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DCG's Grayscale refuses to share proof of reserves, citing “security concerns”, as Grayscale Bitcoin Trust reaches new lows and DCG's Genesis halts withdrawals — Grayscale will not show proof of reserves due to “security concerns,” after its bitcoin and ether products fell to all-time lows this week.
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| Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg: |
Crypto prices sink, with bitcoin down 5%+ to under $16K and ether down ~7% to ~$1.1K, rocked by the FTX saga, hacker offloading ether, and potential contagion — Cryptocurrency prices struggled Monday in the ongoing crisis sparked by the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried's once powerful FTX empire.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Genesis is struggling to raise funding for its lending unit and warns potential investors that it may need to file for bankruptcy if its efforts fail — Digital-asset brokerage Genesis is struggling to raise fresh cash for its lending unit, and it's warning potential investors …
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| Ryan Lovelace / Washington Times: |
Twitter reinstates the accounts of Ye, Project Veritas, and others, despite Musk's pledge to delay such decisions until forming a content moderation council — Several banned Twitter users are making their return to the social media platform, following new owner Elon Musk clearing a path …
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| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says Alex Jones will not be unbanned as he has “no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame” — Keeping the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist off Twitter is personal for Musk. — Alerts
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Researchers: Apple analytics data include a unique ID for a user's iCloud account, despite Apple saying usage data does not include personally identifiable info — Your iPhone's analytics data includes an ID number tied to your name, email, and phone number, say researchers who uncovered other holes in Apple' promises.
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| Bloomberg: |
Mass tech layoffs leave hundreds of H-1B visa holders scrambling for new jobs to stay in the US; Amazon, Meta, and others sponsored 45K+ in the last three years — Mass tech layoffs have left hundreds of workers living in the US on temporary visas with little time to find another job, or they'll have to leave the country.
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| Vitalik Buterin's website: |
How centralized crypto exchanges could offer “proof of solvency” while protecting depositors' privacy by using ZK-SNARKs, a type of zero-knowledge proof — Special thanks to Balaji Srinivasan, and Coinbase, Kraken and Binance staff for discussion.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: at an all-hands, Elon Musk said Twitter is done with layoffs and actively recruiting for roles in engineering and sales; Twitter has 2,700+ employees — After purging nearly two-thirds of Twitter's 7,500-person workforce in three weeks, Elon Musk is hiring again.| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
US DOJ says two Estonians were arrested for a $575M cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme that allegedly defrauded hundreds of thousands of investors — According to the Department of Justice, the two men used shell companies to launder the proceeds of their fraudulent schemes and buy luxury cars and real estate in Estonia.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Report: Amazon's hardware group may lose $10B in 2022, as many Echo devices are sold at cost and plans to monetize Alexa have failed — Layoffs reportedly hit the Alexa team hard as the company's biggest money loser. — Amazon is going through the biggest layoffs in the company's history right now …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $1.1B, Enterprise customers up 14% YoY to ~209.3K, and a FY 2023 revenue guidance below estimates; stock drops 7%+ — - Zoom made a slight downward revision to its revenue guidance, and investors responded by pushing the stock lower.| Paul Tassi / Forbes: |
Twitter's automated copyright strike system appears to be broken, as users upload full movies; some accounts with viral tweets were later suspended — While Twitter, the website, remains online and has not simply collapsed after the vast majority of workers were fired or resigned under Elon Musk …
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