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Coinbase says it received an SEC notice warning the exchange of potential US securities law violations that could lead to enforcement actions; COIN drops 10%+ — - The SEC issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice, warning the exchange that it identified potential violations of U.S. securities law.
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@brian_armstrong, @iampaulgrewal, @lawtoshi, @brian_armstrong, @brian_armstrong, @adamscochran, @iampaulgrewal, @caitlinlong_, @mdudas, @iampaulgrewal, @pseudotheos, @collins_belton, @scottmelker, @adamsinger, @sadbryce, @smtuffy, @fuckyourputs, @ryansadams, @spreekaway, @ljxie, @chainlinkgod, @panekkkk, @raoulgmi, @twobitidiot, @kamikaz_eth, @sassal0x, @dylanleclair_, @balajis, @hsakatrades, @apedurden, @davidmarcus, @caitlinlong_, @cathiedwood, @sandeepnailwal, @iampaulgrewal, @tier10k, @coinbase, @metalawman, @yugacohler, @northrocklp, @jchervinsky, @brian_armstrong, @annmlipton, @bitfinexed, @icebergy_, @alexmascioli, @viathemoon1, @yugacohler, @annmlipton, @jbsdc, @brianquintenz, @jessepollak, @johnedeaton1, @haileylennonbtc, @stockjabber, @davidgerard, @dctaorg, @lawtoshi, @coinbureau, @alexcusack, @tmuxvim, @joelkatz, @cryptomanran, @dwr, @iampaulgrewal, @timccopeland, @cryptokaleo, @iamdcinvestor, @simondixontwitt, @shaughnessy119, @kamikaz_eth, @brucefenton, @cdixon, @bitfinexed, @m2jr, @sassal0x, @sheila_warren, @cathiedwood, @twobitidiot, @du09btc, @stacyherbert, @bwertz, @fundamentalwolf, @eriz35, @adamscochran, @lesbiaudrey, @heyitsmethedev, @haileylennonbtc, @mattysino, @lawtoshi, @belisarius2020, @iampaulgrewal, @canteringclark, @davidvorick, @jerrycap, @mdudas, @austen, @autismcapital, @davidgokhshtein, @dogetoshi, @crediblecrypto, @pt, @tree_of_alpha, @shivanshumadan, @howardlindzon, @buccocapital, @jongalt14, @carnage4life, @merts_eth, @belisarius2020, @prhillmann, @star_okx, @bradmillscan, @mattysino, @advisercounsel, @__tux, @phil_geiger, @katie_haun, @zeus_algo, @kamikaz_eth, @autismcapital, @jespow, @hsakatrades, @muneeb, @smtuffy, @iamdcinvestor, @tradebutwhy, @davidgokhshtein, @prhillmann, @hwonderofworld, @johnreedstark, @octal, @nickdrakon, @katie_haun, @tundra_v1, and @autismcapital. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC sues Tron founder Justin Sun and his companies for the alleged “unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities” TRX and BTT, fraud, and more — The SEC alleged TRX, BTT are unregistered securities, and claimed Sun created an “extensive wash trading” program to boost their trading volume.
