#GMT
STEPN Teams Up With Atlético de Madrid and Crypto Exchange WhaleFin for NFT Sneaker Collection
We are excited to announce our partnership with Atlético de Madrid 🇪🇸 and WhaleFin to launch a first-of-its-kind co-branded Genesis sneaker!
This co-branded NFT collection will feature a total of 1,001 digitally hand-drawn Atlético de Madrid sneakers that are stratified across Common, Uncommon and Rare soccer boots, all of which can be used with #STEPN on the #Ethereum chain.
As part of the first round of its launch, in total 200 co-branded Genesis sneakers will be released. @WhaleFinApp will sell 180 sneakers, including 160 Common sneakers, 19 Uncommon sneakers and an exclusive pair of Rare sneakers.
• STEPN
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STEPN Teams Up With Atlético de Madrid and Crypto Exchange WhaleFin for NFT Sneaker Collection
We are excited to announce our partnership with Atlético de Madrid 🇪🇸 and WhaleFin to launch a first-of-its-kind co-branded Genesis sneaker!
This co-branded NFT collection will feature a total of 1,001 digitally hand-drawn Atlético de Madrid sneakers that are stratified across Common, Uncommon and Rare soccer boots, all of which can be used with #STEPN on the #Ethereum chain.
As part of the first round of its launch, in total 200 co-branded Genesis sneakers will be released. @WhaleFinApp will sell 180 sneakers, including 160 Common sneakers, 19 Uncommon sneakers and an exclusive pair of Rare sneakers.
• STEPN
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#HNT
Helium Developer Nova Labs Buys FreedomFi to Accelerate Push Into Mobile Service
As part of the acquisition, FreedomFi team members will join Nova Labs to lead the network's expansion.
• Coindesk
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Helium Developer Nova Labs Buys FreedomFi to Accelerate Push Into Mobile Service
As part of the acquisition, FreedomFi team members will join Nova Labs to lead the network's expansion.
• Coindesk
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CoinDesk
Helium Developer Nova Labs Buys FreedomFi to Accelerate Push Into Mobile Service
As part of the acquisition, FreedomFi team members will join Nova Labs to lead the network's expansion.
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#PBC
Palm Beach Confidential’s vision:
Action to Take:
Buy Ether (#ETH).
Buy-up-to Price: $5,000
Buy Uniswap (#UNI).
Buy-up-to Price: $15
Buy Ethereum Name Service (#ENS).
Buy-up-to Price: $20
Buy Polygon (#MATIC).
Buy-up-to Price: $4
Buy Binance (#BNB).
Buy-up-to Price: $400
Buy The Graph (#GRT).
Buy-up-to Price: $1.20
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Palm Beach Confidential’s vision:
Action to Take:
Buy Ether (#ETH).
Buy-up-to Price: $5,000
Buy Uniswap (#UNI).
Buy-up-to Price: $15
Buy Ethereum Name Service (#ENS).
Buy-up-to Price: $20
Buy Polygon (#MATIC).
Buy-up-to Price: $4
Buy Binance (#BNB).
Buy-up-to Price: $400
Buy The Graph (#GRT).
Buy-up-to Price: $1.20
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#Bloomberg
Lol 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Bloomberg: "say thank you… for dump"
Crypto Newbies Have Family and Friends to Thank for Losses
It can be tough to navigate a relationship when crypto newbies have
The fear of missing out, or FOMO, is a driving force behind some casual crypto investors. Usually, one doesn't develop FOMO out of thin air. There’s typically someone or something behind it. That FOMO can be enhanced by watching friends and family enter the cryptosphere and succeed.
There’s some evidence that personal relationships are key in driving new money into crypto. That’s great for everyone when the investment is doing well, but what happens when the markets shift and they start losing money?
In this episode, Bloomberg crypto senior editor Anna Irrera speaks with Brian Hourigan and Adam Ghahramani, two friends with first hand experience of what it’s like to be in this position.
• Bloomberg
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Lol 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Bloomberg: "say thank you… for dump"
Crypto Newbies Have Family and Friends to Thank for Losses
It can be tough to navigate a relationship when crypto newbies have
The fear of missing out, or FOMO, is a driving force behind some casual crypto investors. Usually, one doesn't develop FOMO out of thin air. There’s typically someone or something behind it. That FOMO can be enhanced by watching friends and family enter the cryptosphere and succeed.
There’s some evidence that personal relationships are key in driving new money into crypto. That’s great for everyone when the investment is doing well, but what happens when the markets shift and they start losing money?
