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🔥 Top Reads
Bitcoin Slips to $64K as Large Grayscale GBTC Outflows Continue 😲
Volatility in crypto markets continued Friday, with bitcoin (BTC) tumbling below $63,000 at one point from the $67,000 area just hours earlier. A modest rebound since has taken the price back to the current $64,000, down 3.7% over the past 24 hours.
Trump Makes a New Fortune With Public Listing of Truth Social 🤔
Investors approved a plan to take Donald Trump’s struggling social-media company public, putting him one step closer to a roughly $3 billion windfall that could end a financial squeeze that is weighing on his presidential run.
Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone 'monopoly power' 🧐
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a landmark lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone market.
🚨 Important News This Week
AI
General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on artificial intelligence
Microsoft pays Inflection $650 mln in licensing deal while poaching top talents
Samsung to supply $752 million in Mach-1 AI chips to Naver
Tech
TikTok’s Conduct Isn’t Free Speech
Meta, Microsoft, X and Match Group challenge Apple over app store terms
Apple becomes the latest tech giant under siege
Business
American Air 737 Runway Accident Linked to Brake Failure
Reddit: Social media firm's shares jump in stock market debut
Walmart-Vizio Deal Poses Risk to a Key Source of Consumer Data
Crypto
FTX's New Boss Disputes Company's Financial Health in Court Note
Ripple’s XRP Price Could Be About To See A Huge Unexpected Flip For $1 Breakout
BlackRock and Coinbase Launch New Blockchain Fund
🚨 Notable Companies Secure Impressive Investments
Figure Markets has raised $60M in a Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital
MANTRA [OM] has raised $11M to accelerate RWA tokenization in Asia and the Middle East
Morph has raised $20M in a Seed funding round led by Dragonfly
Berachain-based Ooga Booga has raised $1M in a Seed funding round
Mystiko Network has raised $18M in a Seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital
Espresso has raised $28M in a Series B funding round led by a16z crypto
Succinct Labs has raised $55M in Seed and Series A funding rounds led by Paradigm
🔥 Unveiling My Next Crypto Frontier with TradeDog Venture Capital
I'm excited to announce that I've joined TradeDog Group as the newest partner at TDVC, a multi-strategy Web3 venture fund. Alongside this role, I've also taken on the position of CEO at TDX, TradeDog Group's crowdfunding and engagement platform.
As we continue to expand, we're actively hiring and seeking new partnerships to drive innovation in the future of finance and technology. If you share our passion for revolutionizing the crypto and Web 3.0 space, I invite you to join us in shaping the future together!
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