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[Thread] Twitter product chief Kayvon Beykpour says he is leaving at the request of CEO Parag Agrawal, who wants to “take the team in a different direction” — Interrupting my paternity leave to share some final @twitter-related news: I'm leaving the company after over 7 years.
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| Bloomberg: |
In a memo, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts; VP of product Jay Sullivan will take over as head of product — Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal announced a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts on Thursday …
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Terraform Labs resumes Terra block production, with staking disabled, after halting the blockchain “to prevent governance attacks” following LUNA's collapse — Quick Take — Terraform Labs has said the Terra blockchain has been halted. — This is due to concerns …
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| Financial Times: |
Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino declines to reveal details about the company's $40B US government bond holdings, for fear of revealing its “secret sauce” — Token's tech chief declines to provide details on Treasury holdings on fear of revealing ‘secret sauce’
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
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| Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase's market cap falls to $12.98B from a $75B+ peak in 2021 as its stock closes at $58.50, far below its first day closing price of $328.28 in April 2021 — Coinbase Global Inc. has declined precipitously this year, largely mimicking the drop in Bitcoin prices and taking its market value …
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| Veronica Irwin / Protocol: |
Masayoshi Son says SoftBank plans to cut its startup investments by 50%-75% through March 2023, after Vision Fund reported a $20B+ loss for its fiscal year — Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is severely cutting its planned startup investments through next March, Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said in a Thursday earnings call.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Ex-Facebook crypto chief David Marcus launches Lightspark, a payments startup building on Bitcoin's Lightning network, backed by a16z, Paradigm, and others — After his departure from Facebook in November, many crypto industry insiders speculated where long-time executive David Marcus would land.
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| Washington Post: |
Interviews with 17 Hollywood insiders reveal that celebrities view Twitter as a high-risk, low-reward platform, and why Musk's ownership might make it worse — Elon Musk was right that Twitter's most popular accounts have gone quieter over the years. Hollywood insiders explain what happened … | Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
In an email, Jason Calacanis says he is “collecting interest to invest in Twitter” as part of Elon Musk's buyout; the minimum investment to participate is $250K — - Jason Calacanis, who's known for early bets on companies like Uber and Robinhood, is pulling together funds …
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| Anushree Dave / The Block: |
New York-based Solidus Labs, a crypto risk monitoring startup that also protects from DeFi threats, raises a $45M Series B led by Liberty City Ventures — Quick Take — Solidus Labs has raised $45 million in funding, adding to a previous Series A of $20 million.
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| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
SEC filing: FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried bought a 7.6% stake, worth $648M, in Robinhood, calling it “an attractive investment”; stock jumps 20%+ after hours — Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of crypto exchange FTX, has taken a 7.6% stake in Robinhood, according to a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| Mahira Dayal / The Information: |
PitchBook: 16 new VC funds with 60%+ female decision makers have raised $4.5B from January to April 2022; women-led funds raised $3.7B in 2021 and $1.8B in 2020 — For years, women-led venture capital funds were the true Silicon Valley unicorns, a rarity in a sector where the vast majority of check writers are men.| Riana Pfefferkorn / Stanford CIS Blog: |
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the enforcement of US laws should be seen as a strong argument for strengthening encryption, not weakening it — With the Supreme Court poised to rip away a constitutional right that's been the law of the land for nearly half a century by overturning Roe v. Wade …
Tweets: @hipsterelectron, @decryption, @christophera, and @riana_crypto
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
MicroStrategy's massive bitcoin bet has become a $330M paper loss as bitcoin trades around $28K; MicroStrategy holds 129,218 BTC, bought for $30,700 on average — Quick Take — Bitcoin's price fall has led to unrealized losses for MicroStrategy. — The Nasdaq-listed company …
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| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
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