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A video and live blog of Sam Bankman-Fried being interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times' DealBook Summit, covering FTX, Alameda, and more — FTX, the crypto exchange Mr. Bankman-Fried founded, declared bankruptcy this month in a failure that wiped out billions of investor dollars.
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TechCrunch and The Block
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| Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail Alameda's early years, starting in fall 2017, as SBF shrugged off concerns about risky investments, leading several employees to quit in 2018 — ‘We ended up not really knowing how much money we even had,’ one former employee says — Why FTX Picked the Bahamas, and What Happens Now to the Crypto Hub
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| Financial Times: |
Interviews detail FTX and SBF's lavish spending with minimal internal controls, including $300M+ on Bahamas real estate and a private deal to fly Amazon orders — When crypto exchange FTX moved its headquarters to the Bahamas from Hong Kong last year, employees discovered that Amazon did not deliver to the island.
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Insider, Bloomberg, and New York Post
| David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: |
As FTX collapsed, mainstream news organizations often failed to give a straightforward assessment of exactly what happened and potential crimes involved — Sam Bankman-Fried is a con man and fraudster of historic proportions. But you might not learn that from the New York Times …
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TheStreet, Reuters, NBC News, Blockworks, CNBC, The Verge, Inside Bitcoins, Cointelegraph, Gizmodo, and New York Post
Tweets: @inkbacker, @crypto_bitlord7, @harper, @bantg, @carnage4life, and @seyitaylor
| CNBC: |
Salesforce says Bret Taylor will step down as vice chair and co-CEO on January 31, 2023, and Marc Benioff will stay on as chair and CEO — - Observers viewed Bret Taylor as a possible successor for Marc Benioff, Salesforce's iconic co-founder. — It's the second time in less than three years …
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CNN, Fortune, CRN, San Francisco Business Journal, Bloomberg, and The Information
Tweets: @barchart, @thekenyeung, @benioff, and @fintanr
| Juliana Liu / CNN: |
Chinese state media: a five-day COVID lockdown in Zhengzhou, home of Foxconn's “iPhone City”, has been lifted; an analyst says disruptions cost Apple ~$1B/week — Hong Kong CNN Business — The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world's largest iPhone factory …
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CRN, The Register, South China Morning Post, CNBC, iMore, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, CoinDesk, BGR, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @williamyang120 and @jchengwsj
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
US crypto exchange Kraken plans to lay off 1,100 people, or 30% of its workforce, citing a need to “adapt to current market conditions” — The crypto exchange is laying off 1,100 people, sending its headcount back 12 months. — Crypto exchange Kraken said Wednesday …
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Kraken Blog, The Verge, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, San Francisco Business Journal, Barron's Online, CryptoPotato, Neowin, Decrypt, The Information, and The Block
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @jespow, @fintechfrank, @carlquintanilla, and @tier10k
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
The European Central Bank says that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions” and is on the “road to irrelevance”, without citing any strong data points — European Central Bank officials alleged on Wednesday that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions …
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European Central Bank, RTÉ, PYMNTS.com, Finbold, Gizmodo, CNBC, The Guardian, CryptoSlate, Bitcoin News, Cointelegraph, and TechSpot
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google says Barcelona-based spyware vendor Variston planted spyware by exploiting zero-day flaws in Chrome, Firefox, and Windows between 2018 and 2022 — A Barcelona-based company that bills itself as a custom security solutions provider exploited several zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows …
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The Keyword, Decipher, ZDNet, The Record, SecurityWeek, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, Wired, CyberScoop, MUO, Dark Reading, Search Engine Journal, and @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
Tweets: @rondeibert, @zackwhittaker, @jsrailton, and @jsrailton
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Memo: DoorDash plans to lay off around 1,250 employees, aiming to curb expenses; sources say that represents around 6% of its workforce — DoorDash Inc. is cutting about 1,250 jobs to rein in expenses, acknowledging that a rapid expansion during the pandemic boom has led to mounting losses.
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Tweets: @t_xu, @jonfortt, @carnage4life, and @alex
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Apple's policies that let the company unilaterally control which apps can be installed are not sustainable and cause a conflict of interest — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday added to the growing chorus of concerns about Apple, arguing that it's …
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New York Times, Insider, MacRumors, CoinDesk, CNBC, Insider, Insider, Reuters, Bloomberg, iPhone in Canada Blog, New York Times, Observer, iMore, and Patently Apple
Tweets: @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @alex, @axios, and @mattnavarra
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Binance acquires Japan-based licensed exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin for an undisclosed sum, marking its re-entry into Japan and first license in East Asia — - Binance has entered Japan by acquiring the locally licensed exchange Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC). — The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Binance Blog, Binance, Blockworks, Decrypt, Agence France-Presse, Watcher Guru, TechCrunch, Bitcoinist.com, and Cryptonews
Tweets: @cz_binance, @tree_of_alpha, @wublockchain, and @watanabesota
| Taylor Locke / Fortune: |
Uniswap Labs launches an NFT marketplace aggregator with listings from OpenSea, LooksRare, NFTX, and others, after acquiring the aggregator Genie in June — Though sales of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, have dropped substantially amid the ongoing Crypto Winter, Uniswap Labs remains bullish on the future of the market.
