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May 11, 2022, 12:55 PM

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Tim Copeland / The Block:
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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Tim Copeland / The Block:
As Luna crashes, Terra Analytics says ~152M LUNA tokens, or 30% of the circulating supply, are being staked, meaning many can't exit their position for weeks  —  Quick Take  — The price of Luna has dropped 93% in the last 24 hours.  — Those who have their Luna tokens staked …
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / Bloomberg:
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 …
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 …
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 …
Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal:
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitter announces a “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how it works to combat spam and duplicative content and what constitutes a violation  —  Twitter announced today that it's rolling out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how the platform works …
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 travel insurance  —  The company wants to get the world traveling again  —  Last year, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that the single-biggest challenge …
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.
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.
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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