FTX Bankruptcy Managers Hire Forensic Investigators AlixPartners: WSJ
The team, led by former SEC accountant Matt Jacques, is tasked with tracking billions of dollars that disappeared from FTX.
South Korean Court Denies Injunction Against Crypto Exchanges for Delisting Metaverse Token Wemix: Report
The Wemix token is trading 90% lower than this time last month after it was delisted by several exchanges.
What’s the dumbest privacy choice you’ve made online?
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AI is in at the moment. Everyone is talking to ChatGPT like it’s an AOL chatbot circa 2001, and everyone else is happily handing their pictures over to Lensa so they can see what they’d look like rendered by an artist’s pen. The picture thing has struck me … Read more
The $949 price for Dyson’s air-purifying headphones is more absurd than the device itself
The Dyson Zone will initially release in China in January 2023 before being made available for US preorders in March. | Image: Dyson Dyson has released additional details for its Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones, the company’s first audio product we got to test earlier this year. On a new webpage dedicated to the unreleased headphones, … Read more
How do crypto hardware wallet firms make money?
All the companies that are involved in producing hardware crypto wallets have multiple revenue streams, either directly or indirectly.
In uncertain times, B2B sales teams must put value front and center
Ketan Karkhanis Contributor Share on Twitter Ketan Karkhanis is the executive vice president and general manager of Sales Cloud at Salesforce. As uncertainty pervades the economy, maintaining profitability ratios and increasing revenue has never been more important. This decade is showing signs of becoming one of the most challenging landscapes to grow a business as … Read more
Starbucks opens up its blockchain-based loyalty program and NFT community to first beta testers
Starbucks today is launching its blockchain-based loyalty program and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey, to its first group of U.S. beta testers. The new initiative, which includes coffee-themed NFTs that translate to real-world experiences, is an extension of Starbucks’ existing loyalty program, Starbucks Rewards, but leverages web3 technology like the polygon blockchain and NFTs. Announced to … Read more
Many Koinly staff point to poor communication, CEO in global layoffs
Uncertainty and a lack of communication were among the complaints of Koinly employees laid off in recent months before the company made an official announcement.
Newlyweds lose funds in FTX exchange a day after their wedding
“We could not sleep properly for a few days,” said Jaime Zulueta, as he told Cointelegraph the story of how he and his wife dealt with losing their funds at FTX.
Philips Hue lights are 20 percent off at Amazon when you buy three
The discount only applies when you bundle the company’s latest smart bulbs and select items. | Image: Philips Hue Whether you’re looking to decorate your home with colorful smart lights or shopping for that perfect holiday gift, Philips Hue lights are popping with color, decent brightness, and broad compatibility with voice assistants. They tend to … Read more
Komi, a landing page tool for content creators, raises $5M seed round
Komi, a personalized website page builder tool for influencers and celebrities to create and customize a landing page to promote their projects, today closed a $5 million seed round led by Contour Venture Partners. Launched in October 2021, Komi is designed to provide content creators, musicians, athletes, celebrities and other creative talent and personalities alike … Read more
What are crypto payment gateways and how do they work?
Cryptocurrency payment gateways are digital currency payment processors that allow merchants to offer cryptocurrencies as a payment method.
Banzai, a marketing tech startup, acquires Hyros for $110M, raises $100M and goes public via a $580M Spac
The IPO window is all but closed right now, but a few things appear still to be getting through the cracks and there are big sums attached to that. Today, Banzai — an engagement marketing startup that provides tools to source and connect with potential sales leads, and tools to build and run online video … Read more
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This time, the DoD gives four tech titans equal shot at piece of $9B cloud contract
It seems perhaps the rules of fairness your parents taught you as children also apply to large multi-billion dollar defense contracts. This week the DoD announced that it was awarding four big tech companies – Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle – an equal opportunity to share in a $9 billion contract to bring the department … Read more
Cinder’s content moderation software is custom-built for trust and safety teams
A startup from former Meta employees aims to streamline the content moderation process for companies grappling with some of the internet’s most complex, dangerous challenges. Cinder, which likes to describe itself as an “operating system for trust and safety,” boasts years of combined experience in security and content policy work. That includes CEO and co-founder … Read more
NFT-focused startup Metagood raises $5 million to grow ‘social good’ impact
Metagood, a for-profit social impact NFT startup, has raised $5 million in its pre-seed round, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. “We launched the company on the concept of using NFTs as an expression where everyone does good things for each other and the good stuff is tokenized and exchangeable,” Bill Tai, co-founder and chairman of … Read more
Our favorite deals we actually bought this year
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Here at The Verge, we are just as eager to take advantage of sales and other good deals as anyone else (more so, perhaps, since we do have a slight interest in cool new stuff). What with inflation and all, the name of the game this year has … Read more
Binance CEO, Coinbase exec feature in Masterclass crypto crash-course
Industry experts and one skeptical economist tackle the world of crypto, blockchain and Web3 in a new series from online learning platform Masterclass.
2022 – Crypto Markets: A Year in Review
2022 has been a difficult year for cryptocurrency. Coming off euphoric highs from the year before, the crypto market has endured an environment of tightening monetary policy, which led to sell-offs, implosions of new projects like TerraLuna, bankruptcies of CeFi companies like Celsius and Voyager Digital and a climactic downfall of the FTX exchange.
Wemix delisting saga continues at South Korean court
Microsoft-backed video game developer Wemade plans to further continue the legal battle against South Korea’s largest crypto exchanges.
First Mover Americas: Mr. Bankman-Fried Must Go to Washington
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Dec. 8, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.