Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has defended its decision not to make an early investment in Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing superapp Grab.Story Published at: August 05, 2022 at 12:00AM
Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund on why it did not invest in ride-hailing giant Grab
Job cuts and smaller bonuses loom for Wall Street amid collapse in IPOs and stock issuance
Wall Street is grappling with a sharp decline in deals as IPOs slowed to a crawl, the pace of acquisitions fell and stocks had their worst half since 1970. Story Published at: August 04, 2022 at 04:28PM
Trump likely to be criminally charged in DOJ election probe along with other former White House officials, Obama AG Holder says
Former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder said a Georgia prosecutor is more likely to act sooner than the Justice Department against Donald Trump.Story Published at: August 04, 2022 at 10:00PM
First Mover Asia: Crypto’s ‘Learn-on-the-Fly’ Ethos on Display as Bridge Hack Damage Reaches $2B
By CD Read more: CoinDesk Bitcoin and ether kept sliding, but barely. Meanwhile a corporate partnership announcement was enough to send Coinbase shares soaring (and short-sellers running for cover).Publish at: August 04, 2022 at 11:29PM
Michael Saylor Lost Big in the Dot-Com Bubble and Bitcoin’s Crash. Now He Aims to Rebound Again
By CD Read more: CoinDesk After MicroStrategy’s stock collapsed in 2000, now-former CEO Michael Saylor flew under the radar. Crypto changed all that.Publish at: August 04, 2022 at 11:10PM
Here’s Why Portuguese Banks Are Closing Crypto Exchange Accounts
By CD Read more: CoinDesk In the past year, at least three exchanges have had their accounts shut down with major Portuguese banks, despite obtaining regulatory approval to operate in the country. And although some anticipate the MiCA bill to allow exchanges to do so, others are pessimistic about its reach.Publish at: August 04, 2022 at 10:45PM
Circle Invested in 2 Hacked Crypto Companies, Adding to Its Headaches Amid Stablecoin Scrutiny
By CD Read more: CoinDesk The venture-capital arm of the USDC stablecoin issuer backed Nomad and Slope, which were both exploited this week.Publish at: August 04, 2022 at 10:03PM
Turkey’s Erdogan to meet Putin in Russia: What to expect
The Sochi summit comes after Ankara helped broker a grain deal that has eased global food crisis fears.Story Published at: August 04, 2022 at 11:39PM
Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural light
For this palette, I used recent advances in color science, which made perceptual design more accessible, to choose a set of colors (mainly for syntax highlighting) that have uniform luminance for less visually uneven, fluidly readable code, but at the same time maximally distinguishable hue and chroma. The background colors are based on natural (sun-)light and shade for a more […]
Tell HN: I interviewed my dad before he died
My dad got really sick a few months ago. I was shocked but also panicked about the idea of him dying without me knowing him well. He was a great dad but didn’t talk much. Fortunately, he got better for a short time. I seized the opportunity to ask him as much as he could answer and film him. Of […]