Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: After an uproar, the Arbitrum Foundation plans to break up a controversial governance package into separate votes, including on its 750M ARB token allocation  —  The backtracking will see Arbitrum hold a standalone vote on its 750 million token allocation.  —  The Arbitrum Foundation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Goldstein / New York Times: A look at problems at Digital World Acquisition Corp, which plans to take Truth Social public by September 8, after CEO Patrick Orlando was ousted  —  The merger of Digital World and Trump Media has been held up by investigations, but executives are rushing to complete the deal by a Sept. 8 deadline. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Amsterdam-based Fourthline, which offers AI tools for ID checks and compliance to finance companies, raised €50M led by Finch, taking its total funding to €70M  —  As digital financial services become more advanced, so too do the efforts of malicious hackers and fraudsters to crack … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: a16z now openly courts Saudi money; Horowitz compared the US harshly to Saudi because the US government did little after Andreessen’s “time to build” essay  —  Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources: in November 2021, five days after Joe Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a US government front company licensed NSO’s geolocation tool  —  The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: After an uproar, the Arbitrum Foundation plans to break up a controversial governance package into separate votes, including a 750M ARB token allocation  —  The backtracking will see Arbitrum hold a standalone vote on its 750 million token allocation.  —  The Arbitrum Foundation said late Sunday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: One year after Rishi Sunak pledged to make the UK a crypto-friendly hub, UK crypto executives say banks are increasingly unwilling to support crypto companies  —  Edouard Daunizeau’s crypto company SavingBlocks has an office in East London’s technology hub and more than 200 customers testing its services. Lees verder op Tech Meme