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LUNA and the UST stablecoin continue to dive; LUNA dropped as low as $0.84, a ~97% slide in 24 hours, while UST dropped as low as $0.26, a ~70% fall in 24 hours — Quick Take — The price of Luna has dropped 82% in the last 24 hours. — Its related stablecoin UST has retreated …
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Sources: Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon is a pseudonymous co-founder of Basis Cash, a failed algorithmic stablecoin from 2020 that reached $174M total value locked — Basis Cash, an algorithmic stablecoin project founded by the anonymous “Rick” and “Morty” in 2020, was actually the work of Terraform Labs employees.
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C for the iPhone 15 in the second half of 2023, improving transfer and charging speeds — Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C on all or possibly some models of the iPhone 15 lineup destined …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
The European Commission proposes regulation that would require tech companies to scan for CSAM and “grooming”, worrying privacy experts and threatening E2EE — The proposal has been called unworkable and invasive by privacy experts — The European Commission has proposed controversial …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase drops 20%+ after reporting $1.2B net revenue in Q1, down from $1.6B YoY, 9.2M MTUs, up from 6.1M YoY, and $309B trading volume, down from $335B YoY — - Coinbase reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — The earnings come amid a major sell-off across the crypto market.| Bloomberg: |
SEC chair Gary Gensler says crypto exchanges are “commingling” services, which is not in clients' best interest, and notes their ties to popular stablecoins — Gary Gensler is ratcheting up his criticism of digital-asset exchanges, arguing that some platforms are shirking rules …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Twitter rolls out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how it combats spam and duplicative content, and what it considers to be a violation — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
In a first, Meta withdraws a request for policy guidance from the Oversight Board about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, citing “safety and security concerns” — Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday said it would be withdrawing its earlier request for policy guidance … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb releases several updates, including searching by category, the ability to book two listings for stays over one week, and AirCover guest travel insurance — The company wants to get the world traveling again — Last year, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that the single-biggest challenge …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google signs deals to pay 300+ outlets in Germany, France, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland for news content and plans to roll out a sign-up tool — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries … | Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Parker Conrad's HR software startup Rippling raises a $250M Series D led by Kleiner and Bedrock at an $11.25B valuation, bringing its total funding to $700M — “I don't think Silicon Valley has ever seen a comeback like this before.” — Parker Conrad is fully back.
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter is barred from Google cases as the DOJ debates whether he must recuse himself after working for rivals like Yelp — The Justice Department's top antitrust official has been barred from working on monopoly investigations of Alphabet Inc.'s Google …
Tweets: @revolvingdoordc, @sarahmillerdc, @matthewamiller, and @saraforden
| Matt Schifrin / Forbes: |
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will acquire DVD rental and streaming company Redbox for $375M in an all-stock deal — New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! — Among buggy whip businesses, Redbox Entertainment (RDBX), the Oakbrook Terrace … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Unity Software's stock falls 30%+ amid the company's lower than expected sales forecasts for Q2 and lower revenue guidance for the next full-year — Unity's stock price fell 28% in after-hours trading after the company reported earnings that met analyst expectations but fell short on the outlook.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
CIQ, which develops the open-source Rocky Linux distro for enterprise, raises a $26M Series A led by Two Bear Capital — Sign up here. — CIQ, a company that's setting out to commercialize a new open-source Linux distribution and CentOS-successor called Rocky Linux, has raised $26 million in a series A round of funding.
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| Bloomberg: |
Helsinki-based Aiven, which helps companies build open-source projects, raises $210M led by Eurazeo at a $3B pre-money valuation — Finnish software startup Aiven has raised $210 million of new funding, giving the company cash to expand abroad and hire developers.Thanks:@ivanlevingston
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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