Nigeria-based Moniepoint, which offers bank accounts, loans, and POS terminals, raised $110M led by DPI, sources say at a $1B+ valuation, after raising $55M (Aanu Adeoye/Financial Times)

Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times:
Nigeria-based Moniepoint, which offers bank accounts, loans, and POS terminals, raised $110M led by DPI, sources say at a $1B+ valuation, after raising $55M  —  Company raises $110mn from investors including Google despite slowdown in fundraising for African start-ups

How Jeff Bezos, who bought The Washington Post in 2013 and a DC mansion in 2016, never made a splash in the capital, visiting only on occasion for glitzy events (New York Times)

New York Times:
How Jeff Bezos, who bought The Washington Post in 2013 and a DC mansion in 2016, never made a splash in the capital, visiting only on occasion for glitzy events  —  The billionaire made splashy purchases of The Washington Post and a mansion in Washington.  But his status as a power player in the nation's capital was never realized.

Hong Kong outlines an AI policy for finance and proposes an extension of a tax break on owning digital assets, as it seeks to become Asia's go-to financial hub (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Hong Kong outlines an AI policy for finance and proposes an extension of a tax break on owning digital assets, as it seeks to become Asia's go-to financial hub  —  - Tax break law to be tabled by year-end: treasury secretary Hui  — City was denied access by major AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini

Online influencers are earning thousands for a single post on behalf of groups backing Harris or Trump, with scant regulatory oversight or public transparency (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Online influencers are earning thousands for a single post on behalf of groups backing Harris or Trump, with scant regulatory oversight or public transparency  —  On TikTok, Instagram and X, freelance creators profit from the murky practice of persuading their large followings to back Trump or Harris.

FTX agrees to drop its litigation against Bybit in a deal worth about $228M that will allow FTX to withdraw assets from Bybit's cryptocurrency exchange (Alex Wolf/Bloomberg Law)

Alex Wolf / Bloomberg Law:
FTX agrees to drop its litigation against Bybit in a deal worth about $228M that will allow FTX to withdraw assets from Bybit's cryptocurrency exchange  —  Search by Law Firm Search by Topic  —  FTX Trading Ltd. agreed to drop sprawling litigation against Bybit Fintech Ltd. and related entities …

A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and a square screen the size of about two iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and a square screen the size of about two iPhones  —  Also: fresh details on the company's upcoming smart home device.  —  Apple kicks off a Mac overhaul this week that centers on new M4 chips.