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To get a roundup of \u2019s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT,<\/em> subscribe here<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n Hey, hey, hey! Good to have you back with us again. Today, we\u2019re mostly amazed at how quiet Twitter gets during Burning Man, and excited that we\u2019re doing a Labor Day sale for Plus, if you\u2019ve been wanting to read our subscription site but you\u2019ve been holding off for whatever reason. \u2014 Christine<\/a> and Haje<\/a><\/p>\n Initialized Capital was VC Garry Tan\u2019s answer to a need first highlighted by Y Combinator. As a partner at the accelerator from 2010 to 2015, Tan spent time working with companies to better understand what they needed from investors after they graduated. This week, he announced he\u2019s back at the helm at YC, and Natasha M<\/a> interviewed him about what\u2019s next for Y Combinator.<\/p>\n The company behind last summer\u2019s hot social app, Poparazzi, appears to be readying a round two following its $15 million Series A announced in June. A new listing in the App Store under the developer\u2019s account, TTYL, is teasing a pre-release app called Made with Friends, Sarah<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n When the news hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that\u2019s a-more-news:<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Peter Dazeley (opens in a new window)<\/span> \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Because it\u2019s a nascent industry that\u2019s largely unregulated, crypto companies are not generally skilled at crisis communications. (We\u2019re being generous here.)<\/p>\n When a bank or financial services company experiences a massive security failure or a volatility shock, federal laws dictate how it must communicate with its customers. Crypto startups, however, must rely on their own best judgment.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s little benefit in declaring that the sky is falling and begging your community for investment, but an overly rosy outlook won\u2019t fool anyone either,\u201d says Tahem Verma, co-founder and CEO of Mesha.<\/p>\n (+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead.<\/em> You can sign up here<\/em>.)<\/em><\/p>\n Last chance to get your game on in the Facebook Gaming app. The social media giant said it is shutting down its stand-alone app at the end of October, Aisha<\/a> reports. Don\u2019t worry, you can still find your games in Gaming on actual Facebook. When launching the separate app two years ago, it seemed to be more difficult than Facebook bargained for, so it decided to join \u2019em instead of beating \u2019em.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Top 3<\/h2>\n
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