🍪 Paypal meets crypto and a cage match update

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In the oven this week:

  • 🥊 A cage match update, plus Paypal gets into crypto

  • 🗳️ Poll of the week: crypto - hot or not?

  • 🍪 Cookie crumbs: 5 bite-sized headlines

  • 💬 Tweet of the week: stop working so hard

  • 🍫 Chocolate chips: 4 of our favorite finds

  • 😂 Snickerdoodles: Thursday memes

FRESHLY BAKED

THE CAGE MATCH IS…ON?

I know, you’re tired - TIRED, of hearing about Zuck and Elon.

But drama is a spectator sport, and we are grade A spectators!!

It’s our duty to report the tea.

Us, reporting for duty

So here’s the latest on the whole cage match, ‘cause it’s gettin’ good.

This week, Elon tweeted (X-eeted?) that he was preparing for the fight by lifting weights at work, and that it would all be live streamed on Twitter to raise money for charity:

Zuck’s responses are hilarious:

Elon shoots back and plays the sick card, but maintains that he could still win:

At this point, the cage match pretty much has to happen. For all the airtime Elon’s given it, it’d be too embarrassing if he backed out, even for medical reasons.

LFG!! We’re on the edge of our seats.

THE BIG PIZOOKIE

PAYPAL 🤝 CRYPTO

Ah, what a lovely morning. The birds are chirping, the kids are playing, and … wait, ya hear that?

The crypto degens are changing “WAGMI!!” in the distance.

Yup, the crypto fiends are comin’ outta of the woodwork again as PayPal launches a stablecoin called PayPal USD (PYUSD).

Stablecoins are generally pegged to something to avoid volatility - a commodity, currency, or other financial asset. In this case, PYUSD pegged to the US dollar.

But before you get too excited, it turns out some developers already looked into the code and found some major red flags.

Turns out, there are some kinda sketchy things happening under the hood:

  • The owner (aka PayPal) can freeze addresses and wipe funds

  • They can pause all transfers

  • They can even increase the total supply of tokens whenever they want

PayPal has been around for ages, but with crypto, you always gotta check for questionable behavior.

Stay safe out there, friends.

POLL OF THE WEEK

ARE YOU STILL INVESTING IN CRYPTO?

Chamath says crypto’s dead.

Sequoia’s downsizing their crypto fund.

But Coinbase is crushing, and big fintech co’s like PayPal are still getting into crypto.

Give us your take:

Are you still investing in crypto? Vote below! 👇🏽

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COOKIE CRUMBS

BITE SIZED HEADLINES

Last week, Mr. Beast sued his ghost kitchen partner over some nasty burgers. Now, they’re counter suing Mr. Beast for $100M, saying he didn't fulfill his contractual obligations to create publicity for the burger. Maybe ‘cause it was gross?? The beef continues…

If you're dying to replace your cracked iPhone, you might just be in luck - the new iPhone 15 is launching on Sept 22.

WeWork says there’s “substantial doubt” it’ll stay in business. Apparently their net margin is -47%. How’s that for an investor update?? Their stock plummeted 25% on the news, naturally.

Big tech earnings: Amazon crushed, Apple faltered.

FROM THE COOKIE JAR

TWEET OF THE WEEK

Your weekly reminder to take off your shoes and enjoy life.

CHOCOLATE CHIPS

OUR FAVORITE FINDS

SNICKERDOODLES

THURSDAY MEMES

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That's all we got for ya this week, folks. See ya next Thursday!

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