Calling all nat sec wonks: These are the transition positions you should be paying attention to

President-elect Donald Trump’s national security transition team is already taking shape, giving early insights into who could staff his national security and defense team once he takes office in January. The speculation around Cabinet secretary posts is hogging a lot of attention, but lower-level appointees in the National Security Council, State Department and Pentagon could…

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The SEC has charged an a16z and Sequoia-backed crypto startup founder with fraud 

The founder of once-hyped crypto startup BitClout is facing trouble. On Tuesday, the SEC charged BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji with fraud and unregistered offering of securities, claiming he used a pseudonymous identity to avoid regulatory scrutiny while he raised over $257 million in cryptocurrency.  BitClout, a decentralized social media platform, raised from a who’s-who of…

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