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| Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg: |
Three Arrows Capital files for Chapter 15 bankruptcy, protecting its US assets from creditors while a British Virgin Islands court carries out a liquidation — Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy, a move that protects its US assets while a liquidation is carried out in the British Virgin Islands.
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Tweets: @petition, @thestalwart, @pkedrosky, @fintechfrank, @coindesk, @crypt0e, @miningmiranda, @djohnson_cpa, @ummjackson, @itsmarkmoran, and @scottmelker
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Voyager Digital suspends trading, deposits, withdrawals, and rewards citing market conditions, after issuing a default notice to 3AC in June over a ~$650M loan — - “This was a tremendously difficult decision, but we believe it is the right one given current market conditions,” CEO Stephen Ehrlich said in a statement.| Arthur Hayes / Entrepreneur's Handbook: |
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Tweets: @cryptohayes, @mayazi, @ernestocontrer, @mdudas, @matthuang, @stacyannj, @lukeyoungblood, @bwertz, @garrytan, @pt, and @wublockchain
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history — Along with visits to other potentially sensitive locations — Google says it'll start automatically deleting visits to abortion clinics …
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
In a letter to nine GOP senators, TikTok says China-based employees who clear internal security protocols can access certain information on TikTok's US users — TikTok, the viral video-sharing app owned by China's ByteDance Ltd., said certain employees outside the US can access information …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
BlockFi agrees to an option to be acquired by FTX for up to $240M, plus a $400M revolving credit facility; BlockFi CEO: “we continue to see a healthy ecosystem” — Troubled crypto lender BlockFi said Friday that it agreed to an option to be acquired by FTX for up to $240 million.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Meta plans to shut down Novi, its digital wallet pilot, on September 1, 2022; users will no longer be able to add money to their accounts starting on July 21 — The remainder of the cryptocurrency project that Meta Platforms Inc.'s Founder Mark Zuckerberg took a beating over from Congress is officially shutting down.
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Tweets: @jamesplloyd, @web3isgreat, @business, @pii77ggkcmp, @miraf123, @georgedonnelly, @danheld, @keithdsouza, and @novi
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
HackerOne says an employee stole vulnerability reports submitted through its bug bounty platform and disclosed them to seven companies for financial rewards — A HackerOne employee stole vulnerability reports submitted through the bug bounty platform and disclosed them to affected customers to claim financial rewards.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
As Apple ramped up Mac chip investments, improvements in its other chips slowed down; sources: Apple Watch Series 8 may be able to tell if users have a fever — When it comes to Apple's chip advancements, the company's iPhone and watch are taking a back seat to the Mac.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Klarna is nearing a deal to raise ~$650M mostly from existing investors led by Sequoia Capital at a ~$6.5B valuation, down from $45.6B in June 2021 — The deal would be a huge comedown for the company, which investors valued at $45.6 billion in 2021
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| Yiwen Lu / Washington Post: |
RadioShack, purchased by private equity firm REV in 2020, reintroduces itself as a crypto exchange trying to attract users with a stream of often profane tweets — Gen Z may not be familiar with the RadioShack of their grandparents, but they're getting to know its replacement.
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| Nelson Rauda Zablah / New York Times: |
How El Salvador President Nayib Bukele weaponized bitcoin to whitewash his government's growing authoritarianism on the world stage and spread local propaganda — SAN SALVADOR — Bitcoiners — enthusiasts of the world's most popular cryptocurrency — aren't supposed to trust government.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Biden to award a posthumous Medal of Freedom to Steve Jobs for changing the way the world communicates and transforming the computer, music, and film industries — The Biden Administration has announced the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for this year.
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