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Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Friday, April 2nd, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Coinbase is going public and sharing its numbers ahead of time, which is rare and probably a sign of confidence.

The App Store has started rejecting apps ahead of that big new privacy change from Apple,

has Tencent's Gaming Studio become the biggest in the world.

Another clubhouse clone, this time from

discord, and of course the weekend long-reach suggestions. Here's what you

miss today in the world of tech.

It's official.

Coinbase is going public on April 14th and it will release its Q1 results ahead of that

on April 6th, which definitely suggests they think they're going to be able to share some impressive numbers, quoting decrypt.

The plan is unusual and significant because the results will arrive just days before the company offers its shares to the public and will thus add new guidance for investors looking to determine how much coin-based shares should be worth. The announcement comes weeks after coin-based published its 2020 financial results as part of a mandatory S1 regulatory filing ahead of going public.

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