Disruptiv Newsletter: YouTube rewards Shorts 🎬 Disney+ livestreamed TV show 🍿 Spotify launches audiobook service 🎧 Crypto 🎨 and more

Welcome to the Disruptiv newsletter! You're about to get this week's top tech and innovation insight that we saw this week. Enjoy! [disruptivflow-header] Good morning, FlowBankers Welcome to the Disruptiv newsletter! A weekly aggregate of relevant tech-focused quick takes. . Saturday 24th September, 2022 [Start trading](113/cXx8Z04/VWKry471JmHrW8B8B493QWXj6W35KrPN4QknFvN69sMVm2-MK5V1-WJV7CgQr0W6KQFTh7jQ1vQN3brFmFFlxcTW2vC6Gw6PMXwYW5vhXpH2BkMBbW7wcH8-7XVpHwW1Yx_6R1wbqV3W7K-x9y2ryqV7VxJ1HT5qSZxZW1z52QG7mcxLJN22q00wCykJGW1xZx5p4jPX_TW2sxGS164Srw2W7x39J98Kf06HW1yRN2K3hKl-FW7l270753MsBGW4x1DNb6CKv69W5CVTLC7t6_35W3SPRbq519dY-W13BHY54KV1_1N1ZnxFC_qqSL31hH1) FlowBank tech articles 📚 Where will the Nasdaq bottom? [nasdaq](113/cXx8Z04/VWKry471JmHrW8B8B493QWXj6W35KrPN4QknFvN69sMVm2-MK5V1-WJV7CgTxLW88nMHT6X49bxV_812B8JSV9MW4t7nwY5h3HPdW5XjDlT62_hhJW5lJHY-1prH29W6qqBnH1HgR98VYYrTc1FP5f1Vd19D364XdDzW2WWWMZ8SmQsCW8Ycj7592L91GW4MswKw7__KB4W6SgBdX8N5vSJW4fkHCY41MlykW81nL_74SGDdGW5mVrYR8mhjMwW1BTrSX57XvxvW91bPW24scvctW72X59s5CvGz4W12cqhl7FKj99VV_xxq8YqRkP3cSk1) The Nasdaq took a 5% hit last week after higher-than-expected US CPI data. The upside surprise was a discouraging read, going against the consensus view. The most striking part was the unexpected increase in core prices (ex food and energy), rising for the first time in six months. [Read me](113/cXx8Z04/VWKry471JmHrW8B8B493QWXj6W35KrPN4QknFvN69sMVm2-MK5V1-WJV7CgYzFW605K8q7MyNyJW6rk6zd4YbjxNN5tbtkKcmXZZVLD0vb339bDNW30cm7Q5pY21nW3ldFfx94qLCPW93hSp24cs6hvW4ZfJBs52bwdkVZ2h228TYd7VN82NdDwbvT6WW6767X38xJ-xyW5g3QKX33cDF7W61wQpp6tkZcvW4Cn1-r9l-Jx9W1-zRj133GywgW2nlD_j5TnwwLW1Dtcp41jQ-G1W4Dw_zk1g2GkqW8R2M-_1vTXwjW52Gcyl3HW-6M36Ry1) AR/VR: the next frontier for tech giants? [Picture1-4](113/cXx8Z04/VWKry471JmHrW8B8B493QWXj6W35KrPN4QknFvN69sMVG2-MKpV1-WJV7CgYQSW1gcrrF3N5GMyW8k8zPV4BM_cMW7cbxnq6d1tpzN2QFsXCkg7XlW82vXQq6TzBh1W5g10yC57_xxMW3rpB-R8xPtstW4fTKxC8zzCsnN4xLWWbrY6jmW7DpHJC4Lb1G-W2h4c2q12sYFTW390M4b43RrsMW8W9WTl2rX_dDW52DWKS8jQwfsW94NNn86Q5g_SW3x70bN31DpFKW7h7XyV3WLF9GW5lKlsV76kQPwN75k9_bSfzRVVlFsVS6mW58cW8PJ60C5N2Z2KW4zgFjF719qnQ3lMb1) The Augmented Reality market is expected to grow from USD22 billion in 2021 to USD88 billion in 2026, more than 30% annually. The tech giants are all involved, but who is leading the race? [Read me](113/cXx8Z04/VWKry471JmHrW8B8B493QWXj6W35KrPN4QknFvN69sMVG2-MKpV1-WJV7CgRGwW956tZ24xCWfHW6B_L2r6wKJsCW2PdbFx5T-2BbW6zWVh15G9fQ8W73Kh2J5MfL0-W49kK9m5wVf3cW67Jq7f8Z9ZQtW1JCS6d3yCPx3W2kmTDQ4879kpW6PMJp68F4ls0W3R06sm7LCpK1W7XRx-33T3X5pW6Myv121dSQY0Vvpvm65fJzd9W1msq4w1HtcZnW3PTCG17j8D1cVZVvvd3pSSCwW58hHfV1-6NjHW97H4tX5jsG7MW3YspkD8hTHK7W3BnM7C10nHY4W7-Wgf551qr3D3nJx1) Big Technology 🍎 - YouTube announced major changes to its YouTube Partner Program, allowing creators to earn ad revenue on Shorts, its TikTok competitor. c - Netflix is releasing a new mobile game based on its popular bake-off show ‘Nailed It!’