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Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: US SEC Chair Gary Gensler concedes that losing in court after rejecting Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF left the agency with little choice but to approve such ETFs  —  The SEC chair said a court forced his… Read More »US SEC Chair Gary Gensler concedes that losing in court after rejecting Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF left the agency with little choice but to approve such ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Reuters: The US SEC approves 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, including those of Grayscale, Bitwise, and Hashdex  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, including those of Grayscale, Bitwise and Hashdex, according to a… Read More »The US SEC approves 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, including those of Grayscale, Bitwise, and Hashdex (Reuters)

Politico: Sources: Amazon won’t offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its planned $1.4B takeover of iRobot  —  Amazon won’t offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its… Read More »Sources: Amazon won’t offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its planned $1.4B takeover of iRobot (Politico)

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The SEC says it is working with the FBI in investigating the false X post about spot bitcoin ETFs  —  – The SEC spokesperson said the agency will provide updates as appropriate and said any… Read More »The SEC says it is working with the FBI in investigating the false X post about spot bitcoin ETFs (Sarah Wynn/The Block)

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: The US DOJ says SAP will pay over $220M to settle investigations into worldwide “recidivist” foreign bribery practices  —  – SAP, the $192 billion German enterprise tech company, will pay more than $220 million to settle… Read More »The US DOJ says SAP will pay over $220M to settle investigations into worldwide “recidivist” foreign bribery practices (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X has quietly removed the ability for paying subscribers to set an NFT as a profile picture, a feature Twitter launched in early 2022  —  On Tuesday, Elon Musk’s X wrote about a grand vision for… Read More »X has quietly removed the ability for paying subscribers to set an NFT as a profile picture, a feature Twitter launched in early 2022 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches ChatGPT Team, a new subscription plan for teams up to 149 people, for $30 per user per month, or $25 per user per month billed annually  —  OpenAI is launching a new subscription plan… Read More »OpenAI launches ChatGPT Team, a new subscription plan for teams up to 149 people, for $30 per user per month, or $25 per user per month billed annually (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI launches GPT Store, where users can share their custom chatbots, says users made 3M chatbots so far, and it will launch a revenue sharing program in Q1  —  The store will feature a bot leaderboard,… Read More »OpenAI launches GPT Store, where users can share their custom chatbots, says users made 3M chatbots so far, and it will launch a revenue sharing program in Q1 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sensor Tower: Netflix Games downloads rose 180% YoY to 81.2M globally across the App Store and Google Play in 2023, with Q4 accounting for 53% of downloads  —  Just over two years ago, Netflix announced it… Read More »Sensor Tower: Netflix Games downloads rose 180% YoY to 81.2M globally across the App Store and Google Play in 2023, with Q4 accounting for 53% of downloads (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Maria Sherman / Associated Press: Luminate’s 2023 report: the global music industry passed 4T streams in 2023, a new record and up 34% from 2022; Taylor Swift had one in every 78 US streams  —  Listened to more music last… Read More »Luminate’s 2023 report: the global music industry passed 4T streams in 2023, a new record and up 34% from 2022; Taylor Swift had one in every 78 US streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)