Tuesday January 13, 2026
Apple $AAPL is finally entering the AI race through a deep partnership with Google $GOOGL, integrating advanced models directly into Siri rather than building everything in house.
Markets criticized Apple for moving slowly on AI, but this strategy reframes that narrative. Instead of spending tens of billions on training infrastructure and model development like competitors, Apple reaches parity by leveraging Google’s scale while preserving margins. The setup likely positions Apple as a net economic winner, gaining best in class AI capabilities while potentially collecting billions in payments, reinforcing its long standing playbook of platform control, capital discipline, and ecosystem leverage.
◾ Apple $AAPL signs Siri-AI pact with $GOOGL (Google)
◾ Sens Lummis (R-WY) and Wyden (D-OR) propose dev safe harbor bill (Senate.gov)
◾ India weighs forcing smartphone source code access (Reuters)
Government & NGO Actions
◾ CFTC launches Innovation Committee (Cftc.gov)
◾ SEC Chair questions US seizure of Venezuelan bitcoin (YouTube)
◾ Trump says Microsoft $MSFT to cap data center power costs (CNBC)
◾ Wisconsin lawmakers lawmakers target data center utility hikes (Channel3000)
◾ Department of War rolls out AI accelerator plan (War.gov)
◾ Texas Dems push AG probe into Grok images (Kvue)
◾ Sen. Ag Committee to review crypto market bill this month (Senate.gov)
◾ Nigeria to link tax IDs to crypto (Gov.ng)
◾ Italy flags social media promos as investment advice (Consob.it)
◾ Thailand tightens grey money rules on gold and crypto (NationThailand)
◾ UK probes Grok images (NYTimes)
◾ Bank of Italy warns ETH sensitive to price shocks (BancaItalia.it)
◾ Dubai shifts crypto approval from regulator to licensed firms (Cointelegraph)
Financial Notices & Public Company Releases
◾ Financial updates:
Figure $FIGR Q4’25: Loan vol $372M +134 y/y
◾ Operation updates:
Strategy $MSTR +13,627 BTC ($1.2B) | BTC balance 687k (SecFiling)
Bitmine $BMNR 1/11: holdings 4.1M ETH | 193 BTC | $23M in $ORBS | $988M cash
Bitdeer $BTDR Dec’25: BTC mined 636 | HR 55.2 EH/s
◾ AGM Group $AGMH signs tokenization MOI (GlobeNewswire)
◾ $HIVE expands ops into Paraguay (Newsfilecorp)
Restructuring, Hacks, Losses & Legal Updates
◾ Judge blocks TN move against prediction markets (Cointelegraph)
◾ $META to cut 10% of Reality Labs division (NYTimes)
Crypto Protocols, Applications & Business News
◾ $BAKKT to buy Distributed Technologies Research stablecoin platform (Bakkt)
◾ Fitch Ratings flags high risk in BTC backed securities (FitchRatings)
◾ Kraken backed SPAC files IPO (SecFiling)
◾ BitGo begins IPO process (Businesswire)
◾ World Liberty Financial readies lending platform (Bloomberg)
◾ Standard Chartered $SCBFY to launch crypto prime broker (Bloomberg)
AI Models, Applications & Developments
◾ Nvidia $NVDA and Eli Lilly $LLY commit $1B to AI drug lab (NvidiaNews)
◾ Anthropic launches Claude for Healthcare (Anthropic)
The Attention Economy, Gaming & Interactive Shifts
◾ Rumble $RUM locks exclusive Dan Bongino rights (GlobeNewswire)