Sources: private capital firms like Oaktree, EQT, and DWS are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom, launching €17B of European data center sales in weeks
Oaktree Capital, Partners Group and EQT among those seeking to cash in on AI boom — Private capital firms are seeking … X: @ivanlevingston X: Ivan Levingston / @ivanlevingston : Swiss private equity...
The Marin Community Foundation sold 13.4M+ Figma shares for $440M+ in the IPO; source: the foundation had received the shares from Figma co-founder Evan Wallace
As Figma went public this week to much fanfare—and an almost instantaneous 250% stock pop—quite a few folks from Silicon Valley made money. X: @ajs X: Alyson Shontell / @ajs : Figma IPO's surprise win...
Investor letter: Shein announces a “supply chain as a service” initiative, offering its supply chain infrastructure and tech to outside brands and designers
China-founded fashion giant shifts business strategy as it faces U.S. challenges — China-founded Shein has built … X: @jchengwsj and @wsj X: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : China-founded Shein has bui...
Analysis: a basket of the top US streaming services will cost $87 per month this fall, vs. $73 a year ago; the average US cable TV package costs $83 per month
Top studios turn screws on customers with price rises that rival expensive cable TV bundles — The era of cheap streaming is ending … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . Bluesky: @epro.social . X: @tayl...
Masayoshi Son owes SoftBank ~$5.1B on side deals he set up to boost his compensation, as his unrealized losses grew ~$400M from three months before
Masayoshi Son is now personally on the hook for about $5.1 billion on side deals he set up at SoftBank Group Corp. to boost his compensation … Tweets: @pelstrom , @pelstrom , and @iamsamirarora Tweets...
CryptoSlam: NFT trading volume fell from $24M on December 20 to $12.9M on December 25, compared to $80.8M on December 22, 2021, to $64.3M on December 25, 2021
- NFT sales volumes fell in the lead up to Christmas in both 2021 and 2022. — However, Yuga Labs's Bored Ape Yacht Club's … Tweets: @wublockchain Tweets: Wu Blockchain / @wublockchain : Forbes counte...
The 2022 crypto winter showed that the digital asset ecosystem is more interconnected than many participants realized, despite its core decentralization tenet
As 2021 came to a close, crypto enthusiasts were brimming with optimism. After all, it had been a banner year: Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, had crossed into the mainstream. Tweets: @emilyjnicolle , @...
After a peak of $248M in February, daily trading volumes of NFTs on OpenSea fell 80% to ~$50M in March; average price of a Bored Ape NFT fell 44% since Feb. 24
Internet collectibles ranging from cartoon apes to artsy doodles have plunged in value as real-world conflict … Tweets: @germanotes , @muradahmed , @jeffnolan , @adamsamson , @carnage4life , @_inpract...
A look at Spotify's podcast investments, including its push into advertising and video, as it appears poised to dominate the industry
With 3.2 million podcasts on its platform and more monthly active users than Apple, Spotify is the new heavy in podcasting. It's just getting started. Tweets: @nicolelaporte1 See also Mediagazer Twee...
YouTube is on pace to book between $29B and $30B in revenue in 2021, equaling Netflix's expected revenue of $29.7B for the year
- YouTube is on pace to bring in annual revenue comparable to Netflix's. — The Google-owned video platform is seeing a rise in more traditional television advertisers. Tweets: @carnage4life , @bitcoi...