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| U.S. Department of the Treasury: |
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC say all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13 — WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …
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Campbell Harvey and Janet Mui
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| Sinead O'Sullivan / Financial Times: |
Having perfected the art of using echo-chamber hype to move markets, VCs managed to hype their own rumors to collapse SVB, slaying a much-loved accomplice — After more than a decade of venture capitalists insisting they provide more than just cash to their portfolio companies, the moment to prove that finally arrived.
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| Iain Withers / Reuters: |
HSBC acquires Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm for £1, citing “strategic sense for our business”; as of March 10, SVB UK had ~£5.5B in loans and ~£6.7B in deposits — HSBC (HSBA.L) said on Monday it is acquiring the UK subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank for 1 pound.
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Caroline Hepker and Rishi Sunak
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| Michael Moritz / Financial Times: |
A eulogy for Silicon Valley Bank, a business partner to tech for 40 years that worked with startups when bigger banks wouldn't and paid a price for its loyalty — Regardless of the reasons behind the bank's collapse, it leaves a huge hole for the start-up scene — The writer is a partner at Sequoia Capital
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Monomythical and Bloomberg
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| Michael Flaherty / Axios: |
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SVB Financial Group, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, and New York Times
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@sunnyright, @deitaone, and @cgasparino
| Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block: |
Meta says it is winding down its work on NFTs “for now” to focus on other ways of supporting creators, people, and businesses — - Meta is ditching its NFT efforts, for now, according to executive Stephane Kasriel. — Meta is ditching its pursuit of NFTs as the company looks to prioritize …
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: Y Combinator will not raise another Continuity Fund, which backs late-stage startups, and the two partners who led the fund plan to leave the company — Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator won't raise another continuity fund, which backs mature private tech companies, two people familiar with the matter said.| The Verge: |
A Reddit user shows how Samsung's Space Zoom feature produces fake, generated images of the moon, highlighting how computational photography is changing photos — For years, Samsung “Space Zoom”-capable phones have been known for their ability to take incredibly detailed photos of the Moon.
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r/Android on Reddit, Laptop Mag, PhoneArena, Jagged Lines, The Register, Redmond Pie, PetaPixel, and SlashGear
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires the WordPress plugin ActivityPub and hires its developer, to help blogs integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon — WordPress.com sites now have an easier way to integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon.
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@dimensionmedia
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
After investing $1B in OpenAI in 2019, Microsoft found ways to string together tens of thousands of Nvidia A100 GPUs, costing several hundred million dollars — When Microsoft Corp. invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, it agreed to build a massive, cutting-edge supercomputer for the artificial intelligence research startup.
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@dinabass, @dinabass, @rustybrick, @dinabass, @brianroemmele, and @aparanjape
| STAT: |
Insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for the treatment of older patients — An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine.
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@statnews, @michaelhoffman, @statnews, and @dancow
| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Lending protocol Euler Finance lost $197M in a flash-loan attack, including $136M in stETH and $34M in USDC; Euler raised $32M in June 2022; EUL drops 45%+ — - Euler Finance was hit by a flash-loan attack that resulted in a loss of $197 million, according to security analysts.
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
A California appeals court reverses a lower court ruling that found Prop 22 illegal, preserving the independent contractor model of companies like Uber and Lyft — Ruling upholds Proposition 22, which preserves gig-economy business model — Uber Technologies Inc., UBER -0.93%decrease … | CNBC: |
First Republic Bank's stock drops 61.83%, after falling 33% last week, despite claiming $70B+ in unused liquidity on March 12 and the Fed's new lending facility — - First Republic said Sunday it had received additional liquidity from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.
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Andrea Lisi
| Bloomberg: |
The end of SVB, Silvergate, the Silvergate Exchange Network, and Signature adds more stress to the crypto industry; fiat conversion costs may rise by 20% to 40% — The digital-asset market is coming off of a turbulent year featuring a number of high-profile blowups.
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@coinbase, @twobitidiot, @tracyalloway, @timccopeland, @hsakatrades, and @mayazi
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
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