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June 17, 2022, 12:25 PM

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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Bloomberg:
Serena Ng / Wall Street Journal:
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital is exploring options including asset sales and a rescue by another firm, and says it invested about $200M in Luna  —  Firm's founders say they still believe in the future of cryptocurrencies  —  Cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Ltd …
Financial Times:
The Verge:
Snap is internally testing Snapchat Plus, a paid subscription service that will give users early access to exclusive, experimental, and pre-release features  —  It's currently in “early internal testing”  —  Snap is doing internal tests of a paid subscription called Snapchat Plus …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
The UK publishes its final response to a data reform consultation to diverge from EU rules, including replacing cookie pop-ups with browser-based opt-outs  —  The UK government has published its final response to a data ‘reform’ consultation it kicked off last year, laying out how it intends …
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
A group of Senate Democrats calls on the US Commerce Department to follow EU and develop a strategy to require a common charging port across all mobile devices  —  No more Lightning ports?  —  A group of Senate Democrats is calling on the US Commerce Department to follow Europe's lead …
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Sources: SpaceX fired employees who helped write and distribute an open letter calling Elon Musk's behavior “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment”  —  In an email, Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president, said the letter had made other employees “feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied.”
Reuters:
Sources: China's central bank accepted Ant Group's application to set up a financial holding company, a key step in a year-long revamp of the fintech business  —  China's central bank has accepted Ant Group's application to set up a financial holding company, three people with knowledge of the matter said …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Klarna is in talks with investors about funding at a ~$15B valuation, down from its $45.6B valuation in June 2021; source: a deal could yield $500M+  —  The SoftBank-backed, buy-now-pay-later startup is discussing raising cash at a valuation around $15 billion, down from 2021's near $46 billion valuation
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Some UK creators say they abandoned TikTok Shop's e-commerce program due to poor pay, long hours, and having to take flak for limited stock and shipping issues  —  Content creators say ‘livestream’ model means they earn less and now take flak for limited stock and shipping issues
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Narmi, which enables small financial institutions offer online and mobile banking services, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to $60M  —  The banking industry isn't always welcoming to startups, depending on the market's outlook.  As inflation rises and companies brace for the worst …
More: FinSMEs
Financial Times:
Blockchain.com data: bitcoin's hash rate fell 4% since the start of the week, as the value of revenues paid to miners fell to its lowest level in nearly a year  —  Share prices of companies that validate crypto transactions have tumbled over the past month  —  Bitcoin miners are scaling …

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