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July 18, 2022, 6:45 AM

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Moneycontrol:

Report: in emails sent to three creators, Coinbase says it is “temporarily shutting down” its US affiliate program on July 19 and plans to relaunch it in 2023 — According to a Business Insider article, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will “temporarily shut down” its US affiliate-marketing programme on July 19.

Source: Insider. More: CryptoSlate, Benzinga, Inside Bitcoins, ZyCrypto, Coinpedia, and CoinGape

Tweets: @bitboy_crypto, @mattthequick, @doobzdoobz, @simonyusea, @nickdrakon, @cryptoslate, @zguz, @ahcastor, @nateobrienn, @brian_armstrong, @nateobrienn, @lukebk, @paul__armstrong, @ianrborthwick, @therealtblake, @greybtc, @niallohiggins, and @waywardwinifred

Financial Times:

Chinese grocery delivery firm Missfresh, which had raised $1B+ in VC funding from Tiger, Goldman, others, falls in market cap on Nasdaq from $3B in 2021 to $88M — Chinese grocery delivery group valued at $3bn a year ago is now worth just $88mn — Tiger Global-backed grocery delivery start …

More: Produce Report, GlobeNewswire News Room, Business Wire, Market Munch, and Pandaily

Tweets: @muradahmed, @carnage4life, and @donweinland

Nathan Grayson / Washington Post:

A look at YouTube's strategy, started in 2019, of signing Twitch streamers with a network of creators that can simulate community and build its own game culture — Listen — Gift Article — Where once the departure of Twitch stars for YouTube Gaming elicited shock and awe …

More: The Jacob Wolf Report. Tweets: @imaginemod, @tarawlevy, @vahn16, @vahn16, and @vahn16

Wall Street Journal:

Adam Neumann's Flowcarbon and some other startups offering cryptocurrencies backed by carbon-offset credits have slowed product rollouts amid the crypto crash — Investors rushed to startups offering cryptocurrencies backed by carbon-offset credits, then the markets tanked

More: Decrypt and The Block

Tweets: @coinbureau, @wsj, @smdiehl, @donnaredel, @pt, @natbaker, @mayazi, @pt, @pefrase, and @smtuffy

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:

Researchers say Alibaba's cloud platform that hosted Shanghai's now-leaked police database used outdated systems that didn't offer the ability to set a password — Cybersecurity companies say Alibaba's cloud platform that hosted Shanghai's police database used outdated systems that didn't offer ability to set a password

More: TechRadar, The Register, Bloomberg, Reuters, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, iTnews, and Barron's Online

Tweets: @sofiahcbbg, @joshchin, and @_karenhao

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Sydney-based Hivery, whose software helps retailers select the right mix of products to stock on store shelves, has raised a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Hivery, a startup that bills itself as an “optimization platform” for retailers, today announced that it raised $30 million …

More: Business Wire, Digital Nation, and PitchBook

Nikkei Asia:

Tracxn: ~$8.5B in VC funding was raised by Indian education startups from 2014 to 2021, with about half of that in 2021 alone, as they vie for US marketshare — Grab for market share takes on extra urgency as valuation woes and job cuts bite — AKITO TANAKA, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent …

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:

Seattle-based Phaidra, whose AI software automates building controls for industrial facilities like power plants, raised a $25M Series A led by Starshot Capital — Industrial production is one of the dirtiest corners of the corporate world. A startup from former Google engineers thinks …

More: goSkagit. Tweets: @mhbergen and @andrewfielding

Sabah Gurmat / Rest of World:

An app for India's largest public employment program is jeopardizing the livelihood of 82M+ due to technical glitches, an English-only UI, and poor connectivity — Poor connectivity and an English-only interface make the app unusable for many who rely on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Tweets: @restofworld, @vickiturk, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @_sabahgurmat

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:

MakeMyMove: at least 71 US cities and towns now offer cash grants and other perks to attract remote workers, mostly in tech, up from at least 24 in October 2021 — Incentives are drawing high-paid tech workers, and challenging how we think about local economic development

More: Slashdot. Tweets: @wsj, @hunterwalk, @tunguz, @adamkovac, @folletto, @philsimon, and @adamkovac

Arielle Pardes / Wired:

Rapid delivery startups, which surged during the pandemic, have either retreated from some cities or shut down after struggling to make the economics work — Companies that promise groceries delivered in 15 minutes surged during the pandemic—but are now in retreat.

