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Twitter’s board is contemplating a poison pill to ward off Elon Musk. The US said North Korean hackers were behind that big Axie Infinity theft. Mark Gurman lists the Macs that are in line to get the M2 chips. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Twitter Is Weighing a Poison Pill Defense to Thwart Elon Musk’s Takeover Bid (Bloomberg)
• Twitter Board Expected To Fight Musk Offer (The Information)
• US Officials Tie North Korea’s ‘Lazarus’ Hackers to $625M Crypto Theft (CoinDesk)
• Apple Readies Several New Macs With Next-Generation M2 Chips (Bloomberg)
• In latest gaming crackdown, China bans livestreaming of unauthorised titles (Reuters)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The Talent Vortex: Mafias and Magnets (Investing 101)
• Musk Needs ‘Massive Loan’ or Big Tesla Sale to Buy Twitter (Bloomberg)
• Blind Ambition (Cybernaut/Every.to)
• Stablecoins Are in a War for Dominance and It’s Getting Ugly (Motherboard/Vice)
• How Chris Dixon’s Dive Down The Crypto Rabbit Hole Made Him The World’s Top Venture Capitalist (Forbes)
• AMONG EUROPE’S EX-ROYALS (The Atlantic)

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