Fri. 03/18 - $APE GMI?
Australia sues Meta for alleged cryptocurrency scam ads. Bored Apes Yacht Club had, what we might call a busted IPO, if that was term we were using. Amazon is now officially the proud owner of James Bond. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Australia sues Meta for alleged cryptocurrency scam ads. Bored Apes Yacht Club had, what we might call a busted IPO, if that was term we were using. Amazon is now officially the proud owner of James Bond. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
- Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisements (Reuters)
- Bored Ape Yacht Club Ethereum NFT Sales Surge as ApeCoin Price Pops, Then Drops (Decrypt)
- U.S. antitrust enforcers won't challenge Amazon's MGM deal, dashing hopes of monopoly critics (Politico)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Substack’s Ideology (Divinations)
- A Big Bet to Kill the Password for Good (Wired)
- Razzlekhan: The Untold Story Of How A YouTube Rapper Became A Suspect In A $4 Billion Bitcoin Fraud (Forbes)
- Six months in, El Salvador’s bitcoin gamble is crumbling (Rest Of World)
- The neon shortage is a bad sign (Recode)
- Beating Japan at Its Own (Video) Game: A Smash Hit From China (NYTimes)
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