This week we discuss the potential digital transformation of the Dollar and Snowflake’s Strategy. Plus, what exactly is Heavy Metal…
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Rundown
Digital Transformation of the Dollar
The U.S. is considering a radical rethinking of the dollar for today's digital world (https://www.npr.org/2022/02/06/1072406109/digital-dollar-federal-reserve-apple-pay-venmo-cbdc)
Biden takes big step toward government-backed digital currency (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/us-government-digital-currency-rcna19248)
Let’s check in on SNOW
Snowflake CFO Defends Strategy, Attacks Google Amid Stock Rout (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/snowflake-cfo-defends-strategy-attacks-google-amid-stock-rout)
Clouded Judgement 3.4.22 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-3422)
SNOW Investor Deck (https://s26.q4cdn.com/463892824/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Q4-FY22-Snowflake-Investor-Presentation_vFinal.pdf)
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Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman buys 7.5% stake in Splunk (https://twitter.com/furrier/status/1499853648532103176?s=21)
Report: Twitch confronted with staff "exodus" over strategy disagreements (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-04-report-twitch-confronted-with-staff-exodus-over-strategy-disagreements)
As Nvidia hacker deadline looms, 71,000 employee accounts have reportedly been exposed (https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/4/22962217/nvidia-hack-lapsus-have-i-been-pwned-email-breach-password)
Understanding the value of AWS and Amazon Retail integration - a perspective from a long-time $AMZN shareholder. (https://twitter.com/NayutSitachitt/status/1500071134166880256)
Europe attempts to break the internet again: (https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/1499543574190465024)
Notable Internal Systems at Amazon (https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/amazon-notable-systems/)
Amazon's assistance in Ukraine (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazons-assistance-in-ukraine?_amp=true)
Amazon's $31b "ad business" isn't (https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/27/not-an-ad/#shakedowns)
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For Its Next Trick, Nvidia Is Doing Software-Defined Storage (https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/storage/its-next-trick-nvidia-doing-software-defined-storage?NL=DCK-01&Issue=DCK-01_20220308_DCK-01_396&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b&utm_rid=CPNET000003016799&utm_campaign=45131&utm_medium=email&elq2=748e07ba5670467290e5ae0f0a6bc703)
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Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity launch the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project (https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-critical-infrastructure-defense/)
Google to Acquire Mandiant (https://www.mandiant.com/company/press-release/mgc)
Salesforce is opening four new office towers (https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/salesforce-opening-new-towers)
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