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Sources reveal FTX and Alameda's dubious financial practices, like showing investors some of the same assets on their books despite claiming separate operations — As customers withdrew billions of dollars from crypto exchange FTX one frantic Sunday this month, founder Sam Bankman-Fried worked …
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| Kelsey Piper / Vox: |
A chat via DM with SBF on why regulators “make everything worse”, FTX and Alameda's “messy accounting”, why he regrets filing for bankruptcy, ethics, and more — The fallen crypto CEO on what went wrong, why he did what he did, and what lies he told along the way.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Former employees detail the chaos after FTX's collapse: mass resignations, learning news from Twitter and the media, equity compensation evaporating, and more — Many say they learned of crypto exchange's deteriorating situation through media and lost access to their funds — How FTX Went Bankrupt: What Went Wrong
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
| Washington Post: |
Elon Musk emails Twitter employees an ultimatum: commit to a new “hardcore” Twitter by 5pm ET on November 17 or leave with three months severance — It comes as Musk's first major feature, Twitter Blue Verified, was halted while the company probes issues that arose from its launch.
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| Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: |
Genesis' crypto lending unit, which had $2.8B in Q3 2022 active loans, halts redemptions and new loan originations; trading and custody services are unaffected — The unit, known as Genesis Global Capital, serves an institutional client base and had $2.8 billion in total active loans as of the end of the third quarter of 2022.
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| Peter White / Deadline: |
Apple plans to launch its Major League Soccer Season Pass on February 1 for $15/month or $99/season and $13/month or $79/season for Apple TV+ subscribers — Apple has unveiled more plans for its launch of Major League Soccer (MLS). — The streamer has revealed the pricing and launch details …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: BlockFi plans to file for bankruptcy within days, after pausing withdrawals; FTX US gave the crypto lender a $400M revolving credit line in July 2022 — Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi Inc. is preparing to file for bankruptcy within days, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Evernote agrees to be acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons, in a transaction expected to close in early 2023; Evernote has raised $290M to date — Evernote, the note-taking and task management app founded over 20 years ago, has been acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons.
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Nvidia and Microsoft sign a multiyear deal to build an AI supercomputer in the cloud, making Azure the first public cloud to incorporate Nvidia's full AI stack — Nvidia and Microsoft announced Wednesday a multi-year collaboration to build an AI supercomputer in the cloud, adding tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to Microsoft Azure.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI and CISA say an Iranian-backed threat group hacked a US Federal Civilian Executive Branch and deployed XMRig cryptomining malware via the Log4Shell flaw — The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory published today that an unnamed Iranian-backed threat group hacked … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue down 17% YoY to $5.93B, vs. $5.77B est., including Data Center revenue up 31% YoY to $3.83B and Gaming revenue down 51% YoY to $1.57B — - Nvidia reported fiscal third-quarter results on Wednesday for the period ending in October with sales beating analyst expectations but earnings per share coming in light.
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| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
The US House Financial Services Committee plans to hold a hearing in December on FTX's collapse and invites Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda, Binance, and others — - The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on FTX in December. — In a joint statement announcing the hearing …
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Tweets: @jakesherman, @fscdems, @mikemadden, and @repyoungkim
| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Audit by JS Held: Terraform Labs and Luna Foundation Guard tried to defend the UST stablecoin in May 2022 by spending $613M and $2.8B in crypto, respectively — Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon dismissed similarities with the collapse of FTX. — Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) …
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Terra, JS Held, ZyCrypto, Bitcoin News, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @lfg_org, @punk9059, @riddle245, and @traderrocko
| CNBC: |
Despite Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek's assurances, customers worry about the exchange's solvency; Crypto.com's CRO token has fallen nearly 40% in the past week — - Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek has taken to Twitter, YouTube and the airwaves to try to reassure customers that their deposits …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Linktree announces Payment Lock, which lets creators on its paid plans add a paywall and use PayPal or Square to charge up to $150 for access to premium content — Linktree, a popular tool used to link out to additional social channels and websites, is adding a way for users to monetize the content they share on their page.| Financial Times: |
The UK blocks the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia, owned by China's Wingtech, on national security grounds and orders Nexperia to divest 86% of Newport — Months of wrangling over chipmaker sees deal with China-owned company thwarted on national security grounds
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Bloomberg, Tech Monitor, GOV.UK, Politico, Reuters, and CNBC
Tweets: @grantshapps, @shashj, @tomboadle, and @georgefreemanmp
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo launches App Tracking Protection in public beta on Android to block third-party trackers within apps, after launching a limited beta in November 2021 — DuckDuckGo's App Tracking Protection is now available for public beta testing on all Android devices after launching in a limited beta almost one year ago.
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