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Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: Court filings: FTX will recover assets worth $460M, including $404M in cash, of the $475M seed capital transferred by Alameda to hedge fund Modulo in 2022  —  Alameda Research seeded little-known Bahamas-based hedge fund Modulo Capital with $475 million in 2022.  The recovery includes $404 million in cash. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta: WhatsApp unveils an updated app for Windows that it says loads faster and enables group video calls with up to eight people and audio calls with up to 32 people  —  Takeaways  — We’re launching a new WhatsApp app for Windows desktop that loads faster and enables group video calls … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Sam Altman says OpenAI has fixed a “significant issue” in ChatGPT after a bug in an open-source library let some users see titles of other users’ chat history  —  ChatGPT-owner OpenAI said on Wednesday it had fixed a bug that caused a “significant issue” of a small set of users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Kredivo Holdings, formerly FinAccel, whose services include BNPL, loans, neobanking, and more, has raised a $270M Series D led by Mizuho Bank  —  The funding landscape in Southeast Asia is still wintery, but one fintech managed to land a major round. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Crypto exchange Bitget acquires a controlling stake in crypto wallet company BitKeep with a $30M investment at a $300M valuation  —  – Bitget has invested $30 million in BitKeep at a $300 million valuation.  — The crypto exchange is now the controlling stakeholder of the wallet provider. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sahil Patel / The Information: Sources: Meta rehires veteran manager Nick Grudin, who left to join NFT startup Dapper Labs in August 2022, to oversee relationships with media and creators  —  Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to cut back on middle managers isn’t stopping the company hiring more middle managers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Coinbase says it received an SEC notice warning the company of potential US securities law violations and recommending that the SEC take an enforcement action  —  – The SEC issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice, warning the exchange that it identified potential violations of U.S. securities law. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Poll of 1,027 US adults: 41% support a TikTok ban, 25% oppose it, and 71% are concerned that ByteDance is based in China; 17% of US daily users support a ban  —  As D.C. pushes for action against TikTok, a Washington Post poll finds more support than oppose banning the app Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: The US SEC charges Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, Akon, and other celebrities for promoting crypto tokens TRX and BTT without disclosing that they were compensated  —  – The SEC unveiled charges against diplomat Justin Sun for fraud and securities violations, while also charging celebrity backers including Jake Paul and Lindsay Lohan. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Poll: 41% of Americans support a TikTok ban, 25% oppose it, and only 17% of its daily users support a ban; 71% are concerned that ByteDance is based in China  —  As D.C. pushes for action against TikTok, a Washington Post poll finds more support than oppose banning the app Lees verder op Tech Meme