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| Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune: |
In an interview, SBF claims he donated about the same amount to both parties in 2022 but the GOP donations were “dark” money, discusses Alameda, FTT, and more — Sam Bankman-Fried's donations to Democrats are well documented. In an interview released Tuesday …
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| Financial Times: |
Interviews detail FTX and SBF's lavish spending, aided by minimal internal controls, including $300M+ on Bahamas real estate and chartering Amazon deliveries — When crypto exchange FTX moved its headquarters to the Bahamas from Hong Kong last year, employees discovered that Amazon did not deliver to the island.
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Insider and New York Post
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| Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail Alameda's early years, starting in fall 2017, as SBF shrugged off concerns about risky investments, leading several employees to quit in 2018 — ‘We ended up not really knowing how much money we even had,’ one former employee says — Why FTX Picked the Bahamas, and What Happens Now to the Crypto Hub
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| Juliana Liu / CNN: |
Chinese state media: a five-day COVID-19 lockdown in Zhengzhou, home to Foxconn's iPhone plant, has been lifted; an analyst says disruptions cost Apple $1B/week — Hong Kong CNN Business — The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world's largest iPhone factory …
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| Josh Horwitz / Reuters: |
Analysis of Apple's supply chain data shows 44% to 47% of suppliers were China-based between 2014 and 2019, dropping to 41% in 2020 and 36% in 2021 — Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) wide exposure to Chinese manufacturing, notable both for its low costs and rising risks, has receded since the COVID-19 pandemic began … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
The European Central Bank says that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions” and is on the “road to irrelevance”, without citing any strong data points — European Central Bank officials alleged on Wednesday that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions …
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| Platformer: |
Internal messages: Twitter's EMEA ad revenue dropped 15% YoY and weekly bookings are down 49%; source: Blue is delayed as Twitter seeks to skirt App Store fees — Revenues are in free fall, employees say. Can Musk turn the tide? — and Zoë Schiffer
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| Sara Dorn / Forbes: |
Republicans Ron DeSantis, Ken Buck, Mike Lee, Marsha Blackburn, and others mention legislative action to curb Apple's app market power after Elon Musk's tweets — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of Republicans criticizing Apple after Twitter owner Elon Musk claimed …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Binance acquires Japan-based licensed exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin for an undisclosed sum, the exchange's re-entry to Japan and first license in East Asia — - Binance has entered Japan by acquiring the locally licensed exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC). — The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Memo: DoorDash plans to lay off around 1,250 employees, aiming to curb expenses; sources say that represents around 6% of its workforce — DoorDash Inc. is cutting about 1,250 jobs to rein in expenses, acknowledging that a rapid expansion during the pandemic boom has led to mounting losses.| David Pan / Bloomberg: |
As crypto miners default on loans, lenders could receive mining equipment as collateral, a popular financing tool, increasing losses as the rigs' value plunges — Beleaguered crypto lenders are being dealt another blow from Bitcoin miners as they weather the aftermath of the FTX collapse.| Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: |
Spotify releases Wrapped 2022 for users, adding a “music personality” feature, and says Joe Rogan, Emma Chamberlain, and others were its top podcasters — Spotify Wrapped is here, and with it, a slew of year-end charts, data, and graphics ripe for sharing.
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Tweets: @0xgaut, @musicstruggles1, @jackmaccfb, @jonnygabriel, @brandonwong1004, @anthony, and @carnage4life
| Financial Times: |
A look at China's growing interest in the open-source Risc-V chip architecture after US sanctions, including enlisting Alibaba and Tencent to help design chips — Chinese government steps up push to use Risc-V in move aimed at boosting domestic production of semiconductors| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Emboldened by FTX's collapse, the disgraced founders of Terra, Celsius, and Three Arrows Capital have reemerged, offering their thoughts on SBF, FTX, and more — Welcome to Bloomberg Crypto, our twice-weekly look at Bitcoin, blockchain and more. If someone forwarded this to you, sign up here.
