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Coinbase, FTX, eToro, and other apps surge in popularity after multiple crypto Super Bowl ads; Coinbase rose from 186th to 2nd on US App Store after QR code ad — Crypto apps shot up App Store download charts in the US on Monday morning, after a Super Bowl studded with digital assets advertising.
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| Tom Mitchelhill / Cointelegraph: |
Ethereum L2 scaling project Optimism fixes bug that left it open to unlimited ETH token creation in its accounts; $2M+ bounty given to Jay Freeman of Cydia fame — Ethereum scaling startup Optimism disclosed a “critical bug” fix in the project's Geth fork that would have allowed malicious hackers to create infinite ETH
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UK's HMRC tax authority seizes three NFTs in a £1.4M fraud case involving 250 alleged fake companies, the first UK law enforcement agency to seize an NFT — The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected a VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies.
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| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Interviews and documents reveal traumatic working conditions at a Facebook content moderation facility in Nigeria, run by Sama, with pay as low as $1.50/hour — This story is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former Sama employees, as well as hundreds of pages … | Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Foxconn says it will invest $118.7M for a 40% stake in a joint venture with Indian conglomerate Vedanta to make semiconductors in India — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) said on Monday it had partnered with Indian conglomerate Vedanta Ltd (VDAN.NS) to make semiconductors in the South Asian country …
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| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
Newly unsealed court documents show IBM executives disparaged older employees as “dinobabies” and discussed phasing them out to make room for millennials — Documents released in an age-discrimination case appear to show high-level discussion about paring the ranks of older employees.
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| James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: |
SEC proposes cybersecurity rules for investment funds and advisers, requiring them to report cyberattacks and major cybersecurity incidents within 48 hours — Under the draft proposals, thousands of financial firms would be required to report ‘significant events,’ including data breaches, within 48 hours
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
London-based Banked, which lets merchants accept payments without users creating an account or sharing data, raises $20M Series A led by BOA and Edenred — Banked is a FinTech startup that offers an alternative to card schemes. Consumers are able to pay without entering financial data … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Snapchat is testing mid-roll ads in the Stories of some US creators, ahead of a wider rollout, and will share revenue based on engagement and other metrics — The feature is currently in beta testing — Snapchat is introducing a new way for creators on the app to earn money.
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| Yuvraj Malik / Reuters: |
Indian adtech company InMobi's Glance, a lock screen content app, raises $200M from Jio Platforms, source says at a $1.7B-$1.8B post-money valuation — India's Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) is investing $200 million in Glance, a lock screen content company backed by Alphabet (GOOGL.O) …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
South Africa-based Stitch, which enables businesses to build, optimize, and scale financial products using its APIs, raises a $21M Series A — Open finance continues to be a significant theme in the world of fintech as businesses tap APIs to access customers' financial accounts and provide … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Papier, which sells personalized paper-based stationery online, raises a $50M Series C led by Singular, bringing its total raised to $65M — Papier, a startup leveraging technology to bring very non-tech products into the world, has raised some funding to continue expanding …
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