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Oct 2021
19m 26s

Fri. 10/01 – TikTok And NFTs, Two Great ...

Brian McCullough
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TikTok has joined the NFT craze, so the singularity must be nigh. USB-C tries to clear up its customer confusion problem. Zoom abandons a huge acquisition. And a crypto developer is begging users to give $90 million dollars in tokens back, after an all-time screw up. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Links: TikTok announces NFT collection led by top creators (The ... Show More
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