to terror groups like Yemen's Houthis.
- 2 (03:25) **Meta Disables 150K+ Accounts in Global Scam Crackdown** - Meta is helping authorities disrupt criminal scam centers in Southeast Asia, disabling over 150,000 accounts.
- 3 (05:27) **Anthropic Launches Internal Think Tank, the Anthropic Institute** - Co-founder Jack Clark will lead the new institute, which combines the company's societal impacts, red team, and economic research teams.
- 4 (10:10) **YouTube Becomes the World's Largest Media Company** - YouTube's 2025 revenue of ~$62 billion surpassed Disney's media business, making it the new "king of all media."
- 5 (12:30) **Nintendo Stock Surges on Pokemon Pokopia Success** - The Switch 2 exclusive game sold out at major US retailers, boosting Nintendo's stock over 10%.
- 6 (14:17) **TikTok Partners with Apple Music for Full Song Playback** - Apple Music subscribers can now play full songs and use a listening party feature directly within the TikTok app.
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Show Notes
Sources say the US government is investigating Binance around Iranian sanction evasion. Meta is helping authorities worldwide crack down on scammers. YouTube literally now is, officially, the biggest media entity in the world. And the legal way to listen to full songs right inside of TikTok.
- Justice Department Probes Iran’s Use of Binance to Evade Sanctions (WSJ)
- Meta, Thai police shut down 150,000 scam accounts (Axios)
- Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight (The Verge)
- YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company (THR)
- Nintendo Shares Soar 10% as Surprise Hit Pokémon Game Lifts Mood (Bloomberg)
- TikTok Teams With Apple Music to Allow Users to Stream Full Songs (Variety)
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