Thu. 08/09 – Why Disney Also Had 2nd Thoughts About Buying Twitter

Disney’s former CEO throws another lifeline to Elon Musk in his Twitter suit. Crypto folks are suing the US Treasury over an important crypto precedent. Why the current YC batch is still crypto heavy. A very interesting crypto raise. And a deeper look at the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island.

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Links:

• Why Disney didn’t buy Twitter (Vox)
• Coinbase employees and Ethereum backers sue U.S. Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions (Fortune)
• Legendary China Bets Unwind as Buffett, SoftBank Sell (Bloomberg)
• Y Combinator is doubling down on crypto founders despite market volatility (TechCrunch)
• Mysten Labs, creator of the Sui blockchain, closes $300 million raise led by FTX Ventures (The Block)
• How the iPhone 14 Pro Transforms Blank Screen Space Into Something Actually Useful (CNET)
• Apple might have fixed the notch by putting it on an island (The Verge)

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