Fri. 01/13 – Is The Government Crackdown On Crypto Starting?

The SEC just officially labeled two crypto lending programs as unregistered securities? Is the regulatory tsunami beginning? Did Tim Cook actually ask Apple to cut his pay? Did the nascent industry of carbon capture just take its first steps? And in the longreads, I go in depth to explain that weird OpenAI/Microsoft deal. It’s complicated.

Links:

• SEC charges Gemini and Genesis with unregistered securities offering (The Block)
• Apple’s Tim Cook Takes Rare CEO Pay Cut After Pushback (Bloomberg)
• Climate Startup Removes Carbon From Open Air in Industry First (WSJ)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Microsoft + OpenAI: Inside Tech’s Hottest Romance (The Information)
• Is Microsoft about to get the deal of the century? Or is Sam Altman unloading OpenAI at just the right time? (Gary Marcus)
• Robert Tinney’s Visions Of The Future (DocPop)
• Dungeons & Dragons content creators are fighting to protect their livelihoods (TechCrunch)