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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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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
OpenSea says it rolling out a new system to detect and remove copycat NFTs and verify accounts in an effort to “improve authenticity” on the marketplace — The updates are an attempt to cut down on plagiarism and fakes — OpenSea is rolling out features to “improve authenticity” …
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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 … | 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: @cryptolawus, @benpimentel, @wilber54x, @xrpcryptowolf, and @owenthomas
| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Material Security, which helps enterprises protect sensitive info stored in email accounts even if they are hacked, raises a $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation — A growing wave of tech layoffs have given rise to remorseful CEOs' lamentations that they hired too quickly during the pandemic.
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material.security, GovInfoSecurity, and SecurityWeek
| Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit: |
Montreal-based Vention, which develops software to help companies automate their production floor, raises a ~$95M Series C led by Georgian Partners — Montréal-headquartered industrial tech startup Vention has raised $123.7 million CAD ($95 million USD) in Series C funding.
| 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: @rjcc, @bradmichelson, @neerajka, and @aaronwall
| 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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New York Times. Tweets: @katie_martin_fx, @steveclapham, @patrickfrench, @jimpethokoukis, @andrewcarrier, @ftweekend, @newmoneyreview, @tomashirstecon, and @mateobusiness
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