Good morning! After betting that Bitcoin would hit $1 million within three months, Balaji Srinivasan has settled his bet by paying $1.5 million in donations to three entities. Hyperinflation remains at bay, for now 🌬️

🌶 Highlight of the day 🌶

Airbnb rolled out a host of Rooms focused features. Airbnb is creating a dedicated Rooms category in search, while pushing more private Room options in default searches. Users will also get privacy details around Rooms, such as whether there’s a lock or if other guests will be present 🔒

It’s a move focused on increasing conversion among Airbnb’s more price sensitive customers, given average prices have risen 36% since 2019 🌡️

♨️ Hot off the press launches

Big tech

• Google rolls out passkeys for Google accounts globally 

• Google announces blue verified checkmarks on Gmail

• TikTok opens up its creator fund to all eligible US creators

• TikTok unveils an ad-product for publishers

• Discord ships an updated username format

General and early-stage

• BeReal ships a curated timeline of high-profile users 

• Fortnite launches on Fire TV and Amazon Luna

• Nextdoor ships an AI assistant to help users write better posts

• Box announces generative-AI tools powered by ChatGPT

• Zillow launches a ChatGPT plugin for house hunting

• Dashlane replaces master passwords with device biometrics

🔍 Other good finds

• Hindsight. How to predict and prevent problems before launch

• The Gauntlet. FTC proposes banning Meta from monetizing minors

• Uncle Sam. Ex-Opensea head of product convicted for insider trading

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- Amol