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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Luna and the UST stablecoin continue to plummet; Luna drops below $1, a 97% slide in 24 hours, while UST drops as low as $0.27, a ~60% drop in 24 hours — 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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Tweets: @stablekwon, @johnbrownlow, @galois_capital, @katie_martin_fx, @laurashin, @thestalwart, @stablekwon, @davidgerard, @terrabitespod, @fintechintern, @stablekwon, @saylor, @0xsisyphus, @lawmaster, @twobitidiot, @adamsinger, @bennetttomlin, @mikedulaimi, @0x_emperor, @chubbicorn219, @twobitidiot, @novogratz, @loopifyyy, @tree_of_alpha, @cobie, @algodtrading, @web3isgreat, @davidshares, @larry0x, @altcoinpsycho, @lomahcrypto, @mdudas, @lawmaster, @mhonkasalo, @ryansadams, @0xdisco, @rj_killmex, @terra_money, @petermccormack, @stablekwon, @twobitidiot, @carnage4life, @adam3us, @laurashin, @speicherx, @davincij15, @thestalwart, @glimmerycoin, @epolynya, @cz_binance, @emilyjnicolle, @safetyth1rd, @emperorbtc, @0x_b1, @thecryptolark, @thinkingusd, @bongcapital, @thestalwart, @trustlessstate, @xrpcryptowolf, @tradebutwhy, @scooterxbt, @punk6529, @lsukernik, @beniaminmincu, @hasufl, @whalepanda, @punk6529, @altcoinpsycho, @thecryptodog, @ksicrypto, @alexhern, @coinmarketcap, @gfodor, @drwasho, @can, @bongcapital, @loomdart, @eevee, @0xmisaka, @cz_binance, @cobie, @tradermayne, @baekkyoumkim, and @gbrl_dick
| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
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| Stacy-Marie Ishmael / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @stablekwon, @stablekwon, @stablekwon, @caspiancey, @sbf_ftx, @cryptomanran, @livercoin, @livercoin, @crypstax, @0x_b1, and @lomahcrypto
| Bloomberg: |
In an interview, Gary Gensler says crypto exchanges are “commingling” services to the detriment of customers and highlights their ties with popular stablecoins — Gary Gensler is ratcheting up his criticism of digital-asset exchanges, arguing that some platforms are shirking rules …
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Finbold, Cryptonews, CryptoPotato, and Cryptopolitan
Tweets: @dylanleclair_, @doombergt, @macroedge1, @bitfinexed, and @smdiehl
| 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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Gizmodo, Crypto Briefing, Sam's Crypto Musings, and banking.senate.gov
Tweets: @onchainwizard, @tier10k, @scottmelker, @wublockchain, @dogetoshi, @ohgodagirl, @asvanevik, @wsjmarkets, @wsj, @boredgenius, and @tomhschmidt
| 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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| Politico: |
Leaked proposal: the European Union 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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Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @wcathcart, @vmanancourt, @lukolejnik, @matthew_d_green, @chrismessina, @alecmuffett, @sarahjamielewis, @evacide, @mattblaze, @matthew_d_green, @mmasnick, @mattblaze, @matthew_d_green, @mattblaze, @mattblaze, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @mattblaze, @floorter, @riana_crypto, @evacide, @wcathcart, @matthew_d_green, @elizableu, and @alecmuffett
| 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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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase drops 24%+ after reporting $1.2B net revenue in Q1, down from $1.6B YoY, 9.2M MTUs, up from 6.1M YoY, and $309B trading volume, down from $335B YoY — - Coinbase reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — The earnings come amid a major sell-off across the crypto market.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple will switch to USB-C for the iPhone 15 in the second half of 2023, improving transfer and charging speeds — Apple will ditch its proprietary Lightning port and switch to USB-C on all or possibly some models of the iPhone 15 lineup destined to launch in the second half of 2023, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today.
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Tweets: @mingchikuo, @jeremyburge, @apple_tomorrow, @llsethj, @pt, and @rauschma
| Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk: |
Pan-African crypto exchange MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and others to expand in Nigeria and Kenya — The exchange is holding Web 3 hackathons and launching products in a pan-African campaign. — Pan-African centralized crypto exchange MARA said Wednesday it raised $23 million.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Twitter announces a “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how it works to combat spam and duplicative content and what constitutes a violation — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how the platform works …
Tweets: @twittersafety, @thesheetztweetz, and @bendobrown
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google signs deals with 300+ outlets in Germany, France, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland to pay for news content and will roll out tools for them — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries … | 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: @guy_freire, @tha_rami, @mattbruenig, @cmsholdings, @tiggerscrypto, @frances_coppola, and @danhowdle
| 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.| 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 … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Unity Software's stock fell 22%+ amid the company's lower than expected sales forecasts for Q2 and lower revenue guidance for the 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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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
GlobalFoundries beats estimates with $1.94B in Q1 revenue, up 37% YoY, and projects $1.96B-$1.99B in Q2 revenue; stock is down 19% in 2022 amid a global selloff — GlobalFoundries Inc., the biggest U.S.-based provider of made-to-order semiconductors, posted quarterly sales and profit …
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| Matt Schifrin / Forbes: |
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will acquire DVD rental and streaming company Redbox for $375M in an all-stock deal — New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! — Among buggy whip businesses, Redbox Entertainment (RDBX), the Oakbrook Terrace …
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Deadline, The Wrap, Dow Jones Newswires, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and GlobeNewswire News Room. Tweets: @ron_miller
| Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Parker Conrad's HR software startup Rippling raises a $250M Series D led by Kleiner and Bedrock at an $11.25B valuation, bringing its total funding to $700M — “I don't think Silicon Valley has ever seen a comeback like this before.” — Parker Conrad is fully back.
Tweets: @realgenekim and @paulg
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb releases several updates, including searching by category, the ability to book two listings for stays over one week, and AirCover travel insurance — The company wants to get the world traveling again — Last year, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that the single-biggest challenge …
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CNN, Protocol, TNW, Fast Company, Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, and Airbnb Newsroom. Tweets: @bchesky
| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Moralis, which makes tools to build blockchain-based web apps, raises a $40M Series A from Coinbase Ventures and others, sources say at a $215M valuation — Despite slumping crypto prices, funding rounds for blockchain startups are still getting done. Moralis, a platform offering developer tools …
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