THE HASH: Binance, Sequoia Revealed as Investors Backing Musk’s Twitter Takeover

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🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, May 5, 2022. "The Hash" team discusses Binance's $500 million backing to help Elon Musk seal the Twitter deal, Coinbase's NFT marketplace reception and the controversy surrounding veteran magazine journalist Matt Taibbi's new story about PayPal deplatforming alternative media sites. - Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Visit coindesk.com/consensus2022 to get your pass today. This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is “Neon Beach." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:10.1	You're listening to the Coin Desk Podcast Network.
1:15.3	Hello and welcome to The Hash.
1:18.1	I'm Zach Seward.
1:18.9	I'm joined today by David Morris, Christy Harkin, and Will Foxley.
1:22.1	The squad is all here, and we are going to get you going on your crypto news for today, May 5th.
1:27.9	I am Zach Seward.
1:28.8	I'm starting the show.
1:30.0	The story that we are talking about is the never-ending Elon Musk, Twitter saga, the latest
1:35.4	twist, finance, Sequoia, a sovereign wealth fund, and a bunch of other rich people chipping
1:41.5	in some money into Elon Musk's quest to buy the social media platform
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