In this episode, Bloomberg crypto senior editor Anna Irrera speaks with Brian Hourigan and Adam Ghahramani, two friends with first hand experience of what it’s like to be in this position.
• Bloomberg
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Bloomberg.com
Crypto Newbies Have Family and Friends to Thank for Losses
It can be tough to navigate a relationship when crypto newbies have Family and Friends to thank for losses
#toncoin #telegram #TON
Telegram chooses TON as the base blockchain for its future marketplace
“When it comes to scalability and speed, TON probably has the best technology to host such decentralized sales. Our team can write bullet-proof smart contracts for TON (since it was us who invented its smart-contract language), so we are inclined to try out TON as the underlying blockchain for our future marketplace.
Let's see if we can add a little bit of Web 3.0 to Telegram in the coming weeks”.
• Durov
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Telegram chooses TON as the base blockchain for its future marketplace
“When it comes to scalability and speed, TON probably has the best technology to host such decentralized sales. Our team can write bullet-proof smart contracts for TON (since it was us who invented its smart-contract language), so we are inclined to try out TON as the underlying blockchain for our future marketplace.
Let's see if we can add a little bit of Web 3.0 to Telegram in the coming weeks”.
• Durov
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#vc
Update: Not wazirx looking, but Shetty the founder of wazirx
Indian crypto exchange WazirX’s co-founder Nischal Shetty is in advanced stages of talks to raise a maiden funding round for his new venture, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
Shetty is raising $20 million to $30 million in a seed financing round for his blockchain startup Shardeum, sources said, requesting anonymity as the deliberations are ongoing and private. The funding round proposes to value the startup at about $200 million, the sources added.
• Techcrunch
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Update: Not wazirx looking, but Shetty the founder of wazirx
Indian crypto exchange WazirX’s co-founder Nischal Shetty is in advanced stages of talks to raise a maiden funding round for his new venture, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
Shetty is raising $20 million to $30 million in a seed financing round for his blockchain startup Shardeum, sources said, requesting anonymity as the deliberations are ongoing and private. The funding round proposes to value the startup at about $200 million, the sources added.
• Techcrunch
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#Tether #USDT #TORN #stablecoins
🤝🤝🤝
Tether is not blacklisting accounts associated with Tornado Cash
The decision by Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, signals broader industry resistance to the Treasury Department’s sanctioning of Tornado Cash
Tether’s nearest competitor, Circle Internet Financial, has taken a different approach. The day after the sanctions were announced, the U.S.-based company said it moved to comply by freezing $75,000 worth of its stablecoin, USD Coin, in Tornado Cash wallets and blocking transactions with the blacklisted accounts.
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Tether market cap up $2 billion after Tornado Cash sanctions while USDC sees drop.
• Washington Post
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🤝🤝🤝
Tether is not blacklisting accounts associated with Tornado Cash
The decision by Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, signals broader industry resistance to the Treasury Department’s sanctioning of Tornado Cash
Tether’s nearest competitor, Circle Internet Financial, has taken a different approach. The day after the sanctions were announced, the U.S.-based company said it moved to comply by freezing $75,000 worth of its stablecoin, USD Coin, in Tornado Cash wallets and blocking transactions with the blacklisted accounts.
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Previously:
Tether market cap up $2 billion after Tornado Cash sanctions while USDC sees drop.
• Washington Post
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#APE
Mars is releasing limited-edition M&M’s candy featuring Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT imagery on it.
The deal is between Mars and Universal Music Group’s 10:22PM label, which licensed the Ape NFT images from a notable collector.
• Decrypt
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Mars is releasing limited-edition M&M’s candy featuring Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT imagery on it.
The deal is between Mars and Universal Music Group’s 10:22PM label, which licensed the Ape NFT images from a notable collector.
• Decrypt
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Decrypt
These Bored Apes Will Melt in Your Mouth: M&M’s Releases NFT-Inspired Candy - Decrypt
A licensing deal between Mars and music label UMG means Bored Ape NFT images are now printed on M&M’s chocolate candies.
#CoinbaseAssets
Coinbase will add support for Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (cbETH) on the Ethereum network (ERC-20 token). Do not send this asset over other networks or your funds will be lost.
What is cbETH? Let’s dive in 🧵👇
• Coinbase
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Coinbase will add support for Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (cbETH) on the Ethereum network (ERC-20 token). Do not send this asset over other networks or your funds will be lost.
What is cbETH? Let’s dive in 🧵👇
• Coinbase
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X (formerly Twitter)
Coinbase Assets 🛡️ (@CoinbaseAssets) on X
Coinbase will add support for Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH (cbETH) on the Ethereum network (ERC-20 token). Do not send this asset over other networks or your funds will be lost.
