Explosive Growth in Fintech and New Streaming Ventures

Time for iPhone rumor season to hit fever pitch. Will the next iPhone take a page out of the Apple Watch’s book when it comes to screens? Has Apple run afoul of US labor law? The Crypto fix fails in the Senate, so now folks have to hope for reconciliation with the House. An interesting raise that is up 5X in 5 months. And a possible explanation for the Buy Now Pay Later craze.

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Links:

• Apple Readies New iPhones With Pro-Focused Camera, Video Updates (Bloomberg)
• APPLE KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN EMPLOYEE-RUN SURVEYS ON PAY EQUITY — AND LABOR LAWYERS SAY IT’S ILLEGAL (The Verge)
• Bitcoin Lobby Loses: Senate Rejects Revised Crypto Tax Provisions in Infrastructure Bill (Decrypt)
• Google’s new Titan security key lineup won’t make you choose between USB-C and NFC (The Verge)
• Crypto Platform FalconX Quintuples Valuation to $3.75 Billion (Bloomberg)
• Square's $29 billion deal for buy-now, pay-later player Afterpay is the starting gun for the race to build a money super app (Insider)
• Exclusive: Salesforce enters the streaming wars (Axios)

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