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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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We have a busy slate for you today, including news sure to annoy the blockchain faithful, new funds, Facebook’s latest rebrand and more. India continues to debate the fate of cryptocurrencies : A nation’s regulatory and banking bodies debating blockchain technology and its related tokens is a daily occurrence. PST, subscribe here.

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Daily Crunch: Months after rejecting a $17B bid, Zendesk sells to private equity group for $10.2B

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CEO Anatoly Yakovenko announced this week that its first product, the Osom OV1, will be an Android smartphone that supports decentralized apps reliant on the Solana blockchain. Meanwhile, in India, the central bank is cracking down on fintech startups , reports Manish. Reactions have been mixed, Jacquelyn reports.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter tells GitHub to remove proprietary source code and help them ID who posted it

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Three more from the TC+ team: Crypto is the ticket : Ticketmaster sucks, Anna concludes, and wonders if blockchains can be the cure. No spying : A new Biden executive order bans federal agencies from using commercial spyware that poses threats to human rights and national security, Zack writes. Avoid these 7 mistakes. Go together!

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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Bankrolling the Blockchain with a16z Crypto. Launched in 2020, Solana gained worldwide renown for being one of the fastest blockchains with a rapidly growing developer ecosystem. with Nik Milanovic (This Week in Fintech), Josh Ogundu (Campfire) and Gefen Skolnick (Couplet Coffee). The Great Expectations of Crypto and Blockchain.