More: Financial Times. Tweets: @solsona, @victoria_agago, @harrymccracken, and @carnage4life

Yaling Jiang / South China Morning Post:

Despite China's scrutiny of online credit, smaller services have spread; iResearch: the microlending penetration rate grew from 0.4% in 2014 to 69.2% in 2021 — Trams and cast-iron postboxes speak to the history of the city, while delicacies such as fishballs and egg waffles are street food essentials …

Tweets: @chinabeigebook and @michaelxpettis

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CNBC:

President Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House over their coverage of him, with “other Fake News Media Outlets to follow”

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Paramount is in advanced settlement talks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the company's deal to acquire WBD

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Dylan Byers of Puck has gone to unusual lengths to defend Bari Weiss' work while Puck is in funding talks with RedBird Capital, a top Paramount investor

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FinSMEs:

Oakland-based Mayvenn, which offers an e-commerce tool and a marketplace for salon services, has raised a $40M Series C led by Cleveland Avenue

More: Forbes, FashionUnited, Global Cosmetic Industry, BeautyMatter, and PR Newswire

CNBC:

The 2022 “crypto winter” differs from previous crashes, in part due to the macro environment, the TerraUSD collapse, excess leverage, and contagion from 3AC

More: CryptoSlate. Tweets: @arjunkharpal

Financial Times:

India steps up its crackdown on Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi, which control ~60% of the country's smartphone market, by claiming tax evasion and unlawful remittances

Alastair McCready / VICE:

Industrial-scale online scam centers in Southeast Asia have perfected “pig butchering”, a romance-meets-investment fraud increasingly centered on cryptocurrency

Tweets: @viceworldnews, @softwarnet, @geraldrflynn, @caseynewton, @ryan_knutson, @bitfinexed, and @almccready1

Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:

New Gab accounts seem to automatically follow the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor Doug Mastriano, after he paid Gab $5K in April for “campaign consulting”

More: Slate, Rolling Stone, and 90.5 WESA

Tweets: @letsgomathias, @pt, @jonbjohns, @letsgomathias, and @alkapdc

Maxwell Strachan / VICE:

An interview with MetaMask co-founders who say “we can't stop people from making Ponzis on blockchains” and “putting your money in cryptocurrencies is gambling”

More: Tech.co and Inside Bitcoins

Tweets: @maxwellstrachan, @sameer_singh17, @danfinlay, @someday_deane, @iansherr, @jaymavs, @ummjackson, @danfinlay, @flynnjamm, @mathewi, and @maxwellstrachan

Earlier Picks

Vittoria Elliott / Wired:

Experts say a ruling against Twitter in its lawsuit against content removal orders in India could let the government censor a wide swath of platforms and sites

Tweets: @carnage4life, @aaschapiro, and @aspi_icpc

New York Times:

As China builds up its vast surveillance and security apparatus, it is running up against growing public unease about data security and privacy in the country

Tweets: @frankpasquale, @maytechummia, and @amyyqin

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:

Experts say archiving TikTok videos is challenging and urge the platform to preserve and provide access to its content for war crime investigations in Ukraine

More: Washington Post and Slashdot

Tweets: @charlesmok, @sariarhohavren, @charlesmok, @maxseddon, @washingtonpost, and @willoremus

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt:

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a national ban on using digital assets for payments, but allows investing in digital assets like bitcoin

More: Cryptonews, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Neowin, Slashdot, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, and Blockworks

Tweets: @davidgerard, @neerajka, @santiago__sa, and @decryptmedia

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:

Filing: Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter is unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” September 2022 four-day trial and ask for a court date in February 2023 or later