Sunday, January 19, 2025

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side Stephen T. Stone with a comment about platforms systematically removing a user for making a deck of Most Wanted CEO playing cards: The same pe...

TikTok Starts Working Again After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban
Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban....

Instagram Debuts New Video-Editing App, as TikTok Deals With a Ban
Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance....

What We Know About the TikTok Ban
The popular video app went dark in the United States late Saturday and then came back around noon on Sunday, even as a law banning it took effect....

Crypto-Friendly Retail Trading Platform eToro Files for IPO on US Stock Market: Report
Israel-based retail trading firm eToro is reportedly spurning the London Stock Exchange in hopes of chasing a US initial public offering (IPO). According to a new report by The Financial Times, people...

Ripple, Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood and Circle Have Donated Millions of Dollars to Trump Since Election: Report
Leading crypto firms have reportedly made seven-figure donations to incoming President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee since the November 2024 US election. Politico reports that Ripple, Coinbas...

VanEck and Others File for Crypto-Related ETFs As Issuers Anticipate Departure of SEC Chair Gary Gensler: Report
Several financial giants are reportedly filing for crypto-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as they anticipate the departure of Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio...

‘Quantum’ Shift Coming to Crypto As Hostile Regulatory Policies Fade Away: Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says that digital assets will likely go through a bullish phase in the next six months as the market digests the new crypto-friendly US presidential administration. In a post o...

23andMe Reportedly Considers Selling Lemonaid Telehealth Unit
23andMe is reportedly considering the sale of Lemonaid Health, its telehealth operation. The consumer genetic testing kit company acquired Lemonaid in 2021 for $400 million and is now weighing a sale,...

Perplexity AI Reportedly Eyeing TikTok Merger Amid US Ban
Search engine startup Perplexity AI reportedly wants to merge with TikTok. The company has submitted a bid to TikTok’s China-based parent ByteDance, Reuters reported Saturday (Jan. 18), citing a sou...

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