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A look at some NFT utility cases like gaming, as NFT trading volume fell from $17B in January 2022 to $400M in November 2022, amid the crypto market slump (Joel Khalili/Wired)

December 24, 2022

[ad_1] Joel Khalili / Wired: A look at some NFT utility cases like gaming, as NFT trading volume fell from…

Politics

Four retiring senators score more than $1.7B in earmarks in giant spending bill

December 22, 2022

[ad_1] Four senators leaving Congress at the end of the year secured more than $1.7 billion combined in funding for…

Chinese police arrest 63 people accused of laundering up to ~$1.7B using Tether, starting in May 2021, after arresting 1,100+ people on similar charges in 2021 (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

December 13, 2022

[ad_1] Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Chinese police arrest 63 people accused of laundering up to ~$1.7B using Tether, starting in…

Activision Blizzard reports Q3 net bookings down 3% YoY to $1.83B vs. $1.7B est., and MAUs down 6% YoY to 368M; Modern Warfare II made $1B+ in its first 10 days (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

November 7, 2022

[ad_1] Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Activision Blizzard reports Q3 net bookings down 3% YoY to $1.83B vs. $1.7B est., and…

DoorDash reports Q3 revenue up 33% YoY to $1.7B, vs. $1.62B est., orders up 27% YoY to 439M, and net loss of $296M; stock is up 14%+ on strong Q4 guidance (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal)

November 3, 2022

[ad_1] Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: DoorDash reports Q3 revenue up 33% YoY to $1.7B, vs. $1.62B est., orders…

Redwood City-based Alation, which helps crawl and search enterprise databases, raised a $123M Series E at a $1.7B valuation, bringing its total funding to $340M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

November 2, 2022

[ad_1] Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Redwood City-based Alation, which helps crawl and search enterprise databases, raised a $123M Series E…

An investigation details US telecom giants abusing the FCC's ~$17B Emergency Broadband Benefit program by introducing price hikes, speed cuts, and fraud risks (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

October 26, 2022

[ad_1] Tony Romm / Washington Post: An investigation details US telecom giants abusing the FCC’s ~$17B Emergency Broadband Benefit program…

Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing art and copy, raised $125M led by Insight Partners at a $1.7B valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

October 18, 2022

[ad_1] Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Jasper, a service that leverages AI to generate marketing art and copy, raised $125M led…

VTS, which provides online tools to landlords for managing leases and tenant data, raised a $125M+ Series E led by CBRE Group, sources say at a $1.7B valuation (Peter Grant/Wall Street Journal)

September 7, 2022

[ad_1] Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal: VTS, which provides online tools to landlords for managing leases and tenant data,…

Sources: the FTC has begun a review of Amazon's $1.7B takeover of iRobot to assess if the deal violates antitrust law and illegally boosts Amazon's market share (Josh Sisco/Politico)

September 3, 2022

[ad_1] Josh Sisco / Politico: Sources: the FTC has begun a review of Amazon’s $1.7B takeover of iRobot to assess…