Bitcoin rises about 14% in 7-day span as US banking system wobbles

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‘BRB, storing my money in gold’: Founders scramble to figure out which banks are safe

Founders are still shaking off the dust a week after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. Rumors are swirling about who might be looking to buy the beleaguered bank’s assets. Some... Read more »

Mistaking performance for competence

A year or two before launching Actuator, someone on staff floated the idea of my writing a weekly robotics newsletter. I balked at the suggestion. Surely, I suggested, we... Read more »

First Republic Bank could see $30B in rescue deposits coming, report says

An agreement among a group of the nation’s largest banks to deposit some $30 billion with First Republic Bank could be coming this week, according to a Bloomberg report.... Read more »

Top crypto app downloads rise over 15% following SVB collapse

Following a shakeup in the U.S. banking system over the past week, crypto exchanges and wallets gained momentum as some look for bankless alternatives. The top 10 crypto applications... Read more »

Pitch Deck Teardown: StudentFinance’s $41M Series A deck

There’s no shortage of “upskilling” startups out there, but it’s rare to see one raise a $41 million round. That’s what Spanish startup StudentFinance pulled off a couple of... Read more »

YouTube TV hikes price to $72.99 per month due to rising ‘content costs’

YouTube has announced that it’s raising the price of its YouTube TV subscription to $72.99 per month. The new monthly price is an $8 increase from the current $64.99... Read more »

Everything you need to get caught up on the SVB crisis

On Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that it had taken over Silicon Valley Bank, and as we rushed to plan coverage, one of my colleagues succinctly described... Read more »

Technical recruitment platform Karat snaps up Triplebyte to add AI-based quizzes for engineers

The technology industry continues to rack up an ever-longer list of layoffs — which now stand at nearly 139,000 according to Layoffs.fyi — but taking the wider job market,... Read more »

Virgin Orbit pauses operations for a week to conduct a search for cash

Virgin Orbit is halting all operations for a week to save money while it “conducts discussions with potential funding sources and explores strategic opportunities,” the company announced in an... Read more »
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