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September 22, 2025, 9:55 AM

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Ellen O'Regan / Politico:
The European Commission considers simplifying the 2009 rule that plastered the internet with cookie consent banners, as it seeks to reduce regulatory burdens  —  In a bid to slash red tape, the European Commission wants to eliminate one of its peskiest laws: a 2009 tech rule that plastered …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Oracle promotes Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to co-CEOs, replacing Safra Catz; Magouyrk previously led Cloud Infrastructure, and Sicilia led Oracle Industries  —  Oracle Corp. on Monday promoted Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to the joint role of chief executive officer, as Safra Catz …
Axios:
White House says TikTok's new US entity would lease a copy of ByteDance's algorithm, which Oracle would retrain; US users wouldn't need to re-download the app  —  TikTok's new U.S. entity would lease its algorithm from Chinese owner ByteDance under the terms of a proposed deal between the U.S. and China …
Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Cardless, which lets Coinbase and others launch co-branded credit cards, raised $60M and projects annualized revenue will grow from $15M now to $150M by Q2 2026  —  Cardless, a co-brand credit-card startup, raised $60 million in fresh venture funds to add features and build programs with name-brand clients …
Vitalik Buterin / Vitalik Buterin's website:
Ethereum's “low-risk DeFi” applications like payments and savings could drive the chain's revenue in a similar way that search and ads sustain Google's business  —  One of the important tensions in the Ethereum community for a long time has been the tension between (i) …
Wall Street Journal:
How Seattle, transformed into a tech hub by Amazon and Microsoft's explosive growth, is grappling with the companies' layoffs affecting local economy  —  Amazon and Microsoft remade the Seattle area.  Now its economy is feeling the pain of the industry's pullback.
CoinDesk:
In an interview, Brian Armstrong says Coinbase plans to become a financial super app that integrates its crypto offering with traditional banking services  —  Brian Armstrong, a co-founder and the CEO of Coinbase (COIN), said in an interview on Friday that Coinbase's long-term goal is to be a financial …
Reuters:
A look at life in online scam compounds run by Chinese gangs on the Myanmar-Thai border, with purported Thai immigration officials luring trafficking victims  —  Across Southeast Asia, a multibillion-dollar fraud industry has emerged, staffed in part by victims of trafficking.

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