. The game will launch on October 4, a day before Season 7 of the bake-off competition show debuts on October 5. c - Disney+ livestreamed TV show ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ marking an important milestone as it is the first time the tech giant livesteams a TV show. The experience was smooth, despite minor crashes on the app. c - Spotify launched an audiobook service to US users. The catalog has 300K+ titles from independent authors and major publishers like Penguin Random House, taking on Amazon and Apple in its quest for growth.c - Hinge, a dating app targeting a younger generation, owned by Match, is launching two new features, "video prompts" and "prompts rolls", allowing users to answer specific prompts and publish polls. VC + Startups 🎯 - Sweetch Energy, a French startup that has developed technology to turn salt water into electricity, raises EUR6 million to deploy its pioneering tech on a large scale, giving Europe a new renewable electricity source. - Immortal Game, a Paris-based Web3 gaming startup raises EUR15.5 million to ramp up the global expansion of its blockchain-powered Chess game, which has about 800 million players worldwide. - Bump, a French startup producing EV charging stations signed a USD180 million financing deal to rapidly roll out more charging stations. It plans to create another 2'000 charging stations by the end of 2023. - Hedera Dx, a Swiss startup pioneering the adoption of liquid biopsy in cancer treatments, raises EUR14 million to push forward its mission of bringing better access to cutting-edge treatments to patients globally. - Cello, a Munich-based startup raises EUR2.3 million to build its user-led growth platform. The martech tool is set to be a revolutionary part of the customer acquisition toolbox and is already trusted by top SaaS names. Crypto 👾 - Nasdaq, the second largest stock exchange, is making its first major push into cryptos, offering custody services for BTC and ETH to institutional investors, whose interest persists despite depressed prices. c - Now redundant, Ethereum miners are flocking to other proof-of-work tokens after the network switched to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. This has led to a significant drop in mining profitability. c - Colorado becomes the first US state accepting taxes in BTC and ETH. Authorities announced that state residents are allowed to pay their taxes in cryptocurrencies. Law and regulation 🕵️ - Florida’s attorney general asked the Supreme Court to decide whether states have the right to regulate how social media companies moderate content on their services. c - Meta will pay walkie-talkie app maker Voxer Inc. more than USD174.5 million in damages after a Texas jury found it had infringed two patents with the social media giant’s Facebook Live and Instagram Live features. Disruptiv Figure 📊 . EV Infrastructure Enters Catch-Up Mode With a ban on the production of petrol and diesel-powered cars on the horizon in a number of key markets and the jump in petrol prices, the pace of EV penetration is picking up. When it comes to public infrastructure to match this growing demand though, a lot of countries are still a long way behind. 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