How David Sacks' AI and crypto policies in Trump's White House benefit his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts
Calls Conflict Claims “Nothing Burger” Mike Pearl / Gizmodo : 438 Reasons to Doubt that David Sacks Should Work for the Federal Government Mark Toon / Protos : David Sacks sends si...
The reaction to NYT's David Sacks story aside, Sacks is pushing policies to help the US win the AI race, which also benefit him, his allies, and even his foes
Top of the Morning — I come here neither to praise nor pillory David Sacks, the venture capitalist who spends half …
Canadian digital bank Neo Financial raised a CA$360M Series D from Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, and others
like @goclio'@s Series C and @coinbase's Series D. Today, we're thrilled to share another investment that goes beyond our typical early-stage sweet LinkedIn: Eric Holle : Exciting ...
eMarketer expects Google's share of the US search ad market to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others make gains
Biggest US antitrust victory since Microsoft could still be too little … Yahoo Finance : Google's grip on search slips as TikTok and AI startup mount challenge Radhika Saraogi / Ti...
eMarketer: Google's share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise
A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market — Google's grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening.
Filing: Coinbase received an SEC notice warning the exchange of potential US securities law violations that could lead to enforcement actions; COIN drops 10%+
Coinbase says it received an SEC notice warning the exchange of potential US securities law violations that could lead to enforcement actions; COIN drops 10%+
- The SEC issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice, warning the exchange that it identified potential violations of U.S. securities law.
Mid-to-late stage tech startups will likely face a reckoning in late 2023 to 2024, as companies run out of cash from “free rounds” fueled by low interest rates
The coming reset in mid-to-late stage startups in 2023-2024 is at this point likely largely decoupled from interest rates and inflation.
After 3AC's collapse, centralized lenders with exposure to 3AC had failed, while their decentralized counterparts liquidated collateral and continued operating
Good morning! An IT head, data scientist, and AI product manager walk into a bar. PYMNTS.com : Today in Crypto: Three Arrows Capital Files for Bankruptcy; Celsius Hits Three Week ...
Source: Celsius has laid off 150 employees, around a quarter of its staff, after pausing withdrawals on June 13; the lender says it is exploring restructuring
The American-Israeli company is parting ways with around 150 employees as it continues to look for a way out of a crisis that saw …
After 3AC's collapse, centralized lenders with exposure to 3AC had failed, while their decentralized counterparts liquidated collateral and continued operating
This current crypto nuclear bear market marks my third brush with generalised market carnage.
Three Arrows Capital files for Chapter 15 bankruptcy, a move that protects its US assets while a liquidation is carried out in the British Virgin Islands
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy, a move that protects its US assets while a liquidation is carried out in the British Virgin Islands.
After 3AC's collapse, centralized lenders with 3AC exposure had failed, while their decentralized counterparts liquidated collateral and continued operating
This current crypto nuclear bear market marks my third brush with generalised market carnage. And while they can sometimes feel like reruns …
Overview of macro tech trends, with a focus on Web3, metaverse, and the move to the cloud, which is just beginning as on-prem IT spend still dwarfs cloud spend
The most exciting themes in technology today are transformative visions for 2025 or 2030: crypto, web3, VR, metaverse... and then everything else.
Interview with Dom Hofmann on how and why he created Loot, the communities, creativity, and NFT speculation it spawned, and the future of the project
Interview with Dom Hofmann on how and why he created Loot, the communities, creativity, and NFT speculation it spawned, and the future of the project
Loot (and Vine) creator Dom Hofmann on creating an open-source, decentralized game / financial asset / art project / metaverse (?)
Profile of Li Jin, an aggressively pro-worker VC who founded Atelier Ventures, which manages $13M, to invest in influencer-related startups
Indie.vc, a six-year-old effort by O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures to invest small amounts in bootstrapped businesses, shuts down after results left LPs unimpressed
6 years ago, a mysterious Tumblr site appeared on the internet. Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : The idea was to back the next GitHub, which became profitable early on and didn't ...
NFTs are great for creators because they remove intermediaries, enable granular price tiering, and eliminate customer acquisition costs by making users owners
In his classic 2008 essay “1000 True Fans,” Kevin Kelly predicted that the internet would transform the economics of creative activities:
Q&A with Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke on his typical day, time management, culture, product creation, organizational design, meetings, and working from home
Sriram Krishnan / The Observer Effect : Tweets: @polina_marinova , @mcannonbrookes , @bwertz , @tobi , @harleyf , and @iamjakestream Tweets: Polina Marinova Pompliano / @polina_ma...