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May 6, 2022, 5:05 PM

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Joe Warminsky / The Record:
The US sanctions cryptocurrency mixing service Blender.io for allegedly laundering $20.5M from the Axie Infinity hack, the first time the US sanctioned a mixer  —  The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixing service for the first time, citing evidence that it was used …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Google forms a new blockchain group, led by former Citigroup executive James Tromans, to make the Google Cloud Platform the first choice for Web3 developers  —  - Former Citigroup executive James Tromans will lead the new Google group that will build services to help developers construct Web3 applications.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
The SEC says Nvidia will pay $5.5M to settle charges it failed to disclose that cryptomining was a “significant element” of its FY 2018 gaming revenue growth  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it had settled charges against technology company Nvidia Corporation …
Wall Street Journal:
Some ex-TikTok US staff talk of long hours, tight deadlines, lack of work-life boundaries, sleep deprivation, weekend work, and secrecy uncommon in the industry  —  Former U.S. staffers tell of sleep deprivation, work on weekends and mandatory meetings with colleagues on the other side of the globe
Bloomberg:
Sources: China ordered government agencies and state-backed companies to replace foreign-branded PCs with domestic alternatives running local OSes in two years  —  China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers …
Dan Primack / Axios:
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Bloomberg:
Sources: the UK delayed Revolut's banking license over concerns about its crypto trading service and whether the company can tackle money laundering and fraud  —  Nikolay Storonsky, once a championship swimmer in his native Russia, doesn't like to hang around in the slow lane.

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