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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
After suspending withdrawals on June 17, Babel Finance reaches “preliminary agreements on the repayment period of some debts”, helping ease liquidity pressure — - Babel Finance says it has reached “preliminary agreements” with major counterparties “on the repayment period of some debts.”
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Tweets: @wublockchain, @emilyjnicolle, @muyaoshen, @muyaoshen, @mayazi, @wublockchain, @3anoncompany, @bitfinexed, and @bitfinexed
| Celsius Blog: |
After pausing withdrawals, Swap, and transfers last week, Celsius asks for more time to stabilize its liquidity and operations and halts Twitter Spaces and AMAs — It has been one week since we paused withdrawals, Swap, and transfers. We want our community to know that our objective continues …
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Tweets: @simondixontwitt, @celsiusnetwork, @golikehellmachi, @mayazi, and @ahcastor
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg demos prototype VR headsets from Reality Labs, none of which will ship, that Meta refers to as “time machines” used to test one specific feature — Meta's Reality Labs division has revealed new prototypes in its roadmap toward lightweight, hyper-realistic virtual reality graphics.
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @metanewsroom, @cesarberardini, @cixliv, @rushindrasinha, @hrafntho, @scobleizer, @themysticle, @sadlyitsbradley, @base_reality_vr, @sadlyitsbradley, @davewiner, @mikemccready, @xploshi, @davewiner, @seflless, @scobleizer, @naysy, @scobleizer, @mr_james_c, @scobleizer, @nchan, @nchan, @casandchary, @cixliv, @pierce, @diegobez, @scobleizer, @sadlyitsbradley, @jetscott, @uploadvr, @cixliv, @jetscott, @davewiner, @sadlyitsbradley, @ericpresidentvr, @ericpresidentvr, @sadlyitsbradley, @leokelion, @sadlyitsbradley, @diegobez, @davewiner, @davewiner, @cixliv, @zimtok5, @siegel, @jeskillings, and @benhouston3d
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura add an Automatic Verification option, letting iCloud users bypass CAPTCHAs on websites and in apps that support the feature — Tapping on images of traffic lights or deciphering squiggly text to prove you are human will soon be a much less common nuisance …
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Tweets: @horizonsone, @dubois, @joecugeek, and @mcelhearn
| David Gura / NPR: |
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried blames the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates for 2022's crypto crash, resulting in an investor risk “recalibration” — Cryptocurrencies are going through a spectacular crash and the head of one of the largest crypto exchanges …
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The Economic Times, CoinJournal, Ethereum World News, CoinQuora, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, Decrypt, Cryptonews, Cryptocracy, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, and Cryptopolitan
Tweets: @davidgura, @levinejonathan, @noahpinion, @fttdao, @ivanthek, @howardlindzon, and @sbf_ftx
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
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| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Solend Labs, a “decentralized” lending protocol on Solana, overturns a controversial DAO vote to take over a whale's account that had deposited ~5.7M SOL — - Solend has invalidated yesterday's controversial DAO decision to take over its largest user account.
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Amy Castor, Solend, Solend, Bloomberg, CNBC, Blockworks, Ethereum World News, CoinDesk, Crowdfund Insider, The Register, crypto.news, Decrypt, The Block, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, CoinJournal, Crypto Briefing, NFT Evening, watcher.guru, Pandaily, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @business, @silvermanjacob, @blockanalia, @vikingxbt, @_dean_machine, @coop_daniels, @lloydmiller, @austinj, @kentoinami, @solendprotocol, @algofamily, @arrington, @swenlink, @kennwhite, @lex_node, @larry0x, @erratarob, @johnalanwoods, @aaronwise5147, @nsapproductions, @thormaximalist, @richayotte, @jgamblin, @solendprotocol, @solendprotocol, @cdespinosa, @fomoby, @milimalism, @swenlink, and @danny_mx
| Michelle Celarier / New York Magazine: |
An in-depth look at Tiger Global, the secretive hedge fund and VC firm led by Chase Coleman, as its huge bets on booming tech stocks led to a $25B+ loss by June — Secretive hedge fund Tiger Global changed the rules on tech investing. Then it all went bad.
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Weekly Tech Update. Tweets: @alderlaneeggs, @buccocapital, @gnoble79, @nymag, @churchillcap1, @jcoviedo6, @walt373, and @buccocapital
| Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Some SMB owners complain Google is ending its G Suite legacy free edition after over a decade on August 1, arguing the company lured them with a free service — Google is charging some small businesses for email and other apps after more than a decade of free use. Business owners say Google is being callous.
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The Register. Tweets: @michellemanafy, @paulg, @dlberes, @jmatwood, @nytimes, @carnage4life, @nicoagrant, @beaufriedlander, @pkedrosky, and @fisurgi
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Germany's Echobot and Finland's Leadfeeder, which both offer sales tools, agree to merge and have raised €180M from Great Hill Partners to expand — Sales and marketing has seen a huge boom in the last several years, fueled by developments in user experience and design …
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| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: China has 19 of the world's 20 fastest-growing chip industry firms of the past four quarters, on average, compared to eight at the same time last year — China's chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after US sanctions on local champions from Huawei Technologies Co … | Financial Times: |
NetEase delays Diablo Immortal's China release after the game's Weibo account alluded to Winnie the Pooh, a way to derisively refer to President Xi Jinping — Cartoon bear is often used to criticise President Xi Jinping and has been blacklisted by censors — Shares in NetEase dropped …
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Reuters, GamesIndustry.biz, South China Morning Post, Kotaku, TechRadar, Android Headlines, Engadget, CNBC, PC Gamer, IGN, Coinspeaker, Pocket Gamer.biz, GamesRadar, Game Developer, Dexerto, Video Games Chronicle, South China Morning Post, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @zhugeex, @epro, @jmzbeijing, @pingroma, @therealjoshye, @chaossmurf, @yaling_jiang, and @zhugeex
| Kul Bhushan / Tech in Asia: |
VerSe Innovation rolls out its news aggregator Dailyhunt in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait, with over 5K content partners in the region — VerSe Innovation, an India-based tech unicorn, has rolled out news aggregator Dailyhunt in the Middle East …
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