Klarna's Dramatic Valuation Drop: A Reflection of Fintech Struggles

The Crypto Crash goes ever onward. Klarna is going on a realty tv show called, Now That’s what I Call A Haircut! The hackers have come for the Chinese surveillance state. The World Cup is going to have the robots call offsides. And Steve Jobs is getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Links:

• Crypto platform Vauld suspends withdrawls, trading and deposits amid financial challenges. (TechCrunch)
• Number Three (Entrepreneurs Handbook)
• Meta to Shut Down Novi Service in September in Crypto Winter (Bloomberg)
• Klarna in Talks to Raise Fresh Cash at Slashed $6.5 Billion Valuation (WSJ)
• Hackers Claim Theft of Police Info in China’s Largest Data Leak (Bloomberg)
• AI-powered technology will be used to speed up VAR offside calls at World Cup (The Guardian)
• Google patches new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer)
• President Biden to award Steve Jobs with posthumous Medal of Freedom (9to5Mac)

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