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Techmeme: 2TM, the parent company of Brazil's largest crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin, dismisses 80+ employees, or ~12% of its staff; 2TM was valued at $2.1B in July 2021 (Mike Millard/The Block)
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Techmeme: AltStore is an alternative iOS App Store that works without a jailbreak, using a developer feature for sideloading test apps, and has its own Nintendo emulator (Nick Statt/The Verge)
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