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Crypto Briefing. Tweets: @zhusu, @zhusu, @kyleldavies, @kyleldavies, @zhusu, @kyleldavies, @castillotrading, @altcoingordon, @kyleldavies, @icebergy_, @emilyjnicolle, @0xmakesy, @erikvoorhees, @0xquit, @zhusu, @austerity_sucks, @johnwrichkid, @tree_of_alpha, @fatmanterra, @roninroh, @mdudas, @dylanleclair_, @cobie, @mdudas, @fatmanterra, @cl207, @caspiancey, and @stablekwon
| Christiana Loureiro / The Block: |
IBM and Maersk plan to shutter their blockchain supply chain service TradeLens, launched in 2018, in Q1 2023; Maersk blames a lack of industry collaboration — - The companies made a viable platform but couldn't get a global collaboration going. — Danish shipping company Maersk and IBM …
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Maersk, Tech Monitor, The Register, CoinDesk, Blockworks, Global Trade Review, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Coinspeaker, and crypto.news
Tweets: @pbrody, @paddi_hansen, @costasparis, @ghaff, @davidgerard, @wublockchain, and @irinaheaver
| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
A look at TikTok's role in spreading the “blackout challenge”, leading some kids to choke themselves to death, as critics say the company could be doing more — “Sissy's tangled!” — The 5-year-old boy's panicked cries echoed down the hallway of the Arroyos' three-bedroom clapboard house in Milwaukee.
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Law Street Media. Tweets: @beyondreasdoubt, @elizabethelkin, @livcarville, @g0ingmad, @livcarville, @joelwebershow, and @livcarville
| Financial Times: |
SpaceX's Starlink increases the price for new Ukrainian customers to $700, far above the $385 cost from earlier in 2022; monthly subscriptions rise to $75 — Cost of communications devices made by Elon Musk-owned SpaceX set to rise due to Russian assault on electricity grid
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| Kristin Majcher / The Block: |
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has approved a longstanding crypto bill defining digital assets and their service providers; bill now requires president's approval — - Brazil's chamber of deputies finally approved a long-awaited crypto regulation bill. — The bill could now go to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for approval.| Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic: |
A look at Black American crypto investors, many of whom bought in near the top, as the market declines from its 2021 peak and some lose significant sums — Two years ago, a Maryland-based information-technology specialist—who asked to remain anonymous for reasons that will become apparent in a minute …
Tweets: @raadzzi, @_shamgod, @willbredderman, @slangdini, @zellnor4ny, @_zeets, and @dkthomp
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb launches a program to help renters find an apartment in 25 US markets and then list a spare room or occasionally the whole apartment on the platform — Airbnb really wants you to Airbnb an apartment. So its latest step is to find renters a place, which they can also list on the travel booking platform.
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Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, Airbnb Newsroom, Reuters, Bloomberg, and PhocusWire. Tweets: @tsoh_investing
| The Intercept: |
Some prominent antifascist organizers and journalists have had Twitter accounts suspended in the past week, after right-wing operatives appealed to Elon Musk — Elon Musk claims to be “fighting for free speech in America” but the social network's new owner appears to be overseeing a purge of left-wing activists from the platform.
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Insider, @igd_news@kolektiva.social, and Semafor
Tweets: @micahflee, @blackamazon, @wrkclasshistory, @theintercept, @espiers, @dulhunty, @brandondarby, and @esqueer_
| Alex Cranz / The Verge: |
Amazon Kindle Scribe review: great battery, display, and accessories, but lackluster notetaking, outdated document syncing and software, and small writing delay — Amazon's biggest Kindle ever is also the first to let you pair it with a stylus for note-taking.
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ZDNet, CNET, Washington Post, Engadget, TechCrunch, PCMag, and Digital Trends
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: LedgerX, known as FTX US Derivatives, plans to make $175M available for FTX's bankruptcy, part of a $250M fund reserved for a CFTC application — LedgerX — one of the few corners of Sam Bankman-Fried's crumbled crypto empire that remain solvent — is preparing to make available $175 million … Sponsor Posts
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