Several crypto regulation bills backed by Trump fail to clear a key hurdle in the US House after 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to block the legislation
For Now; Inside Roman Storm's First Day on Trial Vismaya V / Decrypt : Trump Pushes House GOP to Revive Vote on Crypto Bills Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Crypto regulation bills stumble in Congress Times ...
Sources: JP Morgan is frustrated with Techstars over missteps in deploying the JPMorgan-backed $80M fund, aimed at helping underrepresented founders, since 2022
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch : X: @joebreider , @azharthegreat , @techcrunch , @techcrunch , @brianbrackeen , @janelleany , @likemych , @tanichambers , @aviel , @dominicmadori , and @azharthegre...
Crunchbase: Black US founders raised ~$39.7M, or 0.13% of all capital allocated to startups in Q3 2023, down from $212M in Q2, $352M in Q1, and $1B in Q3 2022
it fell 20x. https://techcrunch.com/... Tawana Petty / @poettpetty : “To many Black founders, the dip in funding was expected. A lot of the diversity, equity and inclusion promises made after 2020 wer...
Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group plans to acquire US-based mobile game maker Scopely for $4.9B; Scopely was reportedly valued at $5.4B in October 2021
End of 2019 I made the big jump from Europe to the US. … Mike DeLaet : Congrats to all of my friends and former colleagues at Scopely for such a tremendous outcome! It was great to see a lot of you a...
Microsoft reports Q4 gaming revenue down $259M or 7% YoY, impacted by an 11% YoY revenue drop for Xbox hardware and a 6% YoY drop for Xbox content and services
Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle : Tweets: @domsplaying , @domsplaying , @tomwarren , and @benjisales Tweets: Dom / @domsplaying : Microsoft FY 2022 Q4 Call: CEO Satya Nadella claims 4 million people...
Sources: Sony plans to launch a subscription service, codenamed Spartacus, next spring that merges PlayStation Plus and PS Now, to compete with Xbox Game Pass
namely current, relevant releases. “The second [tier] would offer a large catalog of PlayStation 4 and, *eventually,* PlayStation 5 games.” https://twitter.com/... Dom / @domsplaying : Sounds like Pla...
Sources: Sony plans to launch a subscription service, codenamed Spartacus, next spring that merges PlayStation Plus and PS Now, to compete with Xbox Game Pass
namely current, relevant releases. “The second [tier] would offer a large catalog of PlayStation 4 and, *eventually,* PlayStation 5 games.” https://twitter.com/... Dom / @domsplaying : Sounds like Pla...
Interviews with 50 current and former Blizzard employees detail a toxic workplace, where sexual harassment and discrimination against women were common
where sexism and drinking were rampant — developed into a legal liability. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : This story is full of details that have not been previously r...
Epic says its PC game store, which serves as Fortnite's launcher, has 108M users and generated $251M in 3rd-party game sales since its debut in December 2018
they work Jacob Siegal / BGR : Epic Games Store giving away free games every week through 2020 Tweets: @polygon : Epic Games Store to continue giving away games weekly in 2020 https://www.polygon.com/...