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A look at SBF's desperate efforts to raise $7B+ from Sequoia, Apollo, TPG, the Saudis, and others; FTX's internal accounting software hid FTX-Alameda transfers — As customers withdrew billions of dollars from crypto exchange FTX one frantic Sunday this month, founder Sam Bankman-Fried worked …
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
A wallet linked to the suspected FTX hacker swapped ~$49M of stablecoins for ether, taking its haul to 228,523 ETH and becoming the 35th largest ETH holder — The hacker who raided Sam Bankman-Fried's collapsed crypto exchange FTX is now one of the world's biggest holders of the token Ether.| Milky Eggs: |
Everything we know about FTX's collapse: losses are likely >$15B, trades became increasingly risky, SBF was erratic, rash, and relied on stimulants, and more — If you want to read a poorly researched fluff piece about Sam Bankman-Fried, feel free to go to the New York Times (PDF).
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| Washington Post: |
In an email to Twitter staff, Elon Musk gives an ultimatum: commit to a new “hardcore” Twitter by 5pm ET on Thursday or leave with three months severance — It comes as Musk's first major feature, Twitter Blue Verified, was halted while the company probes issues that arose from its launch.
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Genesis' crypto lending unit, which had $2.8B in active loans in Q3, suspends redemptions and new loan originations; trading and custody units are unaffected — The unit, known as Genesis Global Capital, serves an institutional client base and had $2.8 billion in total active loans as of the end of the third quarter of 2022.
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| CNBC: |
Despite repeated assurances from Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, customers worry over the exchange's solvency; Crypto.com's CRO token drops ~40% in the past week — - Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek has taken to Twitter, YouTube and the airwaves to try to reassure customers that their deposits …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29 “to make sure that it is rock solid”, after pausing signups due to many fake verified accounts — Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue, which lets you pay $7.99 per month for a blue verification check mark next to your name, will relaunch on November 29th.
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| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
An independent audit shows the Luna Foundation Guard spent $2.8B in crypto and Terraform Labs spent $613M trying to defend the UST stablecoin in May 2022 — Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon dismissed similarities with the collapse of FTX. — Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Internal meeting: Tim Cook told German engineering and retail staff that Apple plans to start sourcing chips from a plant under construction in Arizona in 2024 — Apple Inc. is preparing to begin sourcing chips for its devices from a plant under construction in Arizona … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo launches App Tracking Protection in public beta on Android, helping block third-party trackers within apps — DuckDuckGo's App Tracking Protection is now available for public beta testing on all Android devices after launching in a limited beta almost one year ago.
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| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
The House Financial Services Committee plans a hearing on FTX's collapse in December and invites Sam Bankman-Fried and other executives — - The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on FTX in December. — In a joint statement announcing the hearing, current Chair Maxine Waters …
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| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
Meta AI and Papers with Code unveil Galactica, an open-source LLM for generating literature reviews, wiki articles, lecture notes on scientific topics, and more — The Galactica large language model (LLM) is being trained with millions of pieces of academic content.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
DoorDash expands its SafeDash in-app security toolkit, adding an automated SafeChat tool, improved safety reporting, real-time alerts, and porch light reminders — DoorDash has expanded its safety toolkit, rolling out new features that will automatically check in with delivery workers …
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| Mike Truppa / The Block: |
Matter Labs, which develops the Ethereum scaling protocol zkSync, raised a $200M Series C led by Blockchain Capital and Dragonfly, bringing its funding to $458M — - Matter Labs has raised $200 million in a Series C round led by Blockchain Capital and Dragonfly.
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Decrypt, Matter Labs, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, and Fortune
| Claire Woodcock / VICE: |
Some public libraries in the US and Canada are using open-source software MUSICat to offer their own music streaming services and boost their local music scenes — It's not Spotify, but some cities now host music platforms with their own local flavor. — Claire Woodcock| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Akeyless, which helps companies manage passwords, certificates, and API keys, raised $65M Series B, comprising $45.5M in equity and $19.5B in debt, led by NGP — Back in 2018, Refael Angel, a former security software engineer at Intuit, had an idea for a new approach to protect encryption keys …
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| Will Feuer / Wall Street Journal: |
Citing a weakened market, Micron says wafer production for DRAM and NAND memory chips will be down about 20% over the past quarter; Micron's stock falls 5%+ — Company cites market conditions for softening demand — Micron MU -5.04%decrease; red down pointing triangle Technology Inc …
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| Politico: |
German, French, and Norwegian data authorities warn against Qatar's World Cup app Hayya and infection-tracking app Ehteraz, citing privacy and security concerns — Two World Cup apps pose serious privacy and security risks, European privacy regulators say.| Nikhil Patwardhan / Moneycontrol: |
Simplilearn, which offers upskilling courses, bootcamps, and certifications, raised $45M led by GSV Ventures; Blackstone acquired a $250M majority stake in 2021 — The higher learning edtech platform will use the funds to boost its growth plans in India and international markets
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| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
A look at Alphabet X's Mineral project to build unmanned rovers with sensors and cameras for collecting data that helps agricultural companies improve yields — When Deb Menicos walks a strawberry field, she doesn't just look at the berries. Menicos, who holds a Ph.D. in plant breeding …
Tweets: @theteamatx, @chafkin, @rpethe, and @business
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple plans to expand Emergency SOS via Satellite to France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK in December 2022, expanding the service beyond the US and Canada — The iPhone 14 lineup's Emergency SOS via satellite and Find My via satellite features will launch in four additional countries next month, Apple today announced.
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| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Activist investor TCI, which has a $6B+ stake in Alphabet, calls on the company to aggressively reduce headcount and cut costs in its long-term bets like Waymo — Hedge fund says company would be more efficient with fewer employees — Activist hedge fund TCI Fund Management called …
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