Day: March 24, 2023

Tech Giants Embark on Layoffs since Beginning of 2023 despite Profitable Quarterly Results  

A recurring pattern of recent employee layoffs among tech giants reveals these companies are hedging against economic uncertainties.  Despite the current economic conditions, a number of tech giants are still likely to embark on company layoffs even though they are turning profits. These layoffs have been ascribed to a slowdown in operational growth and seen as a hedge against economic uncertainties. Across the United States, Europe, and Asia, tech giants such as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and SAP have embarked on mass layoffs. Financial services company Jefferies weighed in on the…

FTX Debtors Agree to $95M Stake Sale in Mysten Labs to Shore Up Funds

As part of the agreement, debtors will sell roughly $95 million worth of preferred stock back to Mysten Labs in addition to $1 million in SUI tokens. On Thursday, March 23, debtors of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX filed a motion in the bankruptcy court seeking a $95 million stake in the Delaware-based Web3 firm Mysten Labs. Crypto exchange FTX has been surviving to pay its customers impacted by the collapse of the exchange last year in November 2022. Before it fall, FTX had paid $101 million last year for the…

Mainland China Residents Show Hunger for Bitcoin via Subverting Binance KYC

Amid rising global inflation and fear of a worldwide banking crisis, the demand for risky assets, including Bitcoin, has significantly spiked in the recent past. Crypto exchanges have been outlawed in mainland China since 2017, while digital assets like Bitcoin were banned in 2021. However, mainland China residents are eager to participate in the global financial revolution by all means. According to a report by media outlet CNBC, some Binance employees have been showing mainland China residents how to circumnavigate the company’s Know Your Customer (KYC) feature. Reportedly, Mainland China…

Arbitrum airdrop sees 1,500 addresses consolidate $3.3M into two wallets

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As the hype surrounding the Arbitrum (ARB) airdrop continues, on-chain activity shows that airdrop hunters consolidated tokens worth around $3.3 million collectively from 1,496 wallets into two wallets. According to the blockchain analysis platform Lookonchain, one wallet received 1.4 million ARB from 866 addresses. The account then added all the ARB received to the decentralized exchange Uniswap to provide liquidity. The 1.4 million ARB tokens are worth around $2 million at the time of writing. On the other hand, another wallet received 933,375 ARB from 630 addresses, worth around $1.38…

Binance employees allegedly help customers in China bypass KYC controls

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has made significant efforts to be a leader in transparency in the industry since the FTX scandal. However, a new report claims that Binance insiders are allegedly helping users bypass security protocols.  According to a CNBC investigation, employees and volunteers at Binance have allegedly been aiding customers in China to subvert the exchange’s Know Your Customer Controls (KYC). The report points to Binance’s official Chinese-language chat rooms, in which more than 220,000 users were registered. There, users are reportedly able to access shared messages…

Payments Service Klarna Adopts ChatGPT Technology

Klarna will leverage the best technology and data to help people discover new products. Payments and shopping service Klarna may be the latest company to partner with OpenAI to use ChatGPT. According to a recent announcement by the firm, the ChatGPT Plugin has now been integrated and will serve as a personal shopping assistant to Klarna users, ushering in a new era of personalized shopping experience. That is, users may now ask Klarna for shopping advice or product recommendations, and even receive links to shop for their preferred products. ChatGPT Brings…

California Leads the Way as U.S. Federal, State Agencies Consider Blockchain’s Applications: Bank of America

The project is seen as a first step with the potential for additional functionality, the note said. These may include the ability to record repairs within the NFT, to use stablecoins as the payment leg for “atomic title transfers” and allow vehicle-licensing agencies from other states to join the platform so they can benefit from the same efficiencies as well as producing incremental efficiencies related to cross-state vehicle sales. Source