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INTANGIBLE ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Crypto Asset Information | The following tables present the digital assets name, cost basis, fair value, and number of units for each significant digital asset holding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
Digital asset name | March 31, 2024
Cost basis (1) | Fair value | Number of units held
| (In millions, except for number of units held)
Bitcoin | $ | 6 |  | $ | 29 |  | 412.7 |
Ether | 3 |  | 11 |  | 3,041.6 |
Digital asset name | December 31, 2023
Cost basis (1) | Fair value | Number of units held
| (In millions, except for number of units held)
Bitcoin | $ | 6 |  | $ | 17 |  | 412.7 |
Ether | 3 |  | 7 |  | 3,041.6 |
(1) Cost basis of the digital assets is net of $21 million of impairment losses recognized prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-08.

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