How three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship in October 2020 to start a libertarian crypto utopia, only to have their plans collapse months later (Sophie Elmhirst/The Guardian)

Sophie Elmhirst / The Guardian:
How three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship in October 2020 to start a libertarian crypto utopia, only to have their plans collapse months later  —  Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship.  They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia.

Sources: Elliott Management has taken a 10%+ stake in Citrix Systems, worth around $1.3B, and will push to boost Citrix's lagging stock price (Cara Lombardo/Wall Street Journal)

Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Elliott Management has taken a 10%+ stake in Citrix Systems, worth around $1.3B, and will push to boost Citrix's lagging stock price  —  Activist hedge fund wants the software company to take steps to boost its valuation  —  Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp …

Egyptian microfinance lending and payments service MNT-Halan raises $120M, as investors say it has 4M+ customers in Egypt and disbursed over $1.7B in loans (Patrick Werr/Reuters)

Patrick Werr / Reuters:
Egyptian microfinance lending and payments service MNT-Halan raises $120M, as investors say it has 4M+ customers in Egypt and disbursed over $1.7B in loans  —  Three private equity funds and a group of venture capitalists have invested about $120 million in Egyptian microfinance lending …

Amazon says it is bringing its cashierless "Just Walk Out" tech to two Whole Foods stores, set to open in 2022 in DC and California (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon says it is bringing its cashierless “Just Walk Out” tech to two Whole Foods stores, set to open in 2022 in DC and California  —  - Amazon is launching its cashierless technology at two Whole Foods stores that are scheduled to open next year.

Aviatrix, which provides multi-cloud native networking tools, raises $200M led by TCV at a $2B valuation, up from $700M seven months ago (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:
Aviatrix, which provides multi-cloud native networking tools, raises $200M led by TCV at a $2B valuation, up from $700M seven months ago  —  Investment shows investors' enthusiasm for the cloud.  —  The latest unicorn startup is Aviatrix Systems Inc., a cloud networking provider now valued at $2 billion.

HBO says HBO Max will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra on October 26, followed by 14 other European countries in 2022 (Manori Ravindran/Variety)

Manori Ravindran / Variety:
HBO says HBO Max will launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra on October 26, followed by 14 other European countries in 2022  —  HBO Max is coming to Europe on Oct. 26, and the first launch markets will be Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra, Variety can reveal.