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Sources: FTX is close to finalizing a term sheet to buy BlockFi for ~$25M and a deal could be signed by July 1; PitchBook: BlockFi was valued at $4.8B in 2021 — - Crypto exchange FTX is close to finalizing a term sheet to buy BlockFi and a deal is expected to be signed by the end of this week …
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New York Post, CoinDesk, Tech in Asia, CoinGeek, SiliconANGLE, Ethereum World News, CryptoGlobe, beToken my Friend ES, Crypto Briefing, Simply Bitcoin Unfiltered, Fortune, Benzinga, NewsBTC, Protocol, Bloomberg, beToken my Friend EN, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, Attack of the 50 Foot …, Blockworks, and Finextra
Tweets: @blockfizac, @danprimack, @tier10k, @stonks_dot_com, @intangiblecoins, @lopp, @jenndefer, @kylesamani, @followtheh, @chatwithcharles, @zguz, @epsilontheory, @adamscochran, @adamscochran, @qwqiao, @iamlluciana, @altcoinsherpa, @lookner, @sgbarbour, @ledgerstatus, @defimafia_, @0xfoobar, @route2fi, @0xsisyphus, @howardlindzon, @twicrates, @autismcapital, @dcsilver, @tier10k, @autismcapital, @kadhim, @coinbureau, @kylesamani, @hellspawncrypto, @caspiancey, @davidbelle_, @chainlinkgod, @skesslr, @loopifyyy, @laurashin, @dystopiabreaker, @seyitaylor, @covered_call, @jseyff, @coryklippsten, @jreem, @twobitidiot, @theskyhopper, @tuurdemeester, @riddle245, and @ryanwatkins_. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Source: FTX walked away from a deal with Celsius after finding the crypto lender had a $2B hole in its balance sheet and was difficult to deal with — - FTX was interested in making a deal with Celsius but walked away because of the state of its finances, two sources told The Block.| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Raspberry Pi announces the Pico W, a $6 microcontroller equipped with an 802.11n Wi-Fi radio, powered by an Infineon CYW43439 chip with Bluetooth disabled — It's the Pico, but it knows about the network — Raspberry Pi has introduced a successor to last year's Pico …
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| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Internal memo: Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox expects “slower growth” in H2 2022 and “teams should not expect vast influxes of new engineers and budgets” — (Reuters) - Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc is bracing for a leaner second half of the year …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Kaspersky researchers discovered malware used in the wild since March 2021 to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers of government and military orgs worldwide — Attackers used a newly discovered malware to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers belonging to government and military organizations from Europe … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Gene Levoff, a former lawyer at Apple, pleads guilty to insider trading; he allegedly traded ahead of quarterly earnings from 2011 to 2016 and was fired in 2018 — The former top corporate lawyer at Apple Inc (AAPL.O) pleaded guilty on Thursday to insider trading charges … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google updates its built-in password manager for Chrome and Android with the option to manually add passwords across all platforms, a unified design, and more — A ‘simplified and unified management experience’ is also on the way — Google is updating its built-in password manager … | Bloomberg: |
Filing: ex-Apple retail chief Ron Johnson's at-home tech setup company Enjoy files for bankruptcy, less than a year after its SPAC merger, and sells to Asurion — Enjoy Technology Inc., a retail startup founded by former Apple Inc. executive Ron Johnson, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday …
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| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
The FCC authorizes SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion, including commercial airlines, shipping vessels, and trucks — - The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion, a key step for Elon Musk's company to further expand the service.
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
CFTC charges South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading International with a $1.7B fraud, in its “largest ever fraud scheme case involving bitcoin” — MTI's self-described CEO was recently detained in Brazil on an Interpol warrant, the regulator said.
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Apple's CarPlay update, demoed at WWDC 2022, will let users tap an app to navigate to a pump and buy gas from its dashboard as early as this fall — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) wants you to start buying gas directly from your car dashboard as early as this fall, when the newest version …
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9to5Mac, Digital Trends, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple Must, BGR, KnowTechie, Jalopnik, Engadget, The Verge, and iDownloadBlog.com
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
April, which personalizes and autofills tax filings by using AI to analyze tax code, raised a $30M Series A led by Treasury, bringing its total funding to $40M — Most Americans dread doing their taxes. Surveys show as much. But as many as 40% rely on money from tax refunds to satisfy some financial obligation.
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| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Source: eToro and the SPAC company that agreed to take it public are planning to let the June 30 deadline for their merger pass without closing the deal — Online brokerage EToro and the special purpose acquisition company that agreed to take it public are planning to let the deadline …
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| Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: |
CoinFlex postpones resuming withdrawals; CEO says they will return “as soon as possible, upon a successful raise” but won't share how much its token has raised — Cryptocurrency exchange CoinFlex won't resume withdrawals Thursday as it had planned as it continues to raise funds …
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CNBC, CoinFLEX, crypto.news, SiliconANGLE, Fortune, Insider, and Inside Bitcoins
Tweets: @tier10k, @wallstreetsilv, @thomastthai, @gmorton512, @arjunkharpal, and @caseynewton
| TechCrunch: |
Meta rolls out NFT support on Facebook, letting select US creators display NFTs under a new tab on their profiles, after adding support to Instagram in May 2022 — After debuting NFT support on Instagram in May, Meta has launched digital collectibles support on Facebook with select creators.
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Decrypt, The Economic Times, Social Media Today, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @martinsfp, @larakiara, @paul_reviews, and @iftikharpost
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Zoom is returning to its business software roots to revive growth, after two years of trying to monetize consumers, many of whom stick with free 40-minute calls — Zoom Video Communications Inc. is navigating life after the pandemic by acting like the past two years never happened.
Tweets: @sarahfrier and @quinnypig
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
As avatars for metaverse applications grow in popularity, a look at Understanding Comics, a 30-year-old illustrated lecture considered an avatar design bible — First published 30 years ago, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is the definitive comic book about comic books.| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Short-form video app Triller confidentially files for a US IPO, after ending its $5B merger with video ad software provider SeaChange on June 14 — Short video app Triller Inc has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering of its class A common stock with the U.S. Securities …
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta says Instagram is testing a change that turns video posts into Reels with select users, as part of efforts to “simplify and improve the video experience” — Instagram is testing a change that turns video posts into Reels, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
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Gizmodo. Tweets: @mattnavarra, @christinasbg, @justin_ling, @ruebeshbhai, @seyitaylor, @jeeveswilliams, @daveleeft, @officalratskinz, @michaelmiraflor, @bookseeb_, @kantrowitz, and @michaelmiraflor
| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter since Q3 2011, plunging 58%, after sliding 6%+ to fall below $19,000 on Thursday, the second time in a fortnight — Bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter in more than a decade, as more hawkish central banks and a string of high-profile crypto blowups hammer sentiment.
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Barron's Online, BNN, The Information, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @saylor, @cz_binance, @watcherguru, @layahheilpern, @ercwl, and @grady_booch
| Katie Adams / MedCity News: |
New York-based Tomorrow Health, whose data-driven marketplace matches patients with home-based care suppliers, has raised a $60M Series B led by BOND — Tomorrow Health — a platform that makes it easier for patients, providers and payers to coordinate home-based care …
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