BTC price tests $17K on PPI as Bitcoin analysts eye CPI, FOMC catalysts
Bitcoin begins to deal with fresh U.S. macro cues as BTC price steadily holds $17,000 support.
CZ and SBF duke it out on Twitter over failed FTX/Binance deal
The former FTX CEO claimed that Binance “threatened to walk at the last minute” without an additional $75 million, accusing CZ of lying about his role in the deal.
Tesla hopes China boss will bring secret sauce to Gigafactory Texas
Tom Zhu, Tesla’s China president who oversaw Gigafactory Shanghai’s transformation into the world’s largest EV plant, has been appointed to run the new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, Bloomberg reported earlier this week. That would make the China chief, who joined Tesla China in April 2014, one of the top executives at the EV giant. The … Read more
2022: The good, the bad, and the wake-up calls
Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We are nearly at the end of the year, so your friendly, local podcast crew is trying to make sense of just what happened in 2022. We started the year on a venture … Read more
Garmin Venu Sq 2 review: an excellent Fitbit alternative
Garmin’s getting the hang of what casual users like in a fitness watch. Now if it would only declutter its app. Continue reading…
Jump into Portal on PC and Steam Deck for just $1
Portal will look the best it ever has with an RTX 40-series GPU, but you definitely don’t need one to play the game. | Image: Nvidia and Valve A deal on a single PC game doesn’t usually rise to the top of our daily pickings of discounts, but it did today. Valve’s mind-bending and often … Read more
Lexus could save the stick shift for EVs, if drivers are willing to pretend
Image: Ferrari The manual transmission, once a staple of base trim economy cars and high-end sports cars alike, has been in decline for years now. But for a small and shrinking group of drivers, the answer to that is “from my cold, dead hands.” So manual gearbox purists will be delighted to know that a … Read more
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Amber Group ditches expansion plans after denying insolvency: Report
Temasek-backed Amber has raised about $50 million in funding from a new sovereign fund, with the deal to be announced in January.
EU’s McGuinness Urges Speedier Vote on Long-Delayed Crypto Laws
A final vote on the law has been repeatedly pushed back, even though a deal was struck in June.
Sam Bankman-Fried, CZ Battle It Out on Twitter Over Binance’s Aborted FTX Buyout
The former FTX CEO and current Binance CEO disagree on the details of a failed acquisition last month.
ChatGPT, the Abacus, and Education
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Fortnite got a huge face-lift in chapter 4
Fortnite. | Image: Epic Games Fortnite: Chapter 4 introduced a new island to the long-running battle royale game, but the most important change might actually be under the hood. As part of the update, the game moved to Unreal Engine 5.1, which might not sound like a big deal, but it means that Fortnite is … Read more
The climate founders’ guide to the Inflation Reduction Act
David Rusenko Contributor Share on Twitter David Rusenko is a full-time climate tech investor. He was previously the founder and CEO of Weebly, which sold to Square in 2018. Leeor Mushin Contributor Share on Twitter Leeor Mushin is a principal at Floodgate Fund, where he focuses on application SaaS, climate and healthcare. He also is … Read more
When drivers are attacked, Uber leaves police waiting for help
Ricardo Tomás / The Verge An investigation from The Markup found that Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks. Continue reading…
Alphabet’s Wing shows off drone deliveries from new command center
Pilots are watching the drones on a map while monitoring them for any issues. The upper screens show live feeds from different landing “nests.” | Image: Wing Wing, the delivery-by-drone company under Alphabet’s umbrella, is revealing its new remote operations center where pilots can monitor multiple missions at a time. Its latest facility is stationed … Read more
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In Memory of a Giant ( Chris Seaton)
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Mizuho Downgrades Crypto Exchange Coinbase to ‘Underperform,’ Cuts Price Target to $30
The bank’s analysis shows that 2023 revenue estimates for the crypto exchange are overly optimistic.
SBF ‘willing’ to testify at Senate hearing on the FTX collapse
Despite missing a response deadline, Sam Bankman-Fried says he’s willing to testify at a U.S. Senate hearing into the collapse of FTX.
Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to testify before House Committee on FTX collapse next week
Illustration: The Verge FTX founder and former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried said Friday that he will testify before the House Financial Services Committee next week. “I still do not have access to much of my data — professional or personal. So there is a limit to what I will be able to say, and I … Read more