A Polymarket trader allegedly netted $1M+ in 24 hours with large positions on 22 correct predictions out of 23 attempts on Google's 2025 Year in Search rankings
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Temu bought six Super Bowl ad slots, likely for tens of millions, to win back US shoppers; US observed sales fell 12.5% MoM in December 2023 and 4.8% in January
the results of running the same commercial 5 times Gabrielle Fonrouge / CNBC : Temu returns to Super Bowl ad slate as lawmaker ire swells X: @tayredacted : Temu used y'all's credit...
An FTX lawyer says the defunct crypto exchange expects to fully repay its customers and has abandoned efforts to restart the platform, due to a lack of buyers
US-based sports merchandise retailer Fanatics agrees to acquire the US assets of Australia-based online sports betting company PointsBet for $150M in cash
Pointsbet outlines that they are 7th in terms of market share … Tweets: Contessa Brewer / @contessabrewer : The ceo of Fanatics Betting and Gaming Matt King said last week that mar...
Sources: the NFL is in advanced talks to give YouTube exclusive Sunday Ticket rights; a deal could be reached as early as December 21 after an NFL owner meeting
DirecTV currently pays for rights to subscription package that allows football fans to watch most Sunday afternoon games
NFT marketplace OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer says the company laid off ~20% of employees; OpenSea didn't disclose the number impacted but said that 230 staff remain
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NFT marketplace OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer says the company laid off ~20% of employees; OpenSea didn't disclose the number impacted but said that 230 staff remain
- NFT marketplace major OpenSea announced layoffs on Thursday. — CEO Devin Finzer said in a statement that “~20% of our team” had been let go.
Axiomatic Gaming, the parent of esports organization Team Liquid, raises $35M led by Ares Management, valuing Team Liquid at $415M
Sources: sports e-commerce startup Fanatics raises $1.5B at a $27B valuation, up from $18B in August 2021
Coinbase, FTX, eToro, and other apps surge in popularity after multiple crypto Super Bowl ads; Coinbase rose from 186th to 2nd on US App Store after QR code ad
Hope you're having a great week. — Welcome to the mesha tribe … Sara Celi / The Crypto Connection : How Does It All Work, Anyway? Shannon Miller / Adweek : The 10 Best Super Bowl...
Coinbase, FTX, eToro, and other apps surge in popularity after multiple crypto Super Bowl ads; Coinbase rose from 186th to 2nd on US App Store after QR code ad
Crypto apps shot up App Store download charts in the US on Monday morning, after a Super Bowl studded with digital assets advertising.
Autograph, an agency co-founded by Tom Brady that helps celebrities get involved with NFTs, raises a $170M Series B co-led by a16z and Kleiner Perkins
Autograph, an NFT agency co-founded by athlete Tom Brady with a particularly deep bench of star power, has banked new funding …
Zillow says it is shutting down its home buying business, laying off ~2,000 employees, and taking a write down of $500M+; stock drops 10%+
Zillow Group's ambitious tech-fueled bid to shake up how people buy and sell homes is coming to a surprising end. — The Seattle online real estate giant …
Sources: Apple has had discussions with NFL execs to buy streaming rights for Sunday Ticket games, which currently air on DirecTV
and it could be a game changer Michael Simon / Macworld : The NFL reportedly wants Apple to air NFL games in 2023 Deadline : Apple Exploring Streaming NFL's Sunday Ticket Games On ...
A look at Zed Run, a digital horse racing platform where users breed, race, and trade NFT horses, with some digital steeds and stables selling for six figures
Horse racing meet NFT mania on Zed Run, a digital platform where some top steeds are fetching six-figure sums. Tweets: @joefav , @darrenrovell , @sunny_hundal , @adamlevitan , @tom...
Sources: Facebook is building an audio chat product, currently in the earliest stages of development, that is similar to Clubhouse
The increasingly popular social media app is allowing conspiracy theories … Darragh Murphy / Laptop Mag : What is Clubhouse and why is Facebook cloning the voice chat app? The Econ...
Rally raises $17M from Porsche Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, and others for its service that lets users list and invest in, but not buy, collectibles
Lululemon says it plans to acquire home fitness startup Mirror for $500M; Mirror was last valued at $300M
Lululemon today announced plans to acquire home exercise startup Mirror, for $500 million. The fitness apparel company noted its plans by way of a press release …
Google says it is working with the US government to develop a nationwide COVID-19 website on symptoms, risks, and testing info, in addition to other measures
but Not Like Trump Said New York Times : Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus Sean Collins / Vox : Despite his experts' grave warnings, Trump wants everyone to just “r...
Alphabet's Verily launches a coronavirus screening website limited to the San Francisco Bay area, requires users to log in with their Google account
- Alphabet's Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it said it would.