Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: The National Samsung Electronics Union, which has ~28,400 workers, goes on a strike for the first time in the company's history for one day over a pay dispute  —  - This is first strike in the company's 55-year history  — “This a soft start and a symbolic move,” a union leader said

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: The US charges three UK nationals with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a ~$3M NFT rug pull scam known as Evolved Apes in 2021  —  Evolved apes was a $3 million NFT rug pull that lured investors in with the promise of developing a video game.

Amy Or / Bloomberg: Waystar raised $968M after pricing its IPO at $21.50/share, the middle of a marketed range, giving the health care payments software maker a ~$3.6B market value  —  - Software firm's listing is fourth-biggest of 2024 in US  — Waystar's backers include EQT, CPPIB, Bain Capital, Francisco

Sander Lutz / Decrypt: Telegram launches Stars, a new in-app currency for the purchase of digital goods and services in Telegram mini apps; developers can convert Stars into TON  —  Developers of mini apps on Telegram will now be able to sell digital goods and services for Stars, which can be converted into Toncoin.

Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: NY AG sues crypto companies AWS Mining and NovaTechFX for allegedly operating pyramid schemes that targeted Haitian immigrants and bilked investors out of $1B+  —  NovaTech's founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion allegedly preyed on Creole-speaking church-goers and advertised their scheme as a way to gain “freedom from the...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans a new Passwords app in macOS 15, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18, powered by iCloud Keychain, and will let users import passwords from rival services  —  Apple Inc. will introduce a new homegrown app next week called Passwords, aiming to make it easier for customers to log …