Techmeme: Berlin-based Fundament gets regulator's approval for $280M tokenized real-estate-backed bond offering on ethereum blockchain, which is open to retail investors (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

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Ian Allison / CoinDesk:

Berlin-based Fundament gets regulator's approval for $280M tokenized real-estate-backed bond offering on ethereum blockchain, which is open to retail investors — Fundament, a blockchain startup coming out of stealth mode, has received the green light to issue the first tokenized real-estate backed bond …

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Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:

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Jeff Stone / CyberScoop:

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Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik:

BMW makes Apple CarPlay an $80/year subscription service for new car owners — From the 2019 model year onward any new BMW sold will require the owner to pay an $80 annual fee in order to connect their Apple iTelephone device to their premium luxury automobile.

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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:

How Famous Birthdays, which has 20M unique monthly users, became Gen Z's Wikipedia for new internet stars and a talent resource for the entertainment industry — If you want to know who the biggest TikTok star is right now, who is in Emma Chamberlain's squad, or where Baby Ariel grew up …

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Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post:

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Jonathan Vanian / Fortune:

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Kara Swisher / Vox:

Q&A with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on quarantining /r/The_Donald, a decision he says was intended to give the community a chance to change — /r/The_Donald was punished for hosting “violent content,” and Huffman isn't convinced the community's moderators are taking that problem seriously enough.

Tweets: @voxdotcom

Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:

Benchling, which provides software for managing biotech research, raises $34.5M Series C led by Menlo Ventures — In a field where the laboratory notebook is still considered the state of the art, it's no wonder a company like Benchling, which provides software for managing life sciences research was able to nab $34.5 million.

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