Meta Slashes Engineer Hiring Targets, Micron’s Guidance Miss Sends Shares Sliding & FTX Reportedly Looks to Buy BlockFi 7/1/22

Our anchors begin today’s show covering Meta’s plans to adapt to the current downturn, and Bessemer Venture Partners’ Elliott Robinson joins with his outlook for the cloud sector. Then, Needham analyst Rajvindra Gill shares his insight on chipmaker Micron’s latest earnings and guidance. Next, we take a deep dive into rumors that crypto exchange FTX might be looking to buy crypto lender BlockFi with CNBC’s Kate Rooney and Telstra Ventures General Partner Yash Patel. Former Google SVP of Ads and Commerce Sridhar Ramaswamy also discusses Meta’s digital ad spend, and CNBC’s Leslie Picker breaks down the macro headwinds driving a drop in buyout volume. Later, CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports on a lawsuit alleging racial abuse against Black employees at Tesla, and we share highlights from the latest episode of our Carl Quintanilla’s “Binge” digital series, sitting down with “The Offer” Showrunner and Executive Producer Nikki Toscano.