SEC No-Action Letter Creates Opening for More Firms to Serve as Crypto Custodians
The clarification of the regulator’s stance creates a potential opening for a wider group of firms to serve as custodians for digital assets.
Month: October 2025
U.S. government takes stake in Canadian lithium miner and its Nevada mining project
The U.S. Department of Energy has taken equity stakes in Canadian company Lithium Americas and its Nevada mining joint venture with General Motors as part of a renegotiation of a federal loan. Under the new terms, the U.S. government will take a 5% equity ownership in Lithium Americas and a 5% ownership in the Lithium … Read more
Stripe’s new tool can make stablecoins ‘with just a few lines of code’
Stripe’s new “Open Issuance” tool will enable companies to easily build and launch their own stablecoins, as well as manage the token’s reserves.
All hail the new Fat Bear Champion
Bear #32, also known as Chunk, has won Fat Bear Week. | Photo: Christine Loberg via National Park Service The votes are in, and the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025 is the indomitable Bear 32, also known as Chunk. The public votes for their favorite brown bear each year in the March Madness-style tournament … Read more
Ripple CTO David Schwartz to Step Back, Remain on Board as CTO Emeritus
Ripple’s CTO is stepping down but will stay on the board while continuing to code and explore new use cases for XRP.
Here’s where to preorder all of Amazon’s new Alexa devices and when they arrive
Amazon’s fall hardware event had a little of everything: updated Echo speakers, several Blink security devices, and even a Kindle Scribe with a color screen. Most of the gadgets won’t ship for at least a couple of weeks, if not longer; however, most are also available for preorder at Amazon if you want to be … Read more