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Meta Likely Preponing Launch Of Twitter Clone 'Threads' App

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Also Read: Spot Bitcoin ETF Has a Fairly High Probability of Gaining Approval in the US – Bernstein Analysts advertisement This makes Zuckerberg’s upcoming launch a perfect opportunity for users at the right time, assuming that the new platform would stay away from offering paid services for a considerable amount of time from the launch. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen how the ‘Threads’ platform would handle the data scraping issue especially from artificial intelligence companies. Threads App Launch Preponed? According to a Wall Street Journal report, Meta is preparing to launch the Twitter rival very soon. The Threads platform will hit the market soon after Musk announced new restrictions on user activity, the report explained, indicating signs of preponing the app launch in this scenario. In the last few days, Meta appears to have released an early version of the app on the Play Store, making it available to select European cou...

Elon Musk sells $3.38 billion worth of Tesla shares

Elon Musk was making headlines once again. This time, it was not because of Twitter. As Tesla’s market cap dipped below $500 billion, Musk’s ‘world’s richest person’ title tumbled. Amidst this, news of Musk selling off more Tesla shares came to light. As per a US securities filing, the CEO of the electric-vehicle maker had sold shares worth $3.38 billion. JUST IN: Elon Musk sold $3.38 billion in $TSLA shares. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) December 15, 2022 Musk did not mention the motive pertaining to his latest sale. However, on Tuesday, the Twitter CEO tweeted, “At risk of stating obvious, beware of debt in turbulent macroeconomic conditions, especially when Fed keeps raising rates.” Following this, the total Tesla stocks sold by Musk over the past year surged to nearly $40 billion. It should be noted that Musk initially started selling Tesla shares to fund his $44 billion Twitter acquisition. Back in November, Musk got...

'Crypto Bots' alerted as Elon Musk threatens prosecution

Elon Musk ’s Twitter takeover has been controversial for a lot of reasons. While Musk received immense backlash for his mass layoffs and bringing back previously banned accounts, he was lauded for his latest move. This particularly came from the crypto community. The entire globe has witnessed Musk’s involuntary association with bots. Crypto scam bots have repeatedly used the world’s richest man to dupe people. Along with upholding freedom of speech, Musk wanted to purchase Twitter to address concerns regarding these bots. Looks like his plan was finally coming to fruition. Earlier today, an array of Twitter users revealed that there was a downfall in the number of scam bots. Over the weekend, Musk shared a tweet announcing that “bots are in for a surprise tomorrow.” It was brought to light that a small group of people is behind a plethora of bot accounts on Twitter. Therefore, the surprise was the reduction of bots as Twitter decided to shut down t...

Crypto spam bots go silent while Musk promises to prosecute scammers

Some users in the crypto Twitter space are already reporting a reduction in the number of scam bots after Elon Musk’s latest changes to the social media platform. Elon Musk's latest salvo in his war against crypto spam bots on Twitter appears to have made some real impact, with the crypto community reporting a vast reduction in the number of responses on their posts from bots.  In a Dec. 11 post, the Twitter CEO hinted that “bots are in for a surprise tomorrow” and later explained that they've found a small number of people behind a large number of bot/troll accounts and that the platform will be shutting down IP addresses of “known bad actors.” The bots are in for a surprise tomorrow — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2022 He then followed up by explaining that while scammers might try other methods to circumvent the IP address block, Twitter will also be “Shutting them down as soon as they show up.” Shibetoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of Billy Markus, co-creator of meme...

Elon Musk sold $4B Tesla shares following Twitter purchase

Elon Musk’s created quite an uproar while taking over the ownership of social media giant Twitter. Musk was clearly prepping for this acquisition for quite some time as he was seen selling his Tesla shares at several intervals. The most recent one, however, occurred just days after his big $44 billion acquisition. It was recently brought to light that the Tesla CEO had sold a whopping 19.5 million shares of the electric vehicle maker. These shares were reportedly worth $3.95 billion. A US securities filing revealed this data. JUST IN: Elon Musk sold $3.95 billion worth of $TSLA shares in the past week, SEC filings reveal — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) November 9, 2022 It should, however, be noted that the filings did not reveal if the latest transactions were planned ahead. As mentioned earlier, over the last couple of months, Elon Musk, the richest man in the world was seen bidding adieu to his Tesla shares. Back in April, Musk went on to dispose of a total of...

Per Ethereum founder, Twitter HQ should be moved to Switzerland

Following the Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk has been all over the news of late. Right from Vijaya Gadde to Parag Agarwal and Ned Segal, Musk first fired top executives. Right after that, it was reported that he planned to reverse lifetime suspensions on Twitter users. At press time , however, Vitalik Buterin managed to steal the limelight. Replying to one of Noah Smith’s tweet about how Elon should move Twitter ’s headquarters to Oakland, the Ethereum founder opined, “ I always thought it should be moved to Switzerland. “ JUST IN: #Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin says Twitter headquarters should be moved to Switzerland. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 28, 2022 Also Read: Twitter’s top execs fired post Elon Musk’s big takeover Other users were quick to voice out their contrasting opinions. One user felt Singapore might be the best choice. Singapore may be the best choice. It has convenient transportation, links with Chin...

670K-follower ETH Classic account turns into Ergo: What happened?

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has repurposed the Ethereum Classic Twitter account to now benefit the Ergo Platform. Source: https://thebittimes.com/670k-follower-eth-classic-account-turns-into-ergo-what-happened-tbt25732.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Altcoin News Post by: TheBitTimes.com

Dogecoin Rallies 7% Amidst Renewed Musk-Twitter Deal

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Elon Musk’s Twitter deal is back on the table. Just a day back, the social media giant confirmed that it received Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer, as he intends to wind up the acquisition at $54.20 per share. Read More: Elon Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for $54.20 a Share JUST IN: Twitter confirms they received Elon Musk 's $44 billion offer and intends to close the acquisition deal at $54.20 per share. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 4, 2022 While top coins have mostly posed 1-2% recoveries over the past day, DOGE is up by 7% in the same timeframe. The community has touted the said gesture to be Dogecoin ’s validation of Musk’s deal. With a market cap of $8.5 billion at press time, the largest meme token conveniently stood at #10 on the rankings chart, ahead of MATIC [$7.2 billion M.Cap] by a fair margin. Weighing in the ongoing Dogecoin trends A recent tweet by Santiment brought to light that whale transaction count (>100k)...

Dogecoin Rallies 7% Amidst Renewed Musk-Twitter Deal

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Elon Musk’s Twitter deal is back on the table. Just a day back, the social media giant confirmed that it received Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer, as he intends to wind up the acquisition at $54.20 per share. Read More: Elon Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for $54.20 a Share JUST IN: Twitter confirms they received Elon Musk 's $44 billion offer and intends to close the acquisition deal at $54.20 per share. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 4, 2022 While top coins have mostly posed 1-2% recoveries over the past day, DOGE is up by 7% in the same timeframe. The community has touted the said gesture to be Dogecoin ’s validation of Musk’s deal. With a market cap of $8.5 billion at press time, the largest meme token conveniently stood at #10 on the rankings chart, ahead of MATIC [$7.2 billion M.Cap] by a fair margin. Weighing in the ongoing Dogecoin trends A recent tweet by Santiment brought to light that whale transaction count (>100k)...