Shares of Alphabet underperformed the already sagging broader tech sector following a New York Times report that some advisers to the president are discussing subjecting Google to more antitrust scrutiny. (cnbc.com)
Unlike that boom, however he sees the eventual standards for IoT coming not just from networking giants, but healthcare, insurance and other companies that have traditionally held themselves aloof from broad tech industry standards setting. (gigaom.com)
Much like Barry Silbert (the creator of SecondMarket, who founded the Digital Currency Group) or Halsey Minor (founder of CNET, who founded BitReserve), Casares is seen as one of the big names in broader tech that later jumped into bitcoin — a good sign for the industry. (fortune.com)