Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: Court filing: the US SEC agreed to forego $30M of bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi’s $50M fine, for not registering with the regulator, until investors are repaid  —  The regulator agreed to forego the payment, owed as part of a settlement of charges against BlockFi, to maximize and speed up payments to investors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A mistakenly released FDIC doc lists SVB customers before its collapse: Sequoia with $1B, Beijing-based Kanzhun with $902.9M, Altos Labs with $680.3M, and more  —  When federal regulators stepped in to backstop all of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits, they saved thousands of small tech startups … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Precision Neuroscience, founded by a Neuralink co-founder, claims to have conducted its first in-human clinical study to map brain signals via a neural implant  —  – Founded in 2021 by a co-founder of Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, Precision Neuroscience … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Accelerant, which launched a marketplace for insurance underwriters, raised $150M led by Barings at a $2.4B valuation, up from $2.2B in 2022  —  Barings LLC is leading a $150 million investment in Accelerant, valuing the insurance-related business at $2.4 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme