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| Bloomberg: |
Source: Twitter could reach a deal with Elon Musk for a takeover at $54.20 per share as soon as Monday — Twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations about a sale to Elon Musk, a person with knowledge of knowledge of the matter said, Bloomberg News reports.
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| Reuters: |
Analysis: Elon Musk's Twitter bid includes a risky $12.5B margin loan, secured against Tesla stock and potentially costing ~$1B/year, and $21B of his own cash — It is the biggest acquisition financing ever put forward for one person. Elon Musk is doing it his way.
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| Jamie Powell / Financial Times: |
On a podcast, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says calling crypto “yield farming”, where coins are staked for interest, a “Ponzi” is a “pretty reasonable response” — Sam Bankman-Fried describes explains “yield-farming” to Bloomberg. — Honk honk!
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Millions of dollars worth of NFTs were stolen after Bored Ape Yacht Club's Instagram and Discord were hacked and a malicious “mint” link was promoted — Quick Take — Bored Ape Yacht Club's official Instagram account was hacked. — A hacker stole 91 NFTs from users …
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
OpenSea acquires NFT aggregator Gem, which helps users buy and sell NFTs across marketplaces, for an undisclosed sum; Gem will operate as a standalone brand — Quick Take — NFT marketplace OpenSea has acquired NFT aggregator Gem. — Gem will continue to operate as a standalone brand.
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| Financial Times: |
UK virtual events startup Hopin, which raised $1B+ and reached a $7.8B valuation, is struggling; its Explore page lists fewer than 500 events, down from 15K+ — British group gained $7.8bn valuation in pandemic, but lay-offs and slump in secondary market trades have followed
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| Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto exchanges and companies are poaching more legal talent, as the industry faces increased regulatory pressure; law firms are also building crypto practices — Crypto exchanges and companies are poaching attorneys to help them navigate an evolving regulatory landscape and to cut down legal costs
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| CNBC: |
The UAE grants crypto exchange Kraken a license to operate, after Binance and FTX; Kraken plans to open an HQ in Abu Dhabi and be the first to offer AED trading — - Kraken will open an office in Abu Dhabi and become the first exchange to offer UAE dirham trading after receiving a full license …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Netflix staff morale is down amid its declining stock price, subscriber losses, and an engineering restructuring to create “junior” and “senior” levels — As Netflix shares plunge to their lowest point in five years, the company risks losing its most valuable resource: its star employees.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with Roblox Chief Business Officer Craig Donato on being “all in” on the metaverse, seeing brands as creators, moderating user-generated content, and more — It's a pivotal time for brands as they figure out how to navigate the metaverse.
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| Washington Post: |
Apple, Amazon, and Google have turned to old union-busting tactics, like surveilling workers suspected of organizing, posting propaganda, and hiring consultants — Tech companies are facing increasing momentum from workers trying to organize — At a Staten Island warehouse set to start … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Oracle patches a critical bug in Java 15 and above, which lets attackers forge TLS certificates and signatures, two-factor authentication messages, and more — A failure to sanity check signatures for division-by-zero flaws makes forgeries easy. — Organizations using newer versions …
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