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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
After suspending withdrawals on Friday, Babel Finance says it has reached “preliminary agreements” on repayments of “some debts”, helping ease its liquidity — - Babel Finance says it has reached “preliminary agreements” with major counterparties “on the repayment period of some debts.”
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| Wall Street Journal: |
The total value of all cryptocurrencies has gone down by roughly $2T, or two-thirds, since bitcoin hit its all-time high in November 2021 — The cryptocurrency industry was built on swagger, enthusiasm and optimism. All three are in short supply these days, as losses and layoffs mount. — 1x
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| Celsius Blog: |
After pausing withdrawals last week, Celsius asks for more time to stabilize its liquidity and operations and halts Twitter Spaces and AMAs — It has been one week since we paused withdrawals, Swap, and transfers. We want our community to know that our objective continues to be stabilizing our liquidity and operations.
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| Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin fell to under $18K on Saturday, below its $19,511 high during its 2017 bull cycle, as ether dropped below $1K; both are down 70%+ since November 2021 — Bitcoin plunged through several closely watched price levels to the lowest since late 2020 as evidence of deepening stress within …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Telegram passes 700M MAUs and unveils Telegram Premium, which will let users follow up to 1,000 channels, send files up to 4GB, and more, for $5 to $6 per month — Telegram has amassed 700 million monthly active users and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features …
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| New York Times: |
Apple employees at a store in Towson, Maryland vote 65-33 to unionize, making it the company's first US store where employees voted in favor of unionizing — Roughly two-thirds of employees at the store in Towson, Md., voted to join the union. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Interviews with members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to leave Meta's board, a departure that was years in the making — Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto broker Voyager secures a $485M loan from FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda, including $200M credit and 15,000 bitcoins, worth around $285M — Crypto broker Voyager Digital Ltd said it secured loans from Alameda Research, the trading outfit from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried … | David Gura / NPR: |
Sam Bankman-Fried says the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates led to the current crypto crash, resulting in risk “recalibration” for investors — Cryptocurrencies are going through a spectacular crash and the head of one of the largest crypto exchanges …
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Solend Labs, a “decentralized” borrowing and lending protocol on Solana, votes to take over an account that deposited 5.7M SOL, over 95% of the pool's deposits — Solend users voted to “grant emergency power to Solend Labs to temporarily take over the whale's account.”
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| Financial Times: |
NetEase delays the release of Diablo Immortal after the game's Weibo account shared a reference to Winnie the Pooh, a way to derisively refer to President Xi — Cartoon bear is often used to criticise President Xi Jinping and has been blacklisted by censors
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| Kishan Vyas / XDA Developers: |
WhatsApp rolls out new privacy control settings to all users, giving them more control over who can see their Profile Photo, About, Last Seen, and Status — WhatsApp is rolling out new privacy control settings to provide users greater control over who can see their profile photo, “About,” “Last seen,” and WhatsApp Status.
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