Online payments service Payoneer, which counts Airbnb and Amazon as clients, agrees to go public via SPAC at a $3.3B valuation  —  – Payment firm used by Airbnb, Amazon to merge with FTAC Olympus  — Company is profitable, expects $432 million in revenue in 2021 Source

Sources: VCs have approached Clubhouse about investing in its next round at ~$1B valuation, a 10X increase from the previous round; a16z is expected to lead  —  The race to invest in social audio app Clubhouse is on again.  Venture capital firms have approached the startup’s founders … Source

The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, which ends Big Tech acquisitions, could backfire in several ways, like discouraging startups’ productive behavior  —  Congress wants to stop most Big Tech acquisitions.  But that won’t neccesarily increase competition.  —  5 hr ago Source

Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge’s 10th anniversary, tech media’s advance from early breathless gadget reviews, subject-source relationships, and more  —  After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech’s troublesome relationship with the rest of the world. Source

Snapchat says it will permanently ban Trump’s account on January 20 in the interest of public safety and based on repeated violations of Snapchat’s guidelines  —  Snapchat will permanently ban President Trump’s account on Jan. 20, Axios has learned, after locking it indefinitely last week following the Capitol siege. Source

Meta introduces “Sharing to Reels”, an integration that lets developers add the ability to post videos directly to Facebook Reels from their third-party apps  —  Facebook is adding the ability to post Reels from third-party apps, its parent company Meta announced on Tuesday. Source

Google announces second-generation Nest Hub with sleep tracking, powered by a Soli radar chip, for $100, shipping on March 30  —  In deciding to not put a camera on what was initially called the Home Hub, Google made its first Assistant Smart Display ideal for nightstands. Source

Cybersecurity company Rapid7 acquires Kubernetes security startup Alcide for $50M; Alcide had raised ~$12M to date according to Crunchbase data  —  Rapid7, the Boston-based security operations company, has been making moves into the cloud recently and this morning it announced … Source

MessageBird, a Twilio rival, says it has spent $100M+ buying three startups: video calling firm 24sessions, data management firm Hull, and API startup Pusher  —  – Dutch software company agrees to buy 24sessions and Hull  — MessageBird valued at $3 billion during $200 million fundraise Source

Sources: NFT marketplace OpenSea is in talks to raise a round led by Coatue at a $13B valuation, with Kathryn Haun’s new crypto fund participating  —  Coatue expected to lead the round with Kathryn Haun’s new fund participating  —  The NFT-marketplace OpenSea is in talks to raise … Source