How Esports Is Helping Students Improve Their Grades and Build Leadership Skills

Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt:
Anchorage Digital plans to custody a “significant portion” of Apollo Global’s crypto portfolio and offer crypto custody services to Apollo’s clients  —  The private equity giant that manages half a trillion dollars will use Anchorage for institutional crypto custody.

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Over 90 gameplay videos from Rockstar’s GTA VI leak online; the uploader claims they were behind last week’s Uber hack and have GTA V and VI source code  —  Footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar’s next entry in its open-world franchise, appears to have leaked online.

When Edison Township Public Schools in New Jersey opened a brand-new esports arena, complete with high-end computers, a competition desk, a broadcast area and a bring-your-own-game area, 400 students flocked to the space.
District leaders say they invested in the space to prepare students for careers in the burgeoning esports industry and help them build important social-emotional skills that will serve them long after they graduate.
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Ryan Weeks / The Block:
Binance’s $1B recovery fund is a lifeline, but questions remain, including on decision making and why funds came from a cold wallet that holds customer funds  —  – The billion-dollar fund could be a crucial lifeline for the industry, as companies tussle with the aftershocks of FTX’s collapse.

Jon Victor / The Information:
Source: between Q1 2019 and this fall, Alphabet’s Google Cloud, hardware unit, and YouTube have roughly doubled headcount, as the total employee count grew ~80%  —  Alphabet has doubled the headcount in its Google Cloud unit since early 2019, according to data obtained by The Information, outstripping Alphabet’s overall hiring growth.

Juliana Liu / CNN:
Chinese state media: a five-day COVID-19 lockdown in Zhengzhou, home to Foxconn’s iPhone plant, has been lifted; an analyst says disruptions cost Apple $1B/week  —  Hong Kong CNN Business —  The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory …