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August 2, 2021, 7:35 AM

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Reuters:

Square says it's buying Australia-based buy now, pay later service Afterpay for $29B in an all-stock deal, paying a 30% premium on Afterpay's last closing — U.S. fintech company Square Inc (SQ.N) said on Monday it had agreed to purchase Australian buy now/pay later giant Afterpay Ltd …

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Greg Ahlstrand / CoinDesk:

Square reports Q2 revenue of $4.88B, up 143% YoY, while its Cash App service's bitcoin yearly revenue was $2.72B, up 200% — Cash App's bitcoin gross profit rose to $55 million, Square said in its Q2 letter to shareholders. — Jack Dorsey's Square said its Cash App service's bitcoin …

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Zoom agrees to pay $85M and bolster its security practices to settle a class action lawsuit over alleged user privacy violations and Zoombombing — Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming …

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Jon Porter / The Verge:

YouTube trials Premium Lite subscription for €6.99/month, offering ad-free viewing across all major platforms, currently available in Europe — Currently being piloted in parts of Europe — Google is piloting a more affordable premium subscription tier for YouTube …

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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Bangalore-based online learning startup Unacademy raises $440M round led by Temasek at a $3.44B valuation — Unacademy has raised $440 million in a new financing round as the Indian online learning startup looks to expand into multiple additional categories.

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Emmanuel Akinwotu / The Guardian:

Nigeria is now second only to the US in bitcoin trading volume, hitting $2.4B in May from $684M in Dec. 2020, as the government tries and fails to curb its use — As leaders around the world grapple with cryptocurrencies, what happened when the African country tried to ban them?

More: Cointelegraph. Tweets: @yme, @anthonydessauer, @nic__carter, @lynaldencontact, and @gladstein

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:

Matrixport, led by Bitmain founder Wu Jihan, which offers crypto financial services, raises $100M+ Series C, and says a second tranche is to come — - DST, Tiger are among the latest backers of Wu Jihan's firm — Matrixport has raised $129 million since its 2019 founding

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Francis Agustin / Insider:

Filings: Starlink has secured a license to build a satellite ground station on the Isle of Man, aiming to provide “blanket coverage” across Great Britain — - Elon Musk's Starlink will seek to provide high-speed internet across Great Britain, the Telegraph first reported.

Source: Telegraph. Tweets: @jd and @rezahashemi

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

London-based Kuda, which offers mobile-first banking services in Nigeria, raises $55M Series B at a $500M valuation co-led by Valar Ventures and Target Global — Kuda Bank, the London-based, Nigerian-operating startup that is taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first …

More: TechCabal, Techpoint Africa, and WeeTracker

Tweets: @babsogundeyi, @oba_kinbo, @pkisadha, @iatalkspace, and @oluwatosinraji_

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:

Snoop, which uses open banking and analytics to help customers manage their money, raises £15M Series A at a post-money valuation of £47M — Money management app Snoop has raised £15 million in a few funding round, giving the business a post-money valuation of £47 million.

More: Finextra

Carly Page / TechCrunch:

Nozomi Networks, which aims to shield critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, raises $100M Series D led by Triangle Peak Partners as it prepares for an IPO — Nozomi Networks, an industry cybersecurity startup that aims to shield critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, has raised $100 million in pre-IPO funding.

More: VentureBeat, Reuters, and Nozomi Networks

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal:

Non-VC funds invested in a record 42% of tech startup funding deals in Q2 2021; H1 '21 US startup funding was $150B, with FY 2021 on pace to double 2020's total — Hedge, mutual and pension funds are investing heavily, leading to higher valuations and more leverage for company founders

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