Equity Monday: Apple’s remoteness strap continues as crypto law looms

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This is Equity Monday, a weekly kickoff that marks a latest private marketplace news, talks about a entrance week, digs into some new appropriation rounds and mulls over a incomparable thesis or account from a private markets. You can follow a uncover on Twitter here and me here.

It’s going to be a bustling week, with a Samsung eventuality and a horde of gain reports that we’ll have to compensate courtesy to. But some-more critical there are a few stories still winning a news cycle:

• Apple’s remoteness choices: The American hardware company’s skeleton to indicate iPhones for some bootleg element is once again lifting a emanate of remoteness contra safety.
• China’s tech crackdown: The continued clampdown by regulators continued this weekend with Tencent once again underneath a spotlight.
• The American crypto regulatory push: This is still causing waves this morning as Congress works to pass a vital check that could embody crypto regulations that are against by attention leaders.

All that and we also riffed on a Siemens-Sqills deal, Cornerstone OnDemand going private, and Delivery Hero shopping a square of Deliveroo.

And, for combined season and fun, Canopy Servicing only lifted a $15 million Series A, while Siga OT Solutions lifted a $8.1 million Series B.