An interview with Affirm co-founder Max Levchin on hitting profitability, international expansion, building an "Affirm mafia", DOGE, friendship with Musk, more (Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson/Semafor)

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Semafor:
An interview with Affirm co-founder Max Levchin on hitting profitability, international expansion, building an “Affirm mafia”, DOGE, friendship with Musk, more  —  This article first appeared in The CEO Signal.  Request an invitation.  —  THE SIGNAL INTERVIEW

A profile of Jed McCaleb, the billionaire who was behind Mt. Gox and XRP, as his aerospace startup Vast looks to build a private space station with SpaceX (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
A profile of Jed McCaleb, the billionaire who was behind Mt. Gox and XRP, as his aerospace startup Vast looks to build a private space station with SpaceX  —  Crafting and launching a space station that can keep humans alive comfortably in orbit is no easy feat.  —  Jed McCaleb made a fortune in cryptocurrency.

Report: North Korea is launching a new cybersecurity research unit called Research Center 227 focused on AI-based hacking and stealing digital assets (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Report: North Korea is launching a new cybersecurity research unit called Research Center 227 focused on AI-based hacking and stealing digital assets  —  The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).

Micron Q2: revenue up 38% YoY to $8.05B vs. $7.89B est., net income up 99% to $1.58B, says data center revenue tripled, offers better-than-expected Q3 guidance (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Micron Q2: revenue up 38% YoY to $8.05B vs. $7.89B est., net income up 99% to $1.58B, says data center revenue tripled, offers better-than-expected Q3 guidance  —  Micron shares popped 6% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported second-quarter results that beat analysts' estimates …

A profile of Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport, who served in Israel's elite cyber intelligence unit 8200; sources say Wiz was on track to surpass $1B of ARR in 2025 (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A profile of Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport, who served in Israel's elite cyber intelligence unit 8200; sources say Wiz was on track to surpass $1B of ARR in 2025  —  Cybersecurity start-up's fast-moving CEO agrees higher sale price after turning down Alphabet's $23bn offer last summer

The UK's NCSC urges large entities, including energy and transport firms, to introduce "post-quantum cryptography" by 2035 to protect against quantum hackers (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)

Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
The UK's NCSC urges large entities, including energy and transport firms, to introduce “post-quantum cryptography” by 2035 to protect against quantum hackers  —  Organisations including energy and transport firms told to guard systems against powerful new computers