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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Luna and its related UST stablecoin continue to crash; Luna drops to as low as $4.51, an 85% slide in 24 hours, while UST drops to as low as $0.27 — Quick Take — The price of Luna has dropped 82% in the last 24 hours. — Its related stablecoin UST has retreated even further from its dollar peg, falling to just $0.27.
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CoinDesk. Tweets: @terrabitespod, @glimmerycoin, @coinmarketcap, @emilyjnicolle, @jay_okx, @xrpcryptowolf, @emperorbtc, @scooterxbt, @whalepanda, @ksicrypto, @themooncarl, @ksicrypto, @haralabob, @lsukernik, @epolynya, @altcoinpsycho, @mhonkasalo, @thecryptodog, @jakubchmielniak, @0x_b1, @davincij15, @0xmisaka, @lawmaster, @thecryptolark, @safetyth1rd, @beniaminmincu, @thinkingusd, @speicherx, @bongcapital, @twobitidiot, @trustlessstate, @cobie, @gfodor, @punk6529, @cobie, @hasufl, @safetyth1rd, @tradermayne, @dystopiabreaker, @drwasho, @punk6529, and @loomdart
| Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal: |
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: passing legislation in 2022 to create a stablecoin regulatory framework “would be highly appropriate”, after UST's stumble — Treasury secretary expresses hope that Congress will pass legislation this year to create regulatory framework for stablecoins
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The Block, Crypto Briefing, banking.senate.gov, Bloomberg, U.Today, MarketWatch, CoinDesk, American Banker, FXStreet, and Bitcoin News
Tweets: @ohgodagirl, @onchainwizard, @wublockchain, @wsjmarkets, @wsj, and @tomhschmidt
| Stacy-Marie Ishmael / Bloomberg: |
A look at Do Kwon's algorithmic stablecoin UST, designed to trade at $1 but which has been in freefall; CoinMarketCap says there are 17.8B UST in circulation — Algorithmic stablecoins, like their more “traditional” counterparts, are supposed to provide calm in the chaos of crypto.
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Today in Tabs, Wall Street Journal, Attack of the 50 Foot …, Cointext.com, CoinDesk, CryptoPotato, The Merkle News, and Crypto Adventure
Tweets: @stablekwon, @stablekwon, @jonwu_, @el33th4xor, @livercoin, @livercoin, @crypto_mckenna, @sbf_ftx, @sandeepnailwal, @molly0xfff, @crypstax, @bqprime, @crypto, @0x_b1, @lomahcrypto, and @astrabittrading
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
BAYC, whose average sales price dropped 29% over the past week, and other bluechip NFT collections, have been hit harder than bitcoin amid the crypto rout — Blue-chip NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club, which for a while outperformed the rest of the crypto market …
Tweets: @mattbruenig, @frances_coppola, and @danhowdle
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Fortune, Financial Times, CryptoSlate, and crypto.news
Tweets: @nayibbukele, @nayibbukele, @stablekwon, @justinsuntron, @nayibbukele, @jonwu_, @namesearch_, and @livfaustdiejung
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple discontinues the iPod touch, leaving the device on sale “while supplies last” and ending the product line after debuting the original iPod in October 2001 — Last October marked 20 years of the iPod. It's a remarkable run in the cutthroat, always-iterating world of consumer electronics.
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| Dave Lee / @daveleeft: |
[Thread] In an interview, Musk says Twitter has a “left bias”, he would “literally put” its “algorithm on GitHub”, and he thinks he would reverse Trump's ban — Twitter currently the “least bad” public square, @elonmusk says at #FTCar. “In order to be better at that it needs to get rid of the bots, the scams.” Live here: https://www.youtube.com/...
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase Q1: $1.2B net revenue, down from $1.6B YoY, vs $1.5B est., 9.2M MTUs, up from 6.1M YoY, $309B trading volume, down from $335B YoY; stock drops 12%+ — - Coinbase reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — The earnings come amid a major sell-off across the crypto market.| New York Times: |
Sources: Netflix executives told employees that the company plans to launch its lower-priced ad-supported tier and crack down on password sharing in Q4 2022 — Executives said they were aiming to introduce an ad-supported, lower-priced subscription tier in the last three months of the year, quicker than originally indicated.
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @discussingfilm, @jasonealt, @benmullin, @terrajobst, @mattbelloni, @loudmouthjulia, @nytmedia, @dashofdan, and @film_girl
| New York Times: |
Interviews with 50+ people detail the rapid rise of Bolt, which overstated its tech and numbers, as its valuation soared from $250M in 2018 to $11B in 2021 — The start-up has had a meteoric rise, thanks to its charismatic co-founder, Ryan Breslow. But he sometimes stretched the truth to get there.
