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Filing: the Northern District Court of California gives the US government final approval to sell 69,370 BTC, worth $6.5B, seized in its Silk Road investigation (Vince Dioquino/Decrypt) 09-01-2025

Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: Filing: the Northern District Court of California gives the US government final approval to sell 69,370 BTC, worth $6.5B, seized in its Silk Road investigation  —  The ruling does not ensure immediate liquidation of the seized Bitcoin, as federal asset forfeiture requires several administrative processes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blackstone invests $300M in DDN, which helps firms more efficiently store and analyze data for AI and HPC, at a $5B valuation; it is DDN's first outside funding (Wall Street Journal) 09-01-2025

Wall Street Journal: Blackstone invests $300M in DDN, which helps firms more efficiently store and analyze data for AI and HPC, at a $5B valuation; it is DDN’s first outside funding  —  The private-equity firm’s deal values California-based DDN at $5 billion  —  Blackstone is investing in a company … Lees verder op Tech Meme

YL Ventures: Israeli cybersecurity firms raised $4B in 2024, up 100%+ YoY from $1.89B, across 89 rounds, including 50 seed or early stage that totaled $400M (Steven Scheer/Reuters) 09-01-2025

Steven Scheer / Reuters: YL Ventures: Israeli cybersecurity firms raised $4B in 2024, up 100%+ YoY from $1.89B, across 89 rounds, including 50 seed or early stage that totaled $400M  —  Israeli cybersecurity firms raised $4 billion in 2024, more than double that of 2023, led by firms seeking to protect the cloud along … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Flipkart hires Kabeer Biswas, co-founder of Dunzo, an Indian delivery startup that had raised $500M+, to lead its quick commerce unit, Flipkart Minutes (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 09-01-2025

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Source: Flipkart hires Kabeer Biswas, co-founder of Dunzo, an Indian delivery startup that had raised $500M+, to lead its quick commerce unit, Flipkart Minutes  —  Flipkart has hired Kabeer Biswas, the co-founder of Indian delivery startup Dunzo, as the Walmart-owned e-commerce group expands its quick-commerce business in the country. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Putin, a new English-language Polish film about Vladimir Putin in which AI is used to superimpose his real face onto an actor, sparks a debate about AI use (Alicja Ptak/Notes From Poland) 09-01-2025

Alicja Ptak / Notes From Poland: Putin, a new English-language Polish film about Vladimir Putin in which AI is used to superimpose his real face onto an actor, sparks a debate about AI use  —  A new English-language Polish film about Vladimir Putin, in which the Russian president is portrayed using AI-powered special effects … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Istanbul-based gaming startup Grand Games, the publisher behind Magic Sort and Car Match, raised a $30M Series A led by Balderton, after a $3M seed in 2024 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 09-01-2025

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Istanbul-based gaming startup Grand Games, the publisher behind Magic Sort and Car Match, raised a $30M Series A led by Balderton, after a $3M seed in 2024  —  Gaming startups, specifically those building casual mobile games, are very hot in Turkey right now, and today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taiwan's National Security Bureau says daily average cyberattacks on government departments doubled YoY to 2.4M in 2024, and most were by Chinese cyber forces (Yimou Lee/Reuters) 09-01-2025

Yimou Lee / Reuters: Taiwan’s National Security Bureau says daily average cyberattacks on government departments doubled YoY to 2.4M in 2024, and most were by Chinese cyber forces  —  Cyberattacks on Taiwan government departments doubled in 2024 from the previous year to an average of 2.4 million attacks a day … Lees verder op Tech Meme