Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
An in-depth look at crypto and blockchains: the underlying tech, its uses and meaning, the crypto financial system, and trust, money, and community — – What If You Don’t Like It? — Digital Cash — Part II — What Does It Mean? — A Store of Value — A Distributed Computer
Adele Peters / Fast Company:
GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and satellite imagery to find low-income hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico and Florida and send cash payments — Storms worsen inequality. These $700 cash payments can help lessen the blow. — After a disaster like Hurricane Ian …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Roam, founded by Yext’s Howard Lerman as a “cloud HQ” for distributed remote companies, raised a $30M Series A and $10.6M seed at a $95M post-money valuation — Roam, which bills itself as a “cloud HQ” for distributed, remote companies, today emerged from stealth with $30 million …
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers find 75 apps on Google Play and 10 on Apple’s App Store that engaged in ad fraud, collectively had 13M installs, and have since been removed — Security researchers have discovered 75 applications on Google Play and another ten on Apple’s App Store engaged in ad fraud.
Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes:
At Code, CEOs and politicians voiced concerns about TikTok’s power, rapid growth, and surveillance potential, with some calling for it to be banned altogether — At the Code Conference in LA, tech and media CEOs and politicians all expressed concerns about the Chinese-owned app — as a competitor, and as a national security risk.
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Court records: FTX’s winning bid for Voyager Digital includes a $51M cash payment, and $60M in earnouts and incentives for Voyager users that onboard with FTX — – FTX’s winning bid for bankrupt crypto firm Voyager Digital includes a $51 million cash payment, with an additional $60 million in earnouts and incentives.
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent crypto developers, sue the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, and officials in Texas over Tornado Cash sanctions — Six users of Tornado Cash, a popular decentralized cryptocurrency service, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. Treasury Department …
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