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Persistent Jack Sweeney brings back @ElonJet (but delayed) to Twitter
More than a week after being banned from Twitter, Jack Sweeney, the University of Central Florida sophomore who has been a pain in the side of Elon Musk for at least the past year, has a new account on the platform. Called @ElonJetNexDay, the hours-old account tracks the private jet of Elon Musk, but with … Read more
Be ‘very wary’ of crypto proof-of-reserve audits: SEC official
SEC’s acting chief accountant Paul Munter said that investors shouldn’t place too much confidence in a company holding up a proof-of-reserves audit.
Twitter Blue users can now upload 60-minute long videos
After taking over Twitter, Elon Musk had long promised that the company is working toward making the platform more appealing to video creators. Today, Twitter updated the Twitter Blue page declaring that subscribers can now upload 60-minute-long videos from the web at 1080p resolution and 2GB in file size. Prior to the change, Twitter Blue subscribers … Read more
HK legislator’s firm to lure 1,000 Web3 start-ups over 3 years
G-Rocket is aiming to attract 1,000 Web3 start-ups to Hong Kong and will help them with banking, government services and office spaces.
Flipkart and PhonePe complete separation
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart no longer owns a stake in payments firm PhonePe. The two said on Friday that they have completed a full ownership separation of PhonePe and shareholders in the Singapore entities of both firms have purchased shares directly in PhonePe’s India entity. The move comes as PhonePe, which was acquired by Flipkart … Read more
Crypto Twitter confused by SBF’s $250M bail and a return to luxury
The crypto community raised many questions about how FTX’s former CEO was able to secure bail and the conditions it will come with.
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Binance addresses 7 instances of recent FUD via Chinese blog post
Binance is fighting back against the tsunami of FUD it has faced in recent weeks.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Hold On as U.S. Stocks Fall
Plus: Glenn Ardi of Coindesk Indonesia writes about Indonesia’s vision of government permitting and controlling Web3 and DeFi by providing a government-sanctioned payment layer.
Washington Needs a Crypto Rethink
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BTC miner Core Scientific gets interim nod for $37.4M bankruptcy loan
The loan would allow Core Scientific to keep its mining and hosting operations afloat while it restructures.
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is back in the US, released on $250 million bail
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan Federal Court after his arraignment and bail hearings on December 22, 2022 in New York City. | Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images Now that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is back in the US, he has been released from federal custody. The New York Times and CNBC report the co-founder … Read more
Read Microsoft’s response to the FTC’s Activision Blizzard lawsuit
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has filed its response to the lawsuit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission to block the company’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In the 37-page document, which you can read in full below, Microsoft argues its case for why its $68.7 billion acquisition should go through — … Read more
Microsoft says three future Bethesda games will be Xbox-exclusive
Image: Microsoft We knew Microsoft would make Bethesda’s Starfield exclusive to Xbox and PC, and it sure looked like The Elder Scrolls VI would skip PlayStation and Nintendo, too. But now, Microsoft’s lawyers are revealing that they’ve got eyes on at least one more exclusive title — there are three future Xbox exclusives from Bethesda, … Read more
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A Slice of History on Rye
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Hackers stole encrypted LastPass password vaults, and we’re just now hearing about it
Pictured: the encrypted vault with your passwords. | Illustration by Beatrice Sala LastPass has a doozy of an updated announcement about a recent data breach: the company — which promises to keep all your passwords in one, secure place — is now saying that hackers were able to “copy a backup of customer vault data,” … Read more