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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Twitter has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired “by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk”, for $54.20/share in cash, in a deal valued at ~$44B — - 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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| 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”, which saw its stock drop 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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| Reuters: |
Analysis: Elon Musk's Twitter bid includes a risky $12.5B margin loan, secured against Tesla stock and potentially costing ~$1B/year, and $21B of his own cash — It is the biggest acquisition financing ever put forward for one person. Elon Musk is doing it his way.
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| The Verge: |
Elon Musk says he wants to improve Twitter by “making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans” — Elon Musk will buy Twitter for $44 billion — Twitter has accepted Elon Musk's offer to purchase the company for $44 billion …
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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 …
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| Jamie Powell / Financial Times: |
On a podcast, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says calling crypto “yield farming”, where coins are staked for interest, a “Ponzi” is a “pretty reasonable response” — Sam Bankman-Fried describes explains “yield-farming” to Bloomberg. — Honk honk!
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
OpenSea acquires NFT aggregator Gem, which helps users buy and sell NFTs across marketplaces, for an undisclosed sum; Gem will operate as a standalone brand — Quick Take — NFT marketplace OpenSea has acquired NFT aggregator Gem. — Gem will continue to operate as a standalone brand.
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Netflix staff morale is down amid its declining stock price, subscriber losses, and an engineering restructuring to create “junior” and “senior” levels — As Netflix shares plunge to their lowest point in five years, the company risks losing its most valuable resource: its star employees.| Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto exchanges and companies are poaching more legal talent, as the industry faces increased regulatory pressure; law firms are also building crypto practices — Crypto exchanges and companies are poaching attorneys to help them navigate an evolving regulatory landscape and to cut down legal costs| Catherine Stupp / Wall Street Journal: |
Three German wind-energy companies have suffered cyberattacks since Russia's war in Ukraine, taking 2K+ turbines' remote control systems offline for a day, more — Three Germany-based wind-energy companies have been the targets of cyberattacks since Russia's invasion of Ukraine … | Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q1 revenue down 22% YoY to $1.77B, net income down 36% YoY to $395M; the Activision segment had 100M MAUs in Q1, down 33% YoY — Modest revenue growth at King offset by 49% drop from Activision, 43% decline from Blizzard as MAUs hit new lows
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| Financial Times: |
UK virtual events startup Hopin, which raised $1B+ and reached a $7.8B valuation, is struggling; its Explore page lists fewer than 500 events, down from 15K+ — British group gained $7.8bn valuation in pandemic, but lay-offs and slump in secondary market trades have followed
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