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| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
Luna Foundation Guard says its bitcoin reserves have depleted from ~80K to ~300 and the remaining UST and LUNA tokens will be used to compensate investors — The announcement comes after reports that over a billion dollars of Terra's bitcoin reserves are unaccounted for.
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| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
The knock-on effects of the TerraUSD and LUNA collapse will be felt across the crypto industry and could chill VCs' enthusiasm for investing in crypto startups — This week's undoing of the TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin and its sister token Luna has ramifications for all of crypto.
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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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| New York Times: |
Live broadcasts and shared videos of mass shootings again raise questions about social networks' responsibilities in curbing violent and hateful content — Gunmen say they are influenced by online screeds and broadcasts of past shootings. Do social media sites have a responsibility to rein in hateful and violent content?
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| Peter White / Deadline: |
Sources: Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials, alongside live voting for competition series and talent contests — 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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| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says bitcoin has no future as a payments network because of its inefficiency and high environmental costs — Bankman-Fried criticises biggest digital asset over inefficiency and high environmental costs — Bitcoin has no future as a payments network …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Opinion: Apple should acquire EV startup Canoo, which says it is running out of cash to operate and whose former CEO is a top executive on Apple's car project — Apple could take a look at struggling electric-vehicle startup Canoo to help it build up its car project.
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Tweets: @richontech, @apple_tomorrow, @drbfg, @mikeelgan, and @markgurman
| Caitlin Harrington / Wired: |
A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement that emerged from #AppleToo to provide support for Apple employees organizing in retail, AppleCare, and more — A solidarity movement called Apple Together has provided tools and support as the company's retail employees organize.
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
OpenSea tries “improving authenticity” by revamping account verification and debuting a system to detect, remove, and prevent copies of authentic NFT content — The updates are an attempt to cut down on plagiarism and fakes — OpenSea is rolling out features to “improve authenticity” …
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @krrishd, @mdudas, @jonshelleyio, @shivar, @brianromero, @sneakerboxclyde, @opensea_support, @seanbonner, @opensea, @kis_iri, @rjcc, @opensea, and @opensea_support
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Uber Eats to launch two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles with robotic sidewalk delivery startup Serve Robotics and autonomous tech startup Motional — Uber Eats is launching two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles on Monday with Serve Robotics, a robotic sidewalk delivery startup …
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Protocol, The Economic Times, Fossbytes, and Engadget
| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Elwood Technologies, a crypto-focused market access and trading service for institutional investors, raises a $70M Series A led by Goldman Sachs, Dawn Capital — Quick Take — Goldman Sachs, Barclays and CommerzVentures invested in the Series A round alongside venture capital firms.| Kevin Helms / Bitcoin News: |
Germany's Ministry of Finance confirms that selling crypto assets is tax-free if they are held for over a year, even if they are used for staking and lending — The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year …
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Tweets: @btctn, @johnedeaton1, @artusvanfrahm, @diogomonica, @epro, and @btctn
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