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PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @erinkwoo, @theryanking, @uticaeric, @kateclarktweets, @nytimestech, @noahpinion, @bizcarson, @sarahhalzack, @mslopatto, @olumuyiwa__, @dealbook, @rmac18, @blowdart, @nbashaw, @bizcarson, @jfberke, @aznfusion, @ceciliakang, @davidenrich, @robinwauters, @lizzieohreally, and @davidfolkenflik
| Rest of World: |
A look at Meta's and Google's subsea cable investments in Africa, the least connected continent, as the companies seek the terrestrial links to a billion users — One sunny Thursday morning in September 2021, three men gathered at the Multimedia University of Kenya, in Nairobi, for a small ceremony.
Tweets: @nnwigene, @khushbuoshea, and @khushbuoshea
| Politico: |
Leaked proposal: the EC plans to release a draft law this week that requires tech companies to scan for CSAM and threatens end-to-end encryption — Brussels is bracing for one of its biggest and most emotional tech fights yet as companies face stringent new rules to clamp down on sexual abuse material.
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ComputerWeekly.com, Access Now, Euractiv, and dropsafe
Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @vmanancourt, @matthew_d_green, @chrismessina, @alecmuffett, @sarahjamielewis, @evacide, @accessnow, @mattblaze, @piratkolaja, @matthew_d_green, @mmasnick, @mattblaze, @alecmuffett, @vmanancourt, @piratkolaja, @matthew_d_green, @mattblaze, @mattblaze, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @mattblaze, @riana_crypto, @evacide, @matthew_d_green, @elizableu, @alecmuffett, @alecmuffett, and @matthew_d_green
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Roblox misses with Q1 bookings of $631.2M, down 3% YoY, vs. $645M est., 54.1M average DAUs, up 28% YoY, vs. 55M est., $11.67 average bookings per DAU, down 25% — - Roblox reported fewer users in the quarter than analysts had expected, and bookings dropped from a year earlier.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Unity Software's stock fell 28%+ in after-hours trading amid company's lower than expected sales forecasts for Q2 and lower revenue guidance for 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.
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MarketWatch and Barron's Online
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Source: crypto analytics startup Chainalysis raises a $170M Series F led by GIC at an $8.6B valuation, up from $4.2B in June when it raised a $100M Series E — Chainalysis, a startup that sells services to detect and track crypto fraud, has raised a new round at an $8.6 billion valuation …
Tweets: @wublockchain and @kateclarktweets
| David Shultz / Fast Company: |
Osmind, which provides EHR software to chart and update mental health patient information and documents, raises a $40M Series B led by DFJ Growth — As the country continues to struggle with a mental health crisis that's only been exacerbated by the pandemic, electronic health-record startup Osmind …
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Business Wire and hitconsultant.net
Tweets: @osmindhq, @fastcompany, @dfjgrowth, and @ycombinator
| Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Dusty Robotics, whose first robot FieldPrinter automates the process of printing full-size floor plans at construction sites, raises a $45M Series B — Dusty Robotics built an autonomous printer on wheels for construction sites. The company is now worth $250 million.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Brightseed, which develops an AI-based system called Forager to identify and categorize plant compounds for human health, raises a $68M Series B led by Temasek — Who knows what secrets await in the hearts of plants? Brightseed has found a couple of them, anyway, using an AI-based analysis method …
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Food Business News, AFN, PRWeb, and San Francisco Business Journal
Tweets: @eleavenworth, @mehabecapital, and @420intel
| Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
Certn, which offers AI-driven tools to conduct background checks and risk monitoring for employees, contractors, and tenants, raises a $50M Series B — Canada-based Certn, a company that provides AI-powered background screening solutions to enterprises, today announced it has raised $50 million …
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Certn and Business in Vancouver
Tweets: @vickerysec, @vantechjournal, @scribblevc, @certn, @charlizealcaraz, and @betakit
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Online wholesale marketplace Faire raises a $416M extension, more than doubling the size of its Series G round and boosting its post-money valuation to $12.59B — Faire, which has built a marketplace connecting retailers to indie brands globally, has raised a $416 million extension …
Tweets: @bayareawriter
| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
Mashgin, which makes computer vision-based touchless self-checkout kiosks, raises a $62.5M Series B led by NEA at a $1.5B post-money valuation — Mashgin's computer vision AI self checkout can scan multiple packaged products as well as food items in a matter of seconds.| Ben Foldy / Wall Street Journal: |
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