2023-01-19
Sold to you, suckas! https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Sources: Peter Thiel's Founders Fund sold most of its crypto portfolio by the end of March 2022, before the crypto market crash, generating ~$1.8B in returns
Billionaire was early mainstream investor in the digital currency but VC fund no longer has significant exposure
2020-03-03
It's amazing how iTunes gift cards are basically just like a shadow currency for the Black Market https://twitter.com/...
ZDNet
US sanctions two Chinese nationals for allegedly laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea's Lazarus Group, which has hacked two crypto exchanges since 2018
UPDATE: The Department of Justice has also indicted the two Chinese nationals on money laundering-related charges.
2019-11-02
Congrats everyone, we Nationalized The Office! https://www.cnbc.com/...
CNBC
Sources: NBCUniversal is considering making its ad-supported Peacock streaming service free for everyone, with an ad-free tier available for subscribers
NBC is leaning toward making Peacock free for EVERYONE, not just cable TV subs, as it looks to broaden reach https://www.cnbc.com/... @jamiepastore9 : Congrats everyone, we Nationa...
2019-10-13
Interesting twist: trying to make an Overwatch character associated with the Hong Kong protests through memes https://www.polygon.com/...
Polygon
Gamers upset with Blizzard are protesting by turning Mei, a Chinese Overwatch character, into a pro-democracy symbol, to get Blizzard's games banned in China
Nicole Carpenter / Polygon :
Interesting twist: trying to make an Overwatch character associated with the Hong Kong protests through memes https://www.polygon.com/...
The Verge
Tencent-owned Riot says its broadcasters shouldn't discuss politics and religion on air; Epic, in which Tencent has a 40% stake, says political speech is OK
Epic Games is cool with political speech though — On Friday, Riot Games said that League of Legends broadcasters should “refrain” …