Akeyless, which helps companies manage passwords, certificates, and API keys, raised $65M Series B, comprising $45.5M in equity and $19.5B in debt, led by NGP — Back in 2018, Refael Angel, a former security software engineer at Intuit, had an idea for a new approach to protect encryption keys …
DuckDuckGo launches App Tracking Protection in public beta on Android, helping block third-party trackers within apps — DuckDuckGo's App Tracking Protection is now available for public beta testing on all Android devices after launching in a limited beta almost one year ago.
Genesis' crypto lending unit, which had $2.8B in active loans in Q3, suspends redemptions and new loan originations; trading and custody units are unaffected — The unit, known as Genesis Global Capital, serves an institutional client base and had $2.8 billion in total active loans as of the end of the third quarter of 2022.
Everything we know about FTX's collapse: losses are likely >$15B, trades became increasingly risky, SBF was erratic, rash, and relied on stimulants, and more — If you want to read a poorly researched fluff piece about Sam Bankman-Fried, feel free to go to the New York Times (PDF).
An independent audit shows the Luna Foundation Guard spent $2.8B in crypto and Terraform Labs spent $613M trying to defend the UST stablecoin in May 2022 — Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon dismissed similarities with the collapse of FTX. — Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) …
German, French, and Norwegian data authorities warn against Qatar's World Cup app Hayya and infection-tracking app Ehteraz, citing privacy and security concerns — Two World Cup apps pose serious privacy and security risks, European privacy regulators say.
Tencent reports Q3 revenue down 2% YoY to ~$19.8B, below ~$20B estimates, and plans to distribute most of its ~$20B Meituan stake to shareholders as a dividend — Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) on Wednesday said it would distribute most of its stake worth $20.3 billion in food delivery firm Meituan …
Some local people in Veldhoven, a small town in the Netherlands, worry that critical semiconductor component maker ASML is growing too big, too fast — This article is part of an occasional series about the New Geography of Technology. Read earlier installments on Milan, Tel Aviv, Shanghai and Las Vegas.
Memo: Elon Musk tells Twitter staff they can continue to receive stock and options despite the company being private, using a plan “much like that of SpaceX” — - Twitter's new owner Elon Musk told employees Monday they can receive stock and options as part of an …
Bankruptcy filings: FTX CEO John J. Ray III appoints new directors, discloses conversations with “dozens” of regulators, and estimates creditors at over 1M — FTX filed its first substantive look at the exchange's bankruptcy process days after declaring bank
An in-depth look at North Korea's crypto cyber crime, used to support the regime: hacking Axie Infinity and Bangladesh Bank, running a fraudulent ICO, and more — Created by a Vietnamese gaming studio, Axie Infinity offers players the chance to breed, trade and fight Pokémon …
CryptoQuant: users removed net $3.7B in bitcoin, $2.5B in ether, and $2B+ in stablecoins from exchanges between November 6 and November 13, as FTX collapsed — The spectacular collapse of 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire has fueled a spike in outflows across global crypto exchanges.
Profile of Dan O'Dowd, who made a fortune with an embedded systems software company and is now obsessed with exposing alleged shortcomings of Tesla's FSD beta — SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — When Dan O'Dowd had his midlife crisis, he bought two near-identical Tesla Roadsters, the first model the electric carmaker ever produced.
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia : MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's...
