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November 21, 2022, 12:25 PM

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Stephanie Murray / The Block:
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.
Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg:
Crypto prices sink, with bitcoin dropping ~4% to ~$16.1K and ether ~7% to ~$1.1K, dragged down 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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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 …
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk's Twitter starts the FIFA World Cup, traditionally one of the platform's busiest periods, with a depleted staff, potentially leading to serious issues  —  Employees have been working for weeks to prepare for the soccer extravaganza, a Twitter executive says
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.
Washington Post:
US government officials worry over Twitter's potential demise, arguing the platform is one of the most effective emergency communication tools  —  LOS ANGELES — Kate Hutton was watching a Dodgers game one Friday night when she saw something strange in the outfield: The foul poles swayed, her TV feed trembled.
New York Times:
Online sports betting companies are cutting big deals with US colleges to promote gambling to students, like Caesars Sportsbook's $8.4M deal with Michigan State  —  In order to reap millions of dollars in fees, universities are partnering with betting companies to introduce their students and sports fans to online gambling.
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
An interview with Brian Armstrong on crypto and economic freedom, Coinbase's “no politics in the workplace” policy, the crypto downturn, regulation, and more  —  Ahead of my lunch with crypto exchange chief Brian Armstrong, his team tell me they had tried to find a decent restaurant …
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
A look at Gary Gensler's plan to regulate most crypto as securities and questions over the SEC's handling of FTX, which met the regulator before its implosion  —  Gary Gensler, the chair of the S.E.C., is at the center of a reckoning over the future of cryptocurrency after the implosion of FTX.
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
The UK's CMA plans to investigation Broadcom's proposed $61B VMware acquisition, following similar investigations by the European Commission and FTC  —  The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a so-called “phase 1” investigation into Broadcom's proposed $61 billion deal …
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 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

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