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April 26, 2022, 10:40 AM

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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter agrees to be acquired “by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk” for $54.20 per share in cash; the ~$44B deal requires shareholder and regulatory approval  —  - Twitter's board accepted billionaire Elon Musk's offer to buy the social media company and take it private, the company confirmed.
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Some former employees say Twitter, which has long been an underperformer, stands a better chance of improving the service as a private company run by Elon Musk  —  What employees are saying.  PLUS: Musk's key decisions  —  In the moments before Elon Musk bought Twitter …
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton warns Elon Musk that Twitter must follow the new Digital Services Act rules or face fines and even a ban  —  EU commissioner Thierry Breton tells Tesla chief executive: ‘Elon, there are rules’  —  Brussels has warned Elon Musk that Twitter must comply …
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter employees say they heard little from Elon Musk, CEO Parag Agrawal, management, and Charles Schwab about what a sale to the billionaire means for them  —  Workers say they have been left largely in the dark about what a sale to the billionaire will mean for them and their shares in the company.
Financial Times:
Sources detail how Elon Musk's Twitter bid succeeded: Morgan Stanley gathering support for $25.5B in loans, overcoming initial shareholder doubts, and more  —  Tesla boss convinced Wall Street sceptics to back his $44bn takeover offer  —  Just 12 days ago, some of the most experienced operators …
Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk's Twitter bid is a political takeover to control one of the world's largest megaphones and impose his libertarianism on moderation and misinformation  —  Behind Elon Musk's increasingly likely takeover of Twitter is the status of former President Donald Trump's suspended account.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says that, regardless of Elon Musk's Twitter purchase, “I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on Truth”, whose stock closed down 12.9% on Monday  —  Trump said a Musk Twitter takeover would be a positive development, but he will stay with his own platform
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Anne Tergesen / Wall Street Journal:
Fidelity will let retirement savers put bitcoin into their 401(k) accounts starting later in 2022, the first major retirement plan provider to do so  —  Investment giant's move could send cryptocurrency investing further into mainstream if employers decide to offer option
Nina Bambysheva / Forbes:
Decentralized exchange infrastructure provider 0x Labs raises a $70M Series B led by Greylock Partners with OpenSea, Coinbase, and others participating  —  San Francisco-based decentralized exchange infrastructure provider 0x Labs has closed a $70 million Series B financing round led by Greylock Partners at an undisclosed valuation.
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Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
A hacker stole millions of dollars' worth of NFTs via a phishing attack compromising Bored Ape Yacht Club's Instagram and promoting a malicious “mint” link  —  Quick Take  — Bored Ape Yacht Club's official Instagram account was hacked.  — A hacker stole 91 NFTs from users …
Matthew Gault / VICE:
Emails reveal how some police officers have become superfans of autonomous drone company Skydio and regularly help to sell or promote its products to colleagues  —  A drone company called Skydio has managed to get autonomous drones into dozens of police departments by turning cops into their biggest fans.

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