What is cbETH? Let’s dive in 🧵👇
What is cbETH? Let’s dive in 🧵👇
#AlamedaTrabucco #Alameda
Sam Trabucco stepping down as co-CEO of Alameda Research
«I will stay on as an advisor, but otherwise will not continue to have a strong day-to-day presence at the company.
The reason for that is pretty simple -- I can't personally continue to justify the time investment of being a central part of Alameda. Everyone works really hard here, and spending a "normal" amount of time at work is tricky -- especially when you're trying to be a leader.
0% remove myself from crypto without going into withdrawal, so I'll probably still be around here to some extent. I don't currently have other "projects" lined up or anything, but I wouldn't rule anything out in the future once I feel more «recovered».
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Previously:
▪︎ Alameda Research acquired $36.7 billion or nearly a third of all Tether produced.
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Sam’s quotes:
▪︎ …it has been nice to once again confirm the existence and efficacy of USDT's redemption mechanism! Alameda did a ton of 'em today;
▪︎ “sold” and “will sell” are not the same just like “bought” and “will buy” are not the same. When people hear “X bought” they tend to have thoughts like “buying means UP" but they tend not to remember “oh and maybe they’ll sell eventually”;
▪︎ have you ever seen su zhu and putin in the same room. It’s a joke….;
▪︎ I like how no one really knows what the word "recession" means;
▪︎ Starting to see a little chatter about this, so just to quell it before it gets worse, Alameda hasn't been selling UST and doesn't have any particular plans to…
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• Sam Trabucco | Tether | Tabasco
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Sam Trabucco stepping down as co-CEO of Alameda Research
«I will stay on as an advisor, but otherwise will not continue to have a strong day-to-day presence at the company.
The reason for that is pretty simple -- I can't personally continue to justify the time investment of being a central part of Alameda. Everyone works really hard here, and spending a "normal" amount of time at work is tricky -- especially when you're trying to be a leader.
0% remove myself from crypto without going into withdrawal, so I'll probably still be around here to some extent. I don't currently have other "projects" lined up or anything, but I wouldn't rule anything out in the future once I feel more «recovered».
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Previously:
▪︎ Alameda Research acquired $36.7 billion or nearly a third of all Tether produced.
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Sam’s quotes:
▪︎ …it has been nice to once again confirm the existence and efficacy of USDT's redemption mechanism! Alameda did a ton of 'em today;
▪︎ “sold” and “will sell” are not the same just like “bought” and “will buy” are not the same. When people hear “X bought” they tend to have thoughts like “buying means UP" but they tend not to remember “oh and maybe they’ll sell eventually”;
▪︎ have you ever seen su zhu and putin in the same room. It’s a joke….;
▪︎ I like how no one really knows what the word "recession" means;
▪︎ Starting to see a little chatter about this, so just to quell it before it gets worse, Alameda hasn't been selling UST and doesn't have any particular plans to…
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• Sam Trabucco | Tether | Tabasco
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#ATM #spac
$885m 🤌
Crypto ATM Firm Bitcoin Depot Strikes $885 Million SPAC Deal to Go Public
Founded in 2016, Bitcoin Depot says it is the largest provider of bitcoin ATMs in North America, with more than 7,000 kiosks in the U.S. and Canada at stores such as Circle K.
Bitcoin ATMs in the U.S. have to comply with the anti-money-laundering Bank Secrecy Act and work with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, though the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found lax oversight at some locations.
Also in the U.S. installed 87% of all crypto ATMs, according to Coin ATM Radar.
• WSJ | CoinATMRadar
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$885m 🤌
Crypto ATM Firm Bitcoin Depot Strikes $885 Million SPAC Deal to Go Public
Founded in 2016, Bitcoin Depot says it is the largest provider of bitcoin ATMs in North America, with more than 7,000 kiosks in the U.S. and Canada at stores such as Circle K.
Bitcoin ATMs in the U.S. have to comply with the anti-money-laundering Bank Secrecy Act and work with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, though the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found lax oversight at some locations.
Also in the U.S. installed 87% of all crypto ATMs, according to Coin ATM Radar.
• WSJ | CoinATMRadar
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Newsmaker.сlub
#AlamedaTrabucco #Alameda Sam Trabucco stepping down as co-CEO of Alameda Research «I will stay on as an advisor, but otherwise will not continue to have a strong day-to-day presence at the company. The reason for that is pretty simple -- I can't personally…
#Alameda #FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Merge Their VC Operations
The move took place before Ellison’s co-CEO, Sam Trabucco, said this week that he was stepping down and would move into an advisory role.
