Crypto Gets Closer to Retirement Accounts, Ripple Acquires Rail, Salomon Client Sees Bitcoin Security Risk, and the UAE Streamlines Crypto Rules | August 8, 2025
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A sweeping change in U.S. retirement policy (1:07 ), Ripple’s $200M Canadian expansion (2:27 ), and a novel effort to reclaim crypto’s “lost wallets” (3:59 ) Plus, the UAE takes a big step toward unified digital asset regulation (5:30 ).
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More on stories and articles discussed or referenced in this episode:
Light, Joe. “Trump to Sign an Order Allowing Private Equity and Crypto Into 401(k)s.” Barron’s, 7 August 2025, https://www.barrons.com/articles/crypto-private-equity-401k-executive-order-280abccd.
Riehl, Alex. “Crypto Giant Ripple to Acquire Stablecoin Payments Platform Rail for $275 Million CAD.” BetaKit, 7 August 2025,https://betakit.com/crypto-giant-ripple-to-acquire-stablecoin-payments-platform-rail-for-275-million-cad/.
Varghese, Justin. “Major Move: SCA, VARA Agree on Unified Framework to Regulate Virtual Assets in UAE.” Gulf News, 6 August 2025, https://gulfnews.com/your-money/cryptocurrency/major-move-sca-vara-agree-on-unified-framework-to-regulate-virtual-assets-in-uae-1.500225024.
“Salomon Brothers: Addressing Crypto's Wallet Problem.” ACCESS Newswire, 7 August 2025, https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/banking-and-financial-services/salomon-brothers-addressing-cryptos-wallet-problem-1057568.
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