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Interview with Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, who says the government's crypto donation platform has raised $70M+ as of April 1 — Quick Take — The Block spoke with Alexander Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
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| damsondao / P — Mirror: |
Unpacking Terra's design for its algorithmic stablecoins and how partial collateralization using bitcoin reserves could impact its price stabilization mechanism — As Terra climbed crypto market cap rankings at the start of 2022 while most of the market dumped or stalled … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
How Apple's rumored subscription programs for iPhone and other hardware may work, and why the company may expand its financial services — Apple's in-the-works iPhone hardware subscription service will squeeze more revenue from its giant user base. Also: The company is building … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how it can support free speech by creating spaces where more people feel free to talk — Obviously over the past few years there's been all of these debates about the content moderation practices of various websites.
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| Washington Post: |
A look at the growing skepticism from Silicon Valley investors and companies of Russian money, once welcomed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine — SAN FRANCISCO — Five years ago, an up-and-coming venture capitalist with an unusual past was raising money to invest in hot Silicon Valley start-ups.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Zipline, Flytrex, and Alphabet's Wing, which have started commercial drone deliveries in the US, say they are encouraged by the FAA's evolving regulation — Drone companies have been cleared to expand their operations across the U.S., in cities as well as rural areas, at the same time their tech …
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| Washington Post: |
How Binance, which trades on its own exchange and plays several roles that may pose conflicts of interest, remains mostly unaccountable to its customers — On May 19, 2021, Francis Kim thought he had hit it big. The Australia-based entrepreneur had been dabbling in derivatives trading …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft moves Surface Duo OS, SwiftKey, Phone Link, Microsoft Launcher, and other teams to a new dedicated Android division under EVP and CPO Panos Panay — A new ‘Microsoft Android’ division houses Duo, SwiftKey, Launcher, and more. — What you need to know
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| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
The Discord servers of some NFT projects, including BAYC, were compromised on Friday as part of a phishing scam seeking to trick users into “minting” fake NFTs — This isn't the first hack of Discord-based crypto communities, and it's not likely to be the last.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Justin Kan's game-focused NFT marketplace Fractal has raised a $35M seed led by Paradigm and Multicoin Capital, with a16z, Solana Labs, and others participating — Twitch cofounder Justin Kan's Fractal has raised $35 million to build out its marketplace for gaming non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin mining company PrimeBlock plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.25B valuation; PrimeBlock generated $24.4M in Q4 2021 revenue — The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year. — Bitcoin miner PrimeBlock confirmed its plan to go public through a merger …
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CryptoPotato, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, and GlobeNewswire News Room
Tweets: @spactrack and @wublockchain
| Megha Paul / Tech.eu: |
Paris-based Deepki, which provides an ESG data intelligence service to let real estate developers reduce their carbon footprint, raises a €150M Series C — The Paris-headquartered startup offers a SaaS platform for real estate investors, owners and managers to improve …
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