WATCHING TODAY:
1. WP: Paris and Brussels to ban ‘Freedom Convoy’ inspired by Canadian protest
2. The DOJ’s $3.6B bitcoin seizure shows how hard it is to launder crypto: Wired reports a couple allegedly used a “laundry list” of technical measures to cover their tracks. They didn’t work.
3. Silicon Valley’s tech monopoly is over. Is the future in Austin, Texas? LAT reports the Bay Area’s hold on venture capital remains solid, but the loss of Tesla and other companies could threaten California’s economic future.
4. The Snoop Dogg has bought control of Death Row Records, the label where he began his career, from a group owned by Blackstone.
5. 100 million Americans can legally bet on the Super Bowl. Sports will never be the same: Bloomberg reports the first Super Bowl of the online betting era is upon us, and it’s going to be wild.
