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| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
A Q&A with retail traders after Terra's crash: some 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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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
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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 …
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| Nivedita Balu / Reuters: |
Elon Musk says his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” till a review of “spam/fake accounts”, but is “still committed to acquisition”; stock closes down 9.67% — Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) was temporarily on hold …
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
A look at My Friends My Data, a group of startup founders pushing for laws to force tech giants like Meta and Alphabet to let users move followers between apps — A new coalition of start-ups is calling on tech giants to allow creators to reach followers on more platforms.| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
Interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on the crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, 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 of the kind …
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New York Times. Tweets: @steveclapham, @andrewcarrier, @mateobusiness, @katie_martin_fx, @patrickfrench, @jimpethokoukis, @ftweekend, @newmoneyreview, and @tomashirstecon
| Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol: |
A Q&A with SEC commissioner and “Crypto Mom” Hester Peirce, on her criticisms of the SEC's approach to crypto, chairman Gary Gensler's leadership, and 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 Synqa, a digital payments 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, becoming a rare unicorn, or startup worth more than $1 billion, in Japan.
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Forbes, BRIDGE（ブ …, and Tech in Asia
| The Economic Times: |
Sources: Amazon, Flipkart, and Reliance Retail are in talks to join India's open e-commerce network, which aims to break the dominance of large e-commerce firms — Logistics providers Ekart, Dunzo sign up on network; PhonePe in final stages of integration — Bengaluru: Ecommerce majors …
Tweets: @sarthakgh, @ettech, @digbijaymishra1, @digbijaymishra1, @digbijaymishra1, and @digbijaymishra1
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
A Q&A with Reggie Fils-Aimé, former Nintendo of America president and COO, on his time at the company, plans for a $200M SPAC, the future of gaming, and more — The former Nintendo of America president and COO discusses his journey with the gaming giant| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is testing iPhones with a USB-C port, and adapters for Lightning accessories, for 2023 at the earliest, to help it conform with looming EU rules — Apple Inc. is testing future iPhone models that replace the current Lightning charging port with the more prevalent USB-C connector …
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