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Sam Bankman-Fried says Alameda Research to wind down trading, FTX attempting to raise capital

November 10, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried said on Thursday that he will be winding down the trading firm Alameda Research, and is attempting to raise liquidity for the troubled FTX International exchange, as he scrambles to keep the world’s second largest crypto exchange alive after a bailout deal with Binance failed earlier this week. Bankman-Fried said in a series […]

Sam Bankman-Fried says Alameda Research to wind down trading, FTX attempting to raise capital by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

a16z-backed Tellus wants to help people use their savings to become real estate investors

November 10, 2022

Crypto is not having a good week, as Bitcoin crashed to under $17,000 — its lowest level in two years. The stock market continues to post declines as layoffs abound. Meanwhile, inflation recently reached a 40-year high. For those looking for a safe place to park their cash and actually earn a decent amount of […]

a16z-backed Tellus wants to help people use their savings to become real estate investors by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Roku’s home screen gains a new ‘Sports’ tab for users to access live and on-demand sports content

November 10, 2022

Roku announced today that the home screen menu will now include a new “Sports” tab that gives sports fans instant access to sports events, upcoming events and on-demand sports-related content. The feature on the Roku Home Screen has already begun to roll out to some users and will be gradually added to all Roku devices […]

Roku’s home screen gains a new ‘Sports’ tab for users to access live and on-demand sports content by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

How OVHcloud’s Octave Klaba is building a different cloud computing company

November 10, 2022

When people think about the cloud computing industry, three names come to mind — Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. And yet, smaller cloud companies are still doing well. OVHcloud, a French company that has been around since 1999, is one of them. Of course, cloud computing wasn’t even a thing in 1999. […]

How OVHcloud’s Octave Klaba is building a different cloud computing company by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter blocks new accounts from its $8 verified tier

November 10, 2022

The motto over at Twitter is clearly a throwback ‘move fast and break things’ at the moment under new ruler Elon Musk, and the latest thing to break is the just-introduced $8 monthly Twitter Blue tier, which includes a shiny ‘verified’ checkmark indistinguishable from the ones that Twitter used to hand out selectively to high-profile […]

Twitter blocks new accounts from its $8 verified tier by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch