Tuesday, May 10, 2022

A look at Do Kwon's algorithmic UST stablecoin, designed to trade at $1, after it fell as low as $0.60; CoinMarketCap says there are 18.5B UST in circulation (Stacy-Marie Ishmael/Bloomberg)

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A look at Do Kwon's algorithmic UST stablecoin, designed to trade at $1, after it fell as low as $0.60; CoinMarketCap says there are 18.5B UST in circulation  —  Algorithmic stablecoins, like their more “traditional” counterparts, are supposed to provide calm in the chaos of crypto.



Sony's Q4 operating profit more than doubles

Japan's Sony Group Corp said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter operating profit more than doubled to 138.6 billion yen ($1.06 billion), helped by a strong performance at its gaming and network services business. https://ift.tt/QRfjY3v

Sony reports Q4 gaming revenue rose 4.9% YoY to ~$5.1B; PS5 sales were 2M, reaching 19.3M in total, around 3.1M behind the PS4 at the same point in time (Steve Dent/Engadget)

Steve Dent / Engadget:
Sony reports Q4 gaming revenue rose 4.9% YoY to ~$5.1B; PS5 sales were 2M, reaching 19.3M in total, around 3.1M behind the PS4 at the same point in time  —  Sony announced that it sold just 2 million PlayStation 5 units last quarter (Q4), bringing its overall total to 19.3 million.



Payments firm BharatPe may fire several employees, here's why

Indian payments startup BharatPe said on Tuesday its board had recommended several measures, following a corporate governance review, including termination of several employees and vendors and filing criminal cases against them for misconduct. https://ift.tt/z1glt7X

Monday, May 9, 2022

Palantir reports Q1 revenue rose 31% YoY to $446M but forecasts Q2 revenue will be below estimates at $470M, a 25% YoY growth rate; stock drops 16%+ (Chavi Mehta/Reuters)

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Palantir reports Q1 revenue rose 31% YoY to $446M but forecasts Q2 revenue will be below estimates at $470M, a 25% YoY growth rate; stock drops 16%+  —  Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR.N) forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations on Monday, indicating slowing sales growth …



Bitcoin falls by up to 4.6% to $32,800, its lowest level since July 2021, as investors back away from risky investments; Cardano, Polkadot, and others also drop (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg:
Bitcoin falls by up to 4.6% to $32,800, its lowest level since July 2021, as investors back away from risky investments; Cardano, Polkadot, and others also drop  —  Bitcoin slumped to a level last seen in July 2021, part of a wider retreat in cryptocurrencies triggered by a global flight from riskier investments.



In an email to staff, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company will cut spending on marketing and incentives, treat hiring as a "privilege", and more (CNBC)

CNBC:
In an email to staff, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company will cut spending on marketing and incentives, treat hiring as a “privilege”, and more  —  - Uber will slash spending on marketing and incentives and treat hiring as a “privilege,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an email to staff on Sunday.



WhatsApp Reactions starts arriving on Android, here's how to use it

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Sources: as China restricts access during the pandemic, Apple is relying more on local engineers, using live streaming and AR to help US staff monitor progress (Yoko Kubota/Wall Street Journal)

Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: as China restricts access during the pandemic, Apple is relying more on local engineers, using live streaming and AR to help US staff monitor progress  —  Tech giant passes more authority to local workers, uses live streaming and augmented reality to ensure products made in China come out on time



Czech Republic-based DoDo Group, which specializes in last-mile B2B logistics tech and has 2,000 couriers in seven countries, raises a €60M Series B (Omar Faridi/Crowdfund Insider)

Omar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider:
Czech Republic-based DoDo Group, which specializes in last-mile B2B logistics tech and has 2,000 couriers in seven countries, raises a €60M Series B  —  Czech company DoDo Group, “specialists” in last-mile B2B logistics tech, recently announced a €60 million Series B round led by EC Investments and J&T Capital.



Egypt-based Paymob, which lets merchants accept digital payments online and in-store, raises a $50M Series B, bringing its total raised to $68.5M+ (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch:
Egypt-based Paymob, which lets merchants accept digital payments online and in-store, raises a $50M Series B, bringing its total raised to $68.5M+  —  Egyptian fintech Paymob, which enables merchants to accept digital payments online and in-store, announced today it has raised $50 million in Series B funding.



Sunday, May 8, 2022

Watch the 'Gold-plated Nintendo Wii' that was once meant for British Queen Elizabeth

A rare gold-plated Nintendo Wii gaming originally meant as a gift for Queen Elizabeth II is now being auctioned. https://ift.tt/5ovzYgP

10 important things that you may not know about your AC

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South Korean startup Bucketplace, known for its home decorating app Ohouse, raises a $182M Series D, sources say at a post-money valuation of around $1.4B (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch:
South Korean startup Bucketplace, known for its home decorating app Ohouse, raises a $182M Series D, sources say at a post-money valuation of around $1.4B  —  During the worst days of the pandemic, when people were stuck at home and starving for some form of entertainment beyond streaming …



After halting Android app and subscription purchases in Russia over sanctions, Google Play now also blocks "downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps" (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
After halting Android app and subscription purchases in Russia over sanctions, Google Play now also blocks “downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps”  —  Google is now blocking Russian users and developers from downloading or updating paid applications from the Google Play Store starting Thursday due to sanctions.



Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions (Gleb Bryanski/Reuters)

Gleb Bryanski / Reuters : Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in i...