The transition began in January, when FTX Ventures raised $2 billion, said Amy Wu, who runs the fund. No money changed hands between FTX and Alameda, she said. Venture investing is now completely concentrated under FTX Ventures. The crypto exchange, the venture arm and Alameda are all independent from one another, Wu said. “All three are operating completely as separate entities.”
Both companies are located on the same corporate campus in the Bahamas.
Alameda will focus mainly on exchange and over-the-counter trading and decentralized finance, Ellison said. The agreement to move its venture capital unit to FTX isn’t meant to signal a closer relationship between the two companies, she said. “We’re arm’s length and don’t get any different treatment from other market makers,” she said. “The Alameda team isn’t working too much on the venture side day-to-day.”
• Bloomberg
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Merge Their VC Operations
The move took place before Ellison’s co-CEO, Sam Trabucco, said this week that he was stepping down and would move into an advisory role.
The transition began in January, when FTX Ventures raised $2 billion, said Amy Wu, who runs the fund. No money changed hands between FTX and Alameda, she said. Venture investing is now completely concentrated under FTX Ventures. The crypto exchange, the venture arm and Alameda are all independent from one another, Wu said. “All three are operating completely as separate entities.”
Both companies are located on the same corporate campus in the Bahamas.
Alameda will focus mainly on exchange and over-the-counter trading and decentralized finance, Ellison said. The agreement to move its venture capital unit to FTX isn’t meant to signal a closer relationship between the two companies, she said. “We’re arm’s length and don’t get any different treatment from other market makers,” she said. “The Alameda team isn’t working too much on the venture side day-to-day.”
• Bloomberg
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Newsmaker.сlub
#TORN #regulation #justice Sad… Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash On Wednesday 10 August, the FIOD arrested a 29-year-old man in Amsterdam. He is suspected of involvement in concealing criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering…
#Tornado
Fortune published an article that is supposed to justify the disgusting decision to arrest Tornado developer Pertsev.
It is argued that we should not feel sorry for Pertsev, because before Tornado he worked as an ordinary specialist [not even a top manager or founder] for a company that may have helped the FSB solve hacker crimes.
But wait, doesn't every technology company in U.S. leak all data to the government? And then why did they declare a total boycott of everything related to Tornado? Because the founders are from Russia?
And Kharon company, which issued the report, is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Defense!! 🤦♂️
There's that dirty politics again... 🤮
Developer at Treasury-sanctioned Tornado Cash worked for company linked to Russian security agency
The Dutch government arrested Pertsev, a Netherlands resident, two days later on suspicion of “involvement in concealing criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering.”
The action sparked outcry from the global crypto community, concerned that the U.S. government was targeting an open-source software program. The new revelations on Pertsev’s background point to a murkier picture, with national security experts suggesting that the public doesn’t have complete information about the sanctions.
“This opens up a lot of credibility issues for the developers of Tornado Cash,” said Alex Zerden, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “This is pretty profound information that informs why the U.S. government and Dutch authorities have taken certain actions.”
Tornado Cash runs on software developed by a Delaware-registered corporation called PepperSec, with the Kharon report identifying Pertsev as that company’s founder and CEO.
According to the firm’s findings, in 2017, Pertsev worked as an information security specialist and developer of smart contracts for Digital Security OOO, a Russian entity that the Treasury Department designated in 2018 as providing material and technological support to the FSB as far back as 2015.
“You had this guy working for Digital Security OOO and doing pen testing himself, and then Treasury designated the company for helping the FSB’s hacking capabilities,” said Nick Grothaus, vice president of research at Kharon.
“There are a lot of reasons and justifications and deference that OFAC the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has to designate entities,” he added.
While the findings do not prove any underlying motive from the Treasury Department for targeting Tornado Cash, Grothaus said that it is still important to look at connections between different sanctioned persons and entities.
“There seems to be a more complex and complicated picture that takes more time to unravel,” Zerden told Fortune.
• Fortune • Kharon Report
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Fortune published an article that is supposed to justify the disgusting decision to arrest Tornado developer Pertsev.
It is argued that we should not feel sorry for Pertsev, because before Tornado he worked as an ordinary specialist [not even a top manager or founder] for a company that may have helped the FSB solve hacker crimes.
But wait, doesn't every technology company in U.S. leak all data to the government? And then why did they declare a total boycott of everything related to Tornado? Because the founders are from Russia?
