Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: River Financial, which offers Bitcoin brokerage, mining, wallet, and custody services, raised a $35M Series B led by Kingsway Capital; Peter Thiel also invested  —  The Series B funding for the Bitcoin financial services provider was led by Kingsway Capital. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: A jailed Saudi dissident’s sister sues Twitter under RICO, arguing repeated security failures let staff reveal his ID and thousands of others’ to Saudi Arabia  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The sister of an imprisoned Saudi dissident filed suit against Twitter Tuesday, arguing that it broke the law … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care, raised a $50M seed co-led by General Catalyst and a16z at a valuation in the “triple digit millions”  —  AI, specifically generative AI, has the potential to transform healthcare.  —  At least, that sales pitch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post: The US announces charges, sanctions, and a $10M reward for info leading to the arrest of Russian national Mikhail Matveev, a Babuk ransomware gang operative  —  The Justice, Treasury and State departments announced a crackdown on global ransomware figure Mikhail Matveev … Lees verder op Tech Meme