Sources: Twitter has disabled badge access and shut down its offices until November 21, after a large number of employees chose to resign on Thursday (AJ McDougall/The Daily Beast)

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
TCG invests $100M in Night Capital, co-founded by Mr. Beast’s manager Reed Duchscher, which plans to buy DTC businesses and pair them with top online creators  —  Reed Duchscher, the manager of the YouTube megastar “Mr. Beast,” is teaming up with the investment firm TCG to bankroll businesses led by online creators.

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Robin Wheeler, Twitter’s head of ad sales, seems to have left the company, a week after Elon Musk reportedly convinced her to stay; sources say she was fired  —  Robin Wheeler, Twitter’s head of ad sales, seems to have left the company yet again, just over a week after Elon Musk reportedly had to convince her not to resign.

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India’s Enforcement Directorate searched the offices of Paytm, Razorpay, and Cashfree on Friday as part of an investigation into fraudulent Chinese loan apps  —  India’s financial crime fighting agency searched the offices of fintech unicorns Paytm and Razorpay as well as Cashfree on Friday …

Kali Hays / Insider:
Sources: Twitter is leaving at least 12 international offices due to closures or not paying rent, including in Hong Kong, Mexico, Ghana, Australia, and India  —  – Twitter is leaving at least a dozen international offices due to closures or not paying rent.  — Hubs in Europe and even Twitter’s headquarters in Asia are shuttered.

Kari McMahon / The Block:
A profile of FTX co-founder and CTO Gary Wang, who sources say doesn’t talk much, is hard to contact, and was one of the few with “root access” to the code base  —  – FTX’s billionaire co-founder Gary Wang has a limited online presence and has stayed out of the spotlight throughout the crypto exchange’s three-year history.

@coinbasewallet:
[Thread] Coinbase says Apple “blocked our last” Wallet iOS app release until the exchange disabled sending NFTs, claiming Apple wanted a 30% cut from gas fees  —  You might have noticed you can’t send NFTs on Coinbase Wallet iOS anymore. This is because Apple blocked our last app release until we disabled the feature. 🧵