The Oscar-winning actress attended her second-ever Met Gala in a barely-there dress with a plunging neckline that left little to the imagination.
Employer.com scoops up another fintech in purchase of MainStreet.com
Employer.com has acquired MainStreet.com for an undisclosed amount, the latest fintech startup to get snapped up by the workforce management company. In a post on X, Employer.com Chairman and co-founder Jesse Tinsley said the two companies were “merging forces to simplify business back office solutions into one powerhouse platform.” Tinsley confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch. […]
Chinese Space Program Copying Elon Musk’s Starlink
Chinese Space Program Copying Elon Musk’s Starlink
Eric Berger, the senior space editor at Ars Technica, quoted a post on X from a China space observer detailing how Beijing appears to be copying Elon Musk’s Starlink space internet company, operated by SpaceX.
“The Chinese space program copying SpaceX? Well, I never …,” Berger wrote.
Berger quoted Blaine Curcio, founder of Orbital Gateway Consulting and an expert on China’s space industry, who identified SpaceSail—a Chinese space company backed by the Shanghai municipal government—as having unveiled its “commercial” version of Starlink satellites at China Space Day 2025.
The Chinese space program copying SpaceX? Well, I never … https://t.co/3QNaLuUno4
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) May 5, 2025
The only problem China has is its launch cadence. For the year, SpaceX has 50 launches. This includes 48 Falcon 9 launches and 2 Starship launches. They have also launched 17 non-Starlink missions and 45 reused boosters.
The latest count of Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit has surpassed 7,000, delivering high-speed internet to five million customers across 125 countries, territories, and other global markets.
SpaceX’s third quarter 2024 launch report showed the US leading the global space race, launching 84% of all mass to orbit globally. This is 15 times all Chinese launches combined in the quarter, according to data from BryceTech.
Goldman turned bullish on Starlink earlier this year. Read the note here.
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Hailey Bieber’s Met Gala 2025 red carpet look is all business
The Rhode founder, who arrived without her husband, looked corporate chic in the tailored number.
Kylie Jenner shows some skin in see-through corset dress on Met Gala 2025 red carpet
The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 27, arrived without boyfriend Timothée Chalamet.
SEC Further Delays Litecoin ETF, Requests Public Comments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has further delayed making a decision on Canary Capital’s proposal for a spot Litecoin (LTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF).
This comes after the agency delayed several other applications for spot crypto ETFs last week, including XRP, Hedera, and Dogecoin but hadn’t done so for the Canary Litecoin ETF, sparking hopes that the regulator might have different plans for this fund.
But on Monday, the official deadline, the regulator announced the delay and asked for public comments regarding the proposal’s compliance with regulatory requirements.
“In particular, the Commission seeks comment on whether the proposal to list and trade Shares of the Trust, which would hold LTC, is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices or raises any new or novel concerns not previously contemplated by the Commission,” the agency wrote in a filing.
Canary Capital, which was founded by former Valkyrie Funds co-founder Steven McClurg last year, had submitted initial paperwork for the fund in October.
LTC, which stands at a $6.6 billion market cap, is the native cryptocurrency of Litecoin, an open-source blockchain project whose code is copied from Bitcoin’s (BTC).
ETF experts at Bloomberg Intelligence had predicted that the token would be the next to be wrapped up in an ETF amid chatter that Canary Capital had received comments back from the SEC regarding its application back in January.
Issuers have yet to receive the first major decision on crypto ETFs made by recently appointed SEC chair Paul Atkins, who took the position in April.
Atkins’ replacement of former Chair Gary Gensler has been characterized as a “huge variable” by Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.
Agent Lawsuit Against Malik Beasley Indicative Of NBPA Failure
A union’s animating purpose is to protect its members. A recent lawsuit by agent Daniel Hