Corporate megastores are spending millions lobbying DC politicians on one-sided policies that send small businesses tumbling.

They want to enact harmful credit card mandates that take resources away from your local credit union and community bank.

Leaving Main Street businesses with less access to credit, making it harder for your family to pay for everyday goods like gas and groceries.

Tell Congress to guard your card and oppose the Durban Marshall credit card mandates.

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Here's your afternoon T&B Tech Minute for Tuesday, October 21st. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

Netflix has reported higher revenue and profit for the third quarter. Its revenue rose 17%

to $11.5 billion, driven by subscription growth, price increases, and higher ad revenue. The

streaming giant said it recorded its best ever quarter for ad sales and

is on track to more than double that this year. Net income increased nearly 8% to $2.5 billion,

but that was below the nearly $3 billion it expected. Shares are up nearly 40% since the start of the

year. We exclusively report that Coinbase have struck a deal to acquire

Echo, which lets crypto companies raise capital on the blockchain for about $375 million. Coinbase hopes

the deal will give its customers access to more investment opportunities and allow it to offer

more services to early stage companies.

Coinbase is the country's largest crypto exchange, and the Echo Acquisition marks its eighth

deal so far this year. The company has a market value of around $90 billion. Its shares are up

about 40% so far this year, as it's been capitalizing on President Trump's crypto-friendly regime.

And Xenergy, which makes cooling equipment used in data centers and other facilities,

is getting financial backing from decarbonization partners. The investment firm was formed by

Black Rock and Singapore's Tamasek to invest in clean energy businesses. Financial terms of the deal

weren't disclosed. Ex-energy said it plans to use the fresh capital to create new products and build

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