CoinDesk: The US SEC charges SafeMoon and its executives for selling unregistered crypto securities and misappropriating investors’ funds the team promised were “locked”  —  Crypto company SafeMoon’s CEO and chief technology officer were arrested, accused of withdrawing more than $200M … Lees verder op Tech Meme

RT Watson / The Block: After securing regulatory approval, Coinbase says that eligible US retail customers can now access BTC and ETH futures contracts via Coinbase Financial Markets  —  – Coinbase’s service offering crypto futures trading to eligible retail U.S. customers is now active and includes “nano” bitcoin contracts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Binance plans to end its partnership with payments firm Advcash, which let customers move funds held at sanctioned Russian banks to the crypto exchange  —  Binance plans to shut down a partnership with a payments firm that allowed customers to move funds held at sanctioned Russian banks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple quietly discontinued Apple Music’s $4.99/month Voice Plan, which was introduced in 2021 and let users access the Apple Music catalog exclusively via Siri  —  Apple this week held a special event to announce new Macs, but what the company didn’t tell is that it has just quietly discontinued the … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Roku reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $912M, vs. $853.2M est., net loss up 170% YoY to $330M, and forecasts a “similar” YoY ad growth for Q4; ROKU jumps 15%+  —  Roku shares rose after the streaming-platform company beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter of 2023 on the top line. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Walt Disney Company: Disney plans to acquire the 33% stake in Hulu held by Comcast’s NBCUniversal, giving Disney full ownership; Disney expects to pay NBCU ~$8.61B by December 1  —  The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it will acquire the 33% stake in Hulu, LLC held by Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: EA reports Q2 net bookings up 4% YoY to $1.82B, vs. $1.78B est., revenue of $1.91B, up from $1.9B in Q2 2022, and raises its annual profit forecast  —  Electronic Arts (EA.O) on Wednesday beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly net bookings and profit and raised its annual earnings projection … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manya Saini / Reuters: PayPal reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.38B est., total payment volume up 13% YoY to $387.7B, vs. $377.9B, and forecasts FY 2023 profit above est.  —  PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) raised its forecast for full-year adjusted profit above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme