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January 12, 2023, 10:06 PM

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Sarah Wynn / The Block:
The SEC charges Genesis and Gemini with the unregistered offering and sale of securities to retail investors through a Gemini crypto lending program  —  - The SEC charged both Gemini and Genesis with unregistered offering and sale of securities to retail investors, some of who were in the U.S.
Nikou Asgari / Financial Times:
Sources: crypto broker Genesis owes creditors over $3B, leading DCG to explore selling parts of its venture capital holdings, estimated at ~$500M, to raise cash  —  Barry Silbert's conglomerate weighs offloading venture assets to help wholly owned digital asset lender
Lucinda Shen / Axios:
Sam Bankman-Fried publishes a Substack post offering his account of how FTX collapsed, sticking to his claims of innocence even after ex-executives pled guilty  —  Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday published his account of how the crypto company collapsed.
Tony Stubblebine / The Official Medium Blog:
Medium launches a Mastodon instance on me.dm, promising members a service with reliable moderation, smoother onboarding, an interesting local feed, and more  —  The fediverse is a breath of fresh air for writers and social media  —  Today, Medium is launching a Mastodon instance at me.dm …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Google and Nvidia told the FTC that the Activision Blizzard deal could give Microsoft an unfair advantage in cloud, subscription, and mobile gaming  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Nvidia Corp. have expressed concerns to the Federal Trade Commission about Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition …
Bloomberg:
Bulgarian police raided London-based crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia on January 12, seeking information on suspected money laundering and tax crimes  —  Crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia was raided by Bulgarian police on Thursday as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering and tax crimes.
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Congress rejects the US Army's request for $400M to buy as many as 6,900 Microsoft HoloLens goggles this fiscal year but approves $40M to develop a new model  —  Microsoft Corp. won't be getting more orders for its combat goggles anytime soon after Congress rejected the US Army's request …
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Semafor:
Sources: Tiger Global struggles to raise its latest fund after investors learned it secretly paid a senior female employee $10M to settle bullying allegations  —  Tiger Global, the $60 billion firm that's a major tech investor, has been struggling to raise its latest venture fund since investors learned …
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Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Mac shipments in Q4 2022 declined 10.1% YoY according to Gartner, 7.5% according to Canalys, and 2.1% according to IDC, versus much steeper PC market declines  —  When you look at fourth quarter worldwide PC sales data from Canalys, IDC and Gartner, it's fair to say that the news was not great …
The Guardian:
Meta sues to ban Voyager Labs from using Facebook and Instagram, alleging the investigative software firm created 38K+ fake accounts to scrape 600K+ users' data  —  The social media giant launched an investigation into Voyager's use of fake accounts after a Guardian investigation
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
SEC proxy filing: Apple plans to reduce Tim Cook's compensation by 40%+ to $49M in 2023, from $99.4M in 2022, citing investor guidance and a request from Cook  —  Apple Inc. is cutting Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook's compensation by more than 40% to $49 million in 2023 …
Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech:
Intel unveils its Core i9-13900KS CPU, clocked at 6GHz out of the box, with eight performance cores, 16 efficiency cores, and a 150W TDP, available now for $699  —  Initially mentioned during their Innovation 2022 opening keynote by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel has unveiled …
Kali Hays / Insider:
Sources: Twitter is leaving 12+ offices due to closures or not paying rent, including in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, and India  —  - Twitter is leaving at least a dozen international offices due to closures or not paying rent.  — Hubs in Europe and even Twitter's headquarters in Asia are shuttered.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
A look at the FAA's struggles to modernize air traffic control, such as improving safety notices to pilots and ending the use of paper strips to track aircraft  —  The breakdown of a key computer system, which resulted in the suspension of U.S. flight departures on Wednesday …
Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
Allegedly official Samsung Galaxy S23 marketing images leak, showing four colors, no vertical camera bar, and more; S23 Ultra is rumored to have a 200MP camera  —  The Galaxy S23 from Samsung is set to be announced on the first day of February.  Even though that's a given …
Chainalysis:
Analysis: in 2022, illicit crypto transaction volume rose to an all-time high of $20.1B, of which 44% came from activity associated with sanctioned entities  —  Every year, we publish our estimates of illicit cryptocurrency activity to demonstrate the power of blockchains' transparency …

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