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TechCrunch Daily Crunch

Daily Crunch 9/21/21

TechCrunch Daily Crunch

SpokenLayer

News, Tech News, Technology

3.849 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Following SEC lawsuit threat, Coinbase cancels launch of ‘Lend’ product; Facebook warned over ‘very small’ indicator LED on smart glasses, as EU DPAs flag privacy concerns; Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Crypt currency exchange coin base has decided to shelve its lend product that would have provided

1:01.5

yield to investors who stake their crypto assets.

1:05.0

Why? The U.S. regulatory body involved with such products views the creation as a security

1:10.0

and said that it would sue coin base if it launched the product.

1:13.2

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly made the case that the SEC was being silly,

1:18.2

which didn't seem to help much.

1:20.2

Next, in the wake of Facebook's announced Ray-Ban camera glasses, the lead privacy regulator in Europe has raised concerns about the hardware.

1:28.0

At issue is the small light indicating that they are recording.

1:31.0

Perhaps a bigger light would be better. That or we may be in another cycle of glasshole discourse, which I am sure

1:38.8

we'd all rather avoid. And a new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of US adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook,

1:48.0

though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% last year to 31% this year.

1:54.0

Pugh's study found that the drop reflects an overall slight decline in the number of Americans

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