Fair Value Measurements - Nonmarketable Equity Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Cost of investments	$ 23,875	$ 23,625
Cumulative impairment and downward adjustment	(1,205)	(888)
Cumulative upward adjustment	16,731	16,731
Carrying amount of investments	$ 39,401	$ 39,468

Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Cost of Securities

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Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Impairment Loss and Downward Price Adjustment, Cumulative Amount

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Amount of investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
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Amount of cumulative gain from upward price adjustment on investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126980263&loc=SL75117539-209714

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