Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
The NYSE partners with Securitize to develop the Digital Trading Platform, an alternative 24/7 trading system for tokenized stocks and ETFs on a blockchain  —  Under the exchange's plan, stocks would trade as digital tokens  —  The New York Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it was joining …

Caroline Hyde / Bloomberg:
Kleiner Perkins raised $3.5B for two new funds, allocating $1B to its 22nd early-stage fund and $2.5B to a growth-stage fund, taking its AUM to $21B+  —  Kleiner Perkins, the half-century-old venture capital institution, is raising $3.5 billion to make bets on artificial intelligence startups …

Anthony Halpin / Bloomberg:
Russian space startup Bureau 1440 says it launched 16 broadband internet satellites, an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network set to rival SpaceX  —  Russia's Bureau 1440 space company launched 16 broadband Internet satellites, marking an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network …

Financial Times:
How Palantir became a flashpoint on the US campaign trail due to its ICE work, ahead of the midterms; six lawmakers publicly refuse any further Palantir funds  —  Donald Trump's unpopular immigration crackdown has made links to the Peter Thiel-backed company a liability for candidates

Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month  —  Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the current conflict …