Snapchat is cutting payments for Spotlight content again
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snapchat is decreasing the reward money creators can get when they make content for the platform’s TikTok competitor — again. Business Insider reports that the pot of cash up for grabs for users making Spotlight videos now sits at millions of dollars per year. In February, Snap said … Read more
TechCrunch+ roundup: Fundraising beyond the Bay Area, web3 gaming, TDD prep checklist
In a previous era, aspiring journalists relocated to New York, would-be actors made pilgrimages to Hollywood, and plucky tech founders moved to the Bay Area so they could attract capital and talent. But San Francisco is no longer the center of the startup universe, and it hasn’t been for a while. Cities like Boulder, Detroit … Read more
Jerry Lee Lewis has died
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Pro-crypto city of Lugano and El Salvador sign economic agreement based on adoption
As part of the agreement, El Salvador will establish a physical government presence in an effort to “foster cooperation with educational and research institutions.”
‘Crypto CAT Bonds’ – A Killer App for Digital Assets?
In this issue of Money Reimagined, Michael Casey delves into the potential that innovative crypto insurance providers have to, on the one hand, address real-world risk management challenges and, on the other, foster practices that bring some stability, security and adoption to decentralized finance.
Latinx founders see VC funding drop as investors retreat from underrepresented cohorts
The latest Crunchbase data shows that Latinx-founded companies in the United States raised $250 million out of the $39.85 billion allocated in venture funds in the U.S. this Q3 — or about 0.63%.1 The Q3 sum is a sharp decrease from the $2.3 billion the cohort raised in Q3 last year and a dramatic decline … Read more
Is Credit Suisse a Canary in the Financial Industry Coal Mine?
Though recent flubs dominate headlines, the Swiss bank’s real mistake may have been trying to compete with Wall Street in the first place.
Signalis is old-school PlayStation-era horror at its best
Signalis. | Image: Humble Games If you miss the days of old-school Resident Evil and Silent Hill, this is just the thing Continue reading…
El indicador predilecto de la Fed sube menos de lo esperado y bitcoin se dispara
BTC sube tras conocerse que el PCE de Estados Unidos de septiembre resultó ligeramente más bajo que lo estimado por los economistas.
Cowboy hats, boots, guns and crypto talk with Dan Held
Bitcoiner Dan Held takes journalist Nicole Behnam around Austin, Texas, as they recount their journeys into the world of cryptocurrencies.
From Hairstylist to Crypto Trader: A Cautionary Tale
Silvia was a New York hair stylist to rock stars who became a technical trader in Puerto Rico. Here’s how she got rich, only to lose everything in the crypto winter. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Trading Week.
El Salvador, Lugano Sign Agreement to Help Spread Bitcoin Adoption and Education
El Salvador also announced it was opening a “bitcoin office” in Lugano.
Fortune did not, in fact, favor the brave: Matt Damon’s Crypto.com TV spot turns one
Many in and out of the crypto space have parodied Matt Damon’s appearance promoting the crypto exchange following the market downturn in May.
Prediction Market Kalshi Signals It Sees CFTC’s Blessing for Midterm Election Bets
A countdown clock on its website ends today, indicating the service is optimistic regulators’ will let it offer contracts for the Nov. 8 election.
Crypto Hedge Fund Arca Nearly Doubles Sales for Flagship Fund Despite LUNA Exposure
The Digital Asset Fund, which had Terra’s collapsed token as a core holding, now has $191.7 million in sales
Twitter just keeps getting more expensive
That Elon Musk closed his buy of Twitter this week has been wall-to-wall news. With the former executive team out, jokes in, and Musk now in control of the social service, a long chapter in technology history has been written. Views vary regarding what’s next for Twitter, be it looser content moderation guidelines or the … Read more
As overall cloud infrastructure market growth dips to 24%, AWS reports slowdown
With the big three — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — reporting earnings this week, we learned that the cloud infrastructure market topped $57 billion for the quarter, up $11 billion over the same period last year. That adds up to 24% growth, according to data from Synergy Research. It might not be the growth we … Read more
Open letter to Gitea
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Bitcoin price due sub-$20K dip, traders warn amid claim miners ‘capitulating’
Miners may hit pause on the good times for BTC price action, according to one theory, as the weekend promises support tests.
Crypto Exchange Coincheck Plans to List on Nasdaq in July 2023
Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck is planning to complete its listing on Nasdaq via a merger with Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV on July 2, 2023.
The Business Impact of Code Quality
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PSA: streamers might want to disable music in Bayonetta 3 before playing
Image: PlatinumGames / Nintendo Bayonetta 3 launches today and streamers might need to adjust some settings before they happily dig their seven-inch gun-barreled heels into the game, as one of the songs might get you slapped with a copyright strike. One of the prevailing themes of the Bayonetta series was that there’s always a pop-y … Read more