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It Is What It Is: A fake app hyped on Twitter turned into a fundraiser for racial justice causes

The Verge

An inside joke about a TikTok meme among a group of friends on Twitter grew into a minor social media mystery before morphing into a fundraiser for anti-racism causes. On Thursday, the eye-mouth-eye emoji meme started appearing in people’s Twitter handles and almost immediately, the buzz started about what it all meant, Gizmodo reported.

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Friend.tech hype grows, Tornado Cash founders go for a spin and FBI’s monitoring North Korean hackers

TechCrunch

Follow me on Twitter @Jacqmelinek for breaking crypto news, memes and more. But that’s ok, we dove deep into the hype and looked at what skeptics are worried about for the new application. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Perhaps they can not get a Facebook ad budget approved or they are simply stuck in the outdated “social media is free” meme. Those nonprofits that embrace a comprehensive Messenger strategy now are those best positioned to raise the most money through a Messenger Donate button. 8) Experiment with Facebook Stories.

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No one knows what anything is worth

TechCrunch

Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. Band 3 is the retail cohort, the /r/WallStreetBets, meme-stock, fintech Twitter rabble that are both incredibly fun to watch and also the sort of person you wouldn’t loan $500 to while in Las Vegas. Click here if you want it in your inbox every Saturday morning. Minna raised €15.5

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Charlie bit us all, if you really think about it

The Verge

It’s hard to describe the absolute chaos around NFTs (non-fungible tokens) right now; tech reporters’ inboxes are flooded with the latest and stupidest additions to this trend of digital certificates for memes and other pieces of digital memorabilia. Charlie, good going, my young friend. In the end, you bit us all.

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Jimmy Wales is selling his first Wikipedia edit as an NFT

The Verge

While the Wikimedia Foundation accepts donations in Bitcoin, he says the money raised through that “hasn’t been massive.” But Wales sees potential for NFTs to supplement the traditional ways artists make money, especially around internet culture. Wales has an ambivalent overall relationship with blockchain technology.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fighting fundraising fears, XaaS CS strategy, the ‘collapse’ of VC

TechCrunch

Similarly, there’s no reason to be fearful about raising money, but like carefree cruisers at full sail, founders should have healthy respect for a process that’s not under their control. For many founders looking to raise money, this is a terrible time. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.