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Daily Crunch: Starting today, Twitter says all advertisers must obtain verified accounts

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Twitter seemingly now requires all advertisers to have a verified checkmark, Paul reports. Daily Crunch: Starting today, Twitter says all advertisers must obtain verified accounts by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch A court ruled that Meta can be sued over alleged unlawful sacking and blacklisting of moderators.

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Extra Crunch roundup: NS1 EC-1, Pakistan’s tech ecosystem, SPACs bonanza

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Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). “The venture capital market is racing ahead, foot on the gas, middle finger out the window, hair on fire.” Image Credits: Juj Winn (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: shan.shihan (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. The NS1 EC-1.

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Letterhead wants to be the Shopify of email newsletters

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Image Credits: Letterhead (opens in a new window). Advertising inventory in these emails was in high demand, so the company built out a self-service payment system for advertisers, which allowed its newsletter writers to easily publish the correct ads in the correct place. Image Credits: Letterhead (opens in a new window).

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Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020

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Image Credits: Juana Mari Moya (opens in a new window) /Getty Images (Image has been modified). Image Credits: Richard Drury (opens in a new window) /Getty Images. Image Credits: PM Images (opens in a new window) /Getty Images. Image Credits: Kmatta (opens in a new window) /Getty Images. API startups are so hot right now.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: VC advice for CEOs, 2022 e-commerce trends, OpenSea’s valuation

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Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Image Credits: Carol Yepes (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Image Credits: PaoloBis (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Robert Lowdon (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom

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Image Credits: Dmitrii_Guzhanin (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Getty Images under a GK Hart/Vikki Hart (opens in a new window) license. Image Credits: Getty Images under a jayk7 (opens in a new window) license. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). “We

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Instacart shakes up its leadership structure as the market awaits its IPO

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Recall that Instacart has a few revenue lines, including delivery, a software platform that it offers to grocery chains, and advertising business. Because search advertising is a big damn market. In simple terms, high-intent customers searching for goods to buy is the precise place where advertisers want to flaunt their wares.

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