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May 13, 2022, 12:10 PM

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Terraform Labs halts Terra block production for the second time in 24 hours “to come up with a plan to reconstitute” the network, after UST and LUNA collapsed  —  The blockchain behind the collapsed TerraUSD stablecoin and the affiliated Luna token stopped processing new transactions for the second time in less than a day.
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Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters:
Arm reports record 2021 revenue, up 35% YoY to $2.7B, due to licensing up 61% YoY to $1.13B and royalties up 20% YoY to $1.54B; 29.2B ARM chips shipped in 2021  —  SoftBank Group Corp's(9984.T) chip technology firm Arm Ltd on Thursday reported record revenue for 2021, and Chief Executive …
David Ingram / NBC News:
Some local officials forced US schools and libraries to shut down or limit e-reader apps like Epic and OverDrive after conservative parents objected to content  —  E-reader apps that became lifelines for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries.
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:
Coinbase's market cap falls to $12.98B from a $75B+ peak in 2021 as its stock closes at $58.50, far below its first day closing price of $328.28 in April 2021  —  Coinbase Global Inc. has declined precipitously this year, largely mimicking the drop in Bitcoin prices and taking its market value …
Washington Post:
Hollywood insiders explain celebrities' decreased interest in Twitter, seen as a high-risk, low-reward platform, and why Musk's ownership might make it worse  —  Elon Musk was right that Twitter's most popular accounts have gone quieter over the years.  Hollywood insiders explain what happened …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
London-based Token.io, an open banking-based account-to-account payments service, raises a $40M Series C co-led by Cota Capital and TempoCap  —  The rise of digital payments has changed the nature of how people do business with each other; and open banking — a movement in banking where incumbents …

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