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| CNBC: |
Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, and other celebrities agree to pay a combined $400K to settle SEC charges over promoting TRX and BTT without disclosing compensation — - The SEC unveiled charges against diplomat Justin Sun for fraud and securities violations, while also charging celebrity backers including Jake Paul and Lindsay Lohan.| Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a Singaporean army reservist and an ex-Goldman Sachs banker, as he prepares to defend TikTok before a skeptical Congress — Singapore army reservist and ex-Goldman banker says misconceptions about Chinese-owned app need to be clarified — How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company
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| Washington Post: |
A poll of 1,027 US adults: 41% support a TikTok ban, 25% oppose it, and 71% are concerned that ByteDance is based in China; 17% of US daily users support a ban — As D.C. pushes for action against TikTok, a Washington Post poll finds more support than oppose banning the app| Washington Post: |
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI has fixed a “significant issue” in ChatGPT after a bug in an open-source library let some users see titles of other users' chat history — ChatGPT-owner OpenAI said on Wednesday it had fixed a bug that caused a “significant issue” of a small set of users …
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| Meta: |
WhatsApp announces an updated Windows app, which loads faster and enables group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people — Takeaways — We're launching a new WhatsApp app for Windows desktop that loads faster and enables group video calls with up to eight people …
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| Giles Turner / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple considers bidding for the streaming rights to a range of English soccer games, including showing Premier League games in the UK, following Amazon — Apple Inc. is considering bidding for the streaming rights to a range of English football games, according to people familiar …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Deadline, and iMore
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Arm seeks to raise prices for its chip designs by charging device makers based on the value of a device instead of chipmakers based on a chip's value — SoftBank-owned group aims to charge more for each chip design in radical shake-up of business model| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Court filings: FTX will recover assets worth $460M, including $404M in cash, of the $475M seed capital transferred by Alameda to hedge fund Modulo in 2022 — Alameda Research seeded little-known Bahamas-based hedge fund Modulo Capital with $475 million in 2022. The recovery includes $404 million in cash.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Canva debuts AI-based tools, including Magic Design that makes personalized templates from images and Magic Presentation that creates slideshows from prompts — Covering venture capital, cloud and startups — The ten-year-old Australian startup led by Melanie Perkins said annualized revenue …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based Kredivo Holdings, formerly called FinAccel, whose services include BNPL, loans, and neobanking, raised a $270M Series D led by Mizuho Bank — The funding landscape in Southeast Asia is still wintery, but one fintech managed to land a major round.
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Finextra, Tech in Asia, DealStreetAsia, Kredivo Holdings, and The Economic Times
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Yash Sankrityayan and Abhijay Sethia
| New York Times: |
A look at RightWingGPT, an experimental AI model fine-tuned to manifest conservative viewpoints, made by a researcher who claims ChatGPT has a left-leaning bias — After criticizing A.I. companies for liberal bias, programmers started envisioning right-wing alternatives, making chatbots a new front in the culture wars.
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Rozado's Visual Analytics. Tweets:
@nytimesbusiness, @nytimes, @wolven, @notjessewalker, @davidrozado, @ldrogen, and @nytimesbusiness
| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Accenture plans to lay off 19,000 employees, or 2.5% of its workforce, and lowers its annual forecasts, as the global economic slowdown weighs on IT services — Accenture Plc said on Thursday it would cut about 19,000 jobs and lowered its annual revenue and profit projections …
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Reuters, TechCrunch, and Moneycontrol
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Researchers warn of “industrial capture” in AI as companies dominate the sector; 96% of the biggest AI models belonged to companies in 2021, up from 11% in 2010 — A handful of individuals and corporations now control much of the resources and knowledge in the sector
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@tonytassell
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
South Korea-based luxury goods resale platform Kream raised a ~$168M Series C led by Altos Ventures at a ~$742M valuation, up from ~$306M in October 2021 — The startup funding environment is more challenging right now, but some companies and industries still draw investors' attention and money.| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Chatbot startup Character.AI raised $150M led by a16z at a $1B valuation, after a $43M seed in December 2021, and plans to raise more from “strategic partners” — Founded by ex-Google employees, the Silicon Valley company is among the few start-ups poised to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, Andreessen Horowitz, and Coinspeaker
| Patrick Temple-West / Financial Times: |
Intel, IBM, Nvidia, and other chip companies have joined industrial materials businesses to fight proposed clampdowns on “forever chemicals” across the US — Intel helped form lobbying group that has opposed state legislation on PFAS — Intel and other semiconductor companies … | Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
A look at Replika's decision to block adult content in its AI companion chatbot; 60% of paying customers had a romantic element in their Replika relationship — Eugenia Kuyda didn't set out to build sexting chatbots. The startup she ran was struggling to find direction when her best friend died in a car crash in 2015.
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