And Kharon company, which issued the report, is cooperating with the U.S. Department of Defense!! 🤦♂️
There's that dirty politics again... 🤮
Developer at Treasury-sanctioned Tornado Cash worked for company linked to Russian security agency
The Dutch government arrested Pertsev, a Netherlands resident, two days later on suspicion of “involvement in concealing criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering.”
The action sparked outcry from the global crypto community, concerned that the U.S. government was targeting an open-source software program. The new revelations on Pertsev’s background point to a murkier picture, with national security experts suggesting that the public doesn’t have complete information about the sanctions.
“This opens up a lot of credibility issues for the developers of Tornado Cash,” said Alex Zerden, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “This is pretty profound information that informs why the U.S. government and Dutch authorities have taken certain actions.”
Tornado Cash runs on software developed by a Delaware-registered corporation called PepperSec, with the Kharon report identifying Pertsev as that company’s founder and CEO.
According to the firm’s findings, in 2017, Pertsev worked as an information security specialist and developer of smart contracts for Digital Security OOO, a Russian entity that the Treasury Department designated in 2018 as providing material and technological support to the FSB as far back as 2015.
“You had this guy working for Digital Security OOO and doing pen testing himself, and then Treasury designated the company for helping the FSB’s hacking capabilities,” said Nick Grothaus, vice president of research at Kharon.
“There are a lot of reasons and justifications and deference that OFAC the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has to designate entities,” he added.
While the findings do not prove any underlying motive from the Treasury Department for targeting Tornado Cash, Grothaus said that it is still important to look at connections between different sanctioned persons and entities.
“There seems to be a more complex and complicated picture that takes more time to unravel,” Zerden told Fortune.
• Fortune • Kharon Report
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#SNX #fundamental
Synthetix proposed a SIP to end SNX inflation at 300m tokens in ten weeks.
This SIP caps the supply of SNX at 300m tokens and elevates the token supply to metagovernance status, meaning that any future changes to the token supply will require a unanimous vote by the Spartan Council.
The inflation for the current fee period has been minted raising the total supply to 293m SNX. After the current inflation is distributed this period, inflation will run for a further ten fee periods with 674 873 SNX minted each week until the total supply reaches 300,000,000.
Circ. supply - 234M SNX
• SIP-276 • Kain.eth • DropsTab
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Synthetix proposed a SIP to end SNX inflation at 300m tokens in ten weeks.
This SIP caps the supply of SNX at 300m tokens and elevates the token supply to metagovernance status, meaning that any future changes to the token supply will require a unanimous vote by the Spartan Council.
The inflation for the current fee period has been minted raising the total supply to 293m SNX. After the current inflation is distributed this period, inflation will run for a further ten fee periods with 674 873 SNX minted each week until the total supply reaches 300,000,000.
Circ. supply - 234M SNX
• SIP-276 • Kain.eth • DropsTab
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#EA #AMZN #rumor
👀👀
Rumor: Amazon set to buy Electronic Arts
According to GLHF sources, Amazon will announce today that it has put in a formal offer to acquire Electronic Arts (EA), the publisher behind Apex Legends, FIFA, Madden, and more.
Rumors have been circling online for a few weeks about a potential EA buyout, with Apple, Disney, and Amazon listed as potential buyers. As per our sources, Amazon has finally made an offer.
According to our sources, the announcement will be made later today.
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Previously:
▪︎ Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
▪︎ EA to end video-gaming partnership with FIFA
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Update:
AMAZON NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE BID FOR EA - CNBC CITING SOURCES
• USA today | Microsoft • FIFA
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👀👀
Rumor: Amazon set to buy Electronic Arts
According to GLHF sources, Amazon will announce today that it has put in a formal offer to acquire Electronic Arts (EA), the publisher behind Apex Legends, FIFA, Madden, and more.
Rumors have been circling online for a few weeks about a potential EA buyout, with Apple, Disney, and Amazon listed as potential buyers. As per our sources, Amazon has finally made an offer.
According to our sources, the announcement will be made later today.
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Previously:
▪︎ Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
▪︎ EA to end video-gaming partnership with FIFA
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Update:
AMAZON NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE BID FOR EA - CNBC CITING SOURCES
• USA today | Microsoft • FIFA
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For The Win
Reports refute rumors of Amazon buying Electronic Arts
Though it’s been rumored Amazon will announce today that it’s put in a formal offer to acquire Electronic Arts (EA), the publisher behind Apex Legends, FIFA, Madden, and more, it’…