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Uniswap Protocol, The Block, ToolsForCrypto's Newsletter, CoinDesk, CoinGape, crypto.news, Ethereum World News, and Blockworks. Tweets: @uniswap
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says the messaging app plans to build a decentralized crypto exchange and noncustodial wallets — The messaging app is pushing ahead with its buildout of crypto infrastructure. — Messaging app Telegram has sold $50 million in usernames in less than a month through … | Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: |
Spotify releases Wrapped 2022 for users, adding a “music personality” feature, and says Joe Rogan, Emma Chamberlain, and others were its top podcasters — Spotify Wrapped is here, and with it, a slew of year-end charts, data, and graphics ripe for sharing.
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TechCrunch, Spotify, Spotify, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Fox News, POPSUGAR, Never Hungover, Mashable, New York Post, PCMag, BGR, Variety, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Variety, and Adweek
Tweets: @musicstruggles1, @0xgaut, @carnage4life, @anthony, @brandonwong1004, and @jackmaccfb
| David Pan / Bloomberg: |
As crypto miners default on loans, lenders could receive mining equipment as collateral, a popular financing tool, increasing losses as the rigs' value plunges — Beleaguered crypto lenders are being dealt another blow from Bitcoin miners as they weather the aftermath of the FTX collapse.| Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
Box reports Q3 revenue of $250M, up 12% YoY, and billings of $258.2M, up 12% YoY, and forecasts Q4 revenue between $255M and $257M, vs. $259.3M est. — Software company reports sales just $100,000 shy of $250 million and expects to top the mark in fourth quarter, but neither hits analysts' average forecasts … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 67% YoY to $557M, vs. $539M est., and anticipates Q4 product revenue between $535M and $540M, vs. $553M est.; stock drops 12%+ — - Snowflake fell in extended trading on Wednesday after the company released third-quarter results that beat estimates but offered light product revenue guidance.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, and Snowflake Investor Relations
| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
A look at TikTok's role in spreading the “blackout challenge”, leading some kids to choke themselves to death, as critics say the company could be doing more — “Sissy's tangled!” — The 5-year-old boy's panicked cries echoed down the hallway of the Arroyos' three-bedroom clapboard house in Milwaukee.
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The Drum, HEAVY METAL EMAIL, and Law Street Media
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb launches a program to help renters find an apartment in 25 US markets and then list a spare room or occasionally the whole apartment on the platform — Airbnb really wants you to Airbnb an apartment. So its latest step is to find renters a place, which they can also list on the travel booking platform.
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Wall Street Journal, Airbnb Newsroom, CNBC, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, Dror Poleg, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @tsoh_investing and @drorpoleg
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Emboldened by FTX's collapse, the disgraced founders of Terra, Celsius, and Three Arrows Capital have reemerged, offering their thoughts on SBF, FTX, and more — Welcome to Bloomberg Crypto, our twice-weekly look at Bitcoin, blockchain and more. If someone forwarded this to you, sign up here.
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Crypto Briefing. Tweets: @zhusu, @kyleldavies, @zhusu, @kyleldavies, @zhusu, @kyleldavies, @castillotrading, @altcoingordon, @kyleldavies, @icebergy_, @emilyjnicolle, @0xmakesy, @erikvoorhees, @0xquit, @zhusu, @austerity_sucks, @johnwrichkid, @tree_of_alpha, @fatmanterra, @roninroh, @mdudas, and @cobie
| Financial Times: |
A look at China's growing interest in the open-source Risc-V chip architecture after US sanctions, including enlisting Alibaba and Tencent to help design chips — Chinese government steps up push to use Risc-V in move aimed at boosting domestic production of semiconductors| Financial Times: |
SpaceX's Starlink increases the price for new Ukrainian customers to $700, far above the $385 cost from earlier in 2022; monthly subscriptions rise to $75 — Cost of communications devices made by Elon Musk-owned SpaceX set to rise due to Russian assault on electricity grid
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TheStreet, Light Reading, The Verge, Insider, Telecoms Tech News, and Engadget
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