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Brooke Masters, Stephen Gandel, James Fontanella-Khan in New York and James Politi and Colby Smith in Washington JPMorgan Chase is to acquire most of First Republic after US regulators orchestrated an overnight deal to shut the embattled California lender, wiping out its shareholders in the second-biggest bank failure in the country’s history. The Federal Deposit
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Vodafone risks looking tone-deaf. After a four-month selection process, the telecoms company has chosen an internal candidate as its new chief executive. The elevation of former finance director Margherita Della Valle will disappoint investors hoping for some outside fairy dust to transform the fortunes of the telecoms group. Della Valle will need to make some
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Layer-2 blockchain protocols have been in the spotlight in 2023, bringing major performance improvements to a variety of platforms and services operating in the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem.  Zero-knowledge proofs have been key in the roll-out of a variety of layer 2s, with the technology pioneered by the decentralized scaling network Starknet. StarkWare, the technology firm behind
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. placed First Republic Bank into receivership on Monday morning, and JPMorgan Chase has acquired much of the San Francisco bank, ending a frantic week as regulators scrambled to arrange a last-minute rescue. The bank was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation overnight and handed to the
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Charlie Munger, the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, stated in a recent interview that American banks are burdened with poor-quality commercial real estate loans. His comments arrive amid the collapse of three major U.S. banks and the expected seizure of First Republic Bank by the federal government. Despite the potential challenges, Munger emphasized that the
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The Kingdom of Bhutan is bullish on Bitcoin (BTC). Following the revelation that the small Himalayan Kingdom has been quietly accumulating crypto, the country is also mining Bitcoin. Moreover, the country of less than 800,000 people leverages green energy to power its Bitcoin mining operations. Known for its focus on “Gross National Happiness” and picturesque landscapes,
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Singapore’s government-owned investment firm Temasek continues investing in cryptocurrency projects even after losing hundreds of millions of dollars to the collapsed FTX crypto exchange. Temasek has invested $10 million in Array, the developer of an algorithmic currency system based on smart contracts and artificial intelligence. Announcing the news on May 1, Array said that the
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Your biweekly roundup of cool AI stuff and its impact on society and the future. The past two months have seen a Cambrian explosion in the capabilities and potential of AI technology. OpenAI’s upgraded chatbot GPT-4 was released in mid-March and aced all of its exams, although it’s apparently a pretty average sommelier. Midjourney v5
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