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Retail traders after Terra's crash: some say they lost their life savings, others shared suicidal ideation on forums, and some now realize it's a Ponzi scheme — It took less than a week for the third largest stablecoin and its ecosystem to become virtually worthless, wiping out countless traders' savings.| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Over $1.2B of Luna Foundation Guard's bitcoin reserves remains unaccounted for; LFG had $2B+ in bitcoin reserves and loaned $750M to OTC firms and market makers — Quick Take — Luna Foundation Guard accumulated over $2 billion in bitcoin reserves and provided a loan of $750 million in bitcoin.| Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg: |
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Texas' content moderation law is clearly unconstitutional and forces social media services to allow a torrent of spam or face a deluge of frivolous litigation — So, I already had a quick post on the bizarre decision by the 5th Circuit to reinstate Texas' social media content moderation law …
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| Peter White / Deadline: |
Sources: Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials, which would enable live voting for competitions — EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is going live for the first time. — Deadline understands that the streamer is exploring the launch of live streaming.
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Twitch confirms the Buffalo gunman livestreamed Saturday's attack on its platform, saying it took his channel down within two minutes of the violence starting — Officials said the gunman broadcast the attack live on Twitch, the livestreaming site owned by Amazon that is popular with gamers.
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| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung is talking to foundry clients about hiking chipmaking prices by up to 20% in 2022, joining TSMC and UMC, which are planning more price hikes — Samsung Electronics Co. is talking with foundry clients about charging as much as 20% more for making semiconductors this year … | New York Times: |
As the possibility of Roe v. Wade overturn becomes a reality, pro-choice activists and nonprofits are looking at crypto and DAOs to speed up fundraising — Activists and nonprofits are considering digital currencies as a way to raise funds. But can they really do anything other payment methods can't?
Tweets: @aaronwall, @rjcc, @bradmichelson, and @neerajka
| Harsh Upadhyay / Entrackr: |
India-based GoKwik, which helps e-commerce merchants improve conversions and lower return rates, raises a $35M Series B led by Think Investments and RTP Global — E-commerce enablement company GoKwik has raised $35 million in a Series B round led by Think Investments and RTP Global.| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, bitcoin as an asset, philanthropy, and more — When an aide told me that “one of our drivers” would pick me up for my lunch with Sam Bankman-Fried, I imagined a hulking black SUV …
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| Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol: |
A Q&A with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, on her criticisms of the SEC's approach to crypto, chair Gary Gensler's leadership, being called “Crypto Mom”, more — SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is celebrated in memes as “Crypto Mom.” She's considered crypto's staunchest ally …
Tweets: @wilber54x, @xrpcryptowolf, @benpimentel, @owenthomas, and @cryptolawus
| Dimuthu Attanayake / Rest of World: |
Experts say the personal data leaked by Anonymous from various Sri Lankan government and other websites has put regular citizens at severe risk of cybercrimes — Leaked data by the hacker collective has put regular Sri Lankans at severe risk of cybercrime. — • COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
Tweets: @martijn_grooten, @mskidchaos, and @restofworld
| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Tokyo- and Bangkok-based Opn, formerly known as Synqa, a digital payments processor and blockchain tech provider, raises a $120M Series C+ at a $1B+ valuation — Digital payments processor Opn, formerly known as Synqa, said it had raised $120 million in a Series C+ funding round …
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