3 hours The Protocol: Crypto Fundraising, Job Losses, Juicy Payouts, Grants for DevsCoinDesk

In this week’s issue of The Protocol, our newsletter on blockchain tech, we’re covering the Optimism’s $42.5M token pledge to Kraken, crypto VC funding, grants for Bitcoin open-source developers, and Polymarket’s (negligible) impact on Polygon’s bottom…

Bitcoin (BTC) · Blockchain · Kraken · Polygon (MATIC) · Tech

35 mins Microsoft hints at a big change to its OpenAI investments in a new SEC filingBusiness Insider X

1 hour Meta’s AI Spending Will Pay Off, Analyst Thill SaysYouTube X

1 hour After-hours movers: Microsoft, Meta Platforms, eBay, Carvana and moreInvesting.com X

1 hour TETRA Technologies, Inc. (TTI) Q3 2024 Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha X

1 hour Microsoft beats quarterly estimates as AI fuels cloud business growthInvesting.com X

1 hour Reddit offloads most of its Bitcoin, Ether holdingsCointelegraph X

1 hour I tried Apple Intelligence for 48 hours. These are my favorite AI features so far.Business Insider X

1 hour Trane Technologies plc (TT) Q3 2024 Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha X

1 hour Microsoft is still spending massively on AIBusiness Insider X

1 hour Amazon: Highest Upside Potential Of The Mag 7 StocksSeeking Alpha X

1 hour The US is in a technological arms race with China, Air Force secretary says, and AI could decide who winsBusiness Insider X

1 hour Microsoft & Meta Earnings | Closing BellYouTube X

1 hour Meta’s third-quarter profit surges 35% reflecting strong ad revenue and its AI pushMarketBeat X

2 hours Google’s Q3 Results Prove YouTube Could Be Worth $750 Billion By 2027Seeking Alpha X

2 hours Microsoft reports $65.6 billion in quarterly sales as investors look to know if AI spending worth itMarketBeat X

2 hours Breaking: $42 Billion, MicroStrategy plans to go big on Bitcoin (BTC) in coming three yearsAMBCrypto X

2 hours Meta earnings blast forecasts, but Facebook parent sees big capex increaseTheStreet X

2 hours Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Plans to Raise $42B to Buy More Bitcoin Over Next 3 YearsCoinDesk X

2 hours Microsoft beats quarterly revenue estimatesInvesting.com X

2 hours Microsoft earnings beat by $0.20, revenue topped estimatesInvesting.com X

2 hours Apple, Amazon, Intel set to report earnings ThursdayInvesting.com X

2 hours AMD, Eli Lilly slide; Google, Visa rise among Wednesday’s afternoon market cap stock moversInvesting.com X

2 hours Kraken restructures with new co-CEO, layoffs reportedCointelegraph X

3 hours Bitcoin traders take a breather as BTC price metrics hint new highs are incomingCointelegraph X

3 hours Do Fund Managers Love Or Hate NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)?Insider Monkey X

3 hours Do Fund Managers Love Or Hate Broadcom Inc. (AVGO)?Insider Monkey X

3 hours Do Fund Managers Love Or Hate QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM)?Insider Monkey X

3 hours Do Fund Managers Love Or Hate Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS)?Insider Monkey X

3 hours Jim Cramer is Talking About These 10 StocksInsider Monkey X

3 hours OpenAI Just Made an Important Service 80 Percent CheaperInc.com X

3 hours Bitcoin nears record highs as U.S. elections loom: What’s next?AMBCrypto X

3 hours Do Fund Managers Love Or Hate Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)?Insider Monkey X

3 hours Robert Downey Jr. threatens to sue any future executives who use his AI replicaFast Company X

3 hours FINRA metaverse warning, Lazarus NFT attack, Thiel backs NFTs: Nifty NewsletterCointelegraph X

3 hours Pacific Biosciences (PACB): Promising Gene Editing Stock With Innovating TechnologyInsider Monkey X

3 hours US Election Outcome’s Impact on H-1B Visas, Tech WorkforceYouTube X

3 hours Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) Stock Price Down 9.8% – Should You Sell?MarketBeat X

3 hours Jefferies’ Thill: AI Will Be Gradual But Game-ChangingYouTube X

3 hours Earnings call: Shutterstock sees growth with AI and Envato acquisitionInvesting.com X

3 hours Why Dell Stock Is Surging TodayThe Motley Fool X

3 hours Institutional Investors Position for Bitcoin Volatility Into the U.S. ElectionCoinDesk X

4 hours Price analysis 10/30: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, DOGE, TON, ADA, AVAX, SHIBCointelegraph X

4 hours Michael Saylor posts fake quote from Trump on crypto to 3.6M followersCointelegraph X

4 hours Why the US Can’t Contain China’s Tech Supremacy DriveYouTube X

4 hours Google’s AI-Fueled Results Bode Well for Rivals Amazon and MicrosoftInc.com X

4 hours Amid Super Micro Computer’s Accounting Challenges, Investors Should Never Forget This Investing LessonThe Motley Fool X

4 hours Byrna Technologies (NASDAQ:BYRN) Earns “Buy” Rating from Roth MkmMarketBeat X

4 hours Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says future wars will be fought by AI drones and calls tanks ‘useless’Business Insider X

4 hours Big Tech Hyperscalers’ Performance This Earnings SeasonYouTube X

4 hours Google’s AI system could change the way we write: InkSight turns handwritten notes digitalVentureBeat X