Emma Roth / The Verge:
Apple adds Share Item Location to iOS 18.2 public beta, letting users share a link with the location of AirTags or Find My accessories with airlines and others — Apple will now let you share the location of a lost AirTag with other people. The Find My feature, called Share Item Location …
Bitcoin touches a record-high $85K, adding almost $20K in a week; Tesla is up 7%+ today, while Meta, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are down slightly (James Van Straten/CoinDesk)
James Van Straten / CoinDesk:
Bitcoin touches a record-high $85K, adding almost $20K in a week; Tesla is up 7%+ today, while Meta, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are down slightly — Gold and most of the so-called magnificent seven tech stocks are down on the day. — Bitcoin touched a record-high $85,000 …
Argentina-based Ualá, which offers financial services to 8M users, raised a $300M Series E led by Allianz X at a $2.75B valuation, up from $2.45B in August 2021 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Argentina-based Ualá, which offers financial services to 8M users, raised a $300M Series E led by Allianz X at a $2.75B valuation, up from $2.45B in August 2021 — – Allianz, Soros, others put $300 million into fintech company — Country’s largest startup eyes expansion, eventual IPO
Sources: the US plans to support a controversial cybercrime treaty at the UN this week despite concerns that it could be misused by authoritarian regimes (Jamie Tarabay/Bloomberg)
Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg:
Sources: the US plans to support a controversial cybercrime treaty at the UN this week despite concerns that it could be misused by authoritarian regimes — – Critics fear it could be misused by authoritarian countries — Agreement would help pursuit of cybercriminals, official says
11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised $50M led by a16z at a $320M valuation, after raising a $24M Series A in September 2024 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised $50M led by a16z at a $320M valuation, after raising a $24M Series A in September 2024 — Artificial intelligence-powered sales startup 11x has raised $50 million in a new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz …
Sources: Amazon is developing smart glasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around, and within buildings, but the tech may take years to perfect (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Sources: Amazon is developing smart glasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around, and within buildings, but the tech may take years to perfect — Amazon (AMZN.O) is developing smart eyeglasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around and within buildings …
MicroStrategy says it bought 27,200 bitcoin for roughly $2.03B in cash at an estimated $74,463 per coin, taking its total bitcoin holding to 279,420 (Adam James/The Block)
Adam James / The Block:
MicroStrategy says it bought 27,200 bitcoin for roughly $2.03B in cash at an estimated $74,463 per coin, taking its total bitcoin holding to 279,420 — – MicroStrategy added approximately 27,200 bitcoin for roughly $2.03 billion in cash at an estimated $74,463 per coin.
FTX sues crypto trader “Humpy the Whale” alleging margin trading market manipulation from January 2021 to September 2022, leading to FTX and Alameda losing $1B (Callan Quinn/CoinDesk)
Callan Quinn / CoinDesk:
FTX sues crypto trader “Humpy the Whale” alleging margin trading market manipulation from January 2021 to September 2022, leading to FTX and Alameda losing $1B — The suit also links him to organized crime in Eastern Europe and terrorist groups.
a16z says it is “very optimistic” that the US government will “foster innovation” in crypto and there is a “pathway for constructive engagement” with regulators (a16z crypto)
a16z crypto:
a16z says it is “very optimistic” that the US government will “foster innovation” in crypto and there is a “pathway for constructive engagement” with regulators — Miles Jennings Michele Korver Brian Quintenz — We’ve been flooded with crypto founders asking us …
Sources: Elon Musk’s US government advisory role will be structured to ensure he keeps control of Tesla, X, xAI, and others by installing acolytes and allies (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
Sources: Elon Musk’s US government advisory role will be structured to ensure he keeps control of Tesla, X, xAI, and others by installing acolytes and allies — Billionaire likely to push for government roles for acolytes and allies to cut regulation and protect his businesses
