Leadership Changes at Lyft and Amazon's Expanding Connectivity

I titled an episode last week “Twilight Of The Blue Checks.” Well, today is the sequel, “Rise Of The Blue Checks” cause starting April 15, you’ll have to be a blue check to appear on Twitter’s For You tab. Also: the feds go after Binance. Disney cuts its entire metaverse unit. And the UK cancels its NFT.

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Links:

• Elon Musk says Twitter’s For You page will only recommend verified accounts (The Verge)
• The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else (Platformer)
• Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao violated compliance rules to attract U.S. users, CFTC alleges (CNBC)
• Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company’s Layoffs Plan (WSJ)
• NFT: Plans for Royal Mint produced token dropped (BBC News)
• Lyft CEO and president to step down, former Amazon exec David Risher named as replacement (CNBC)
• Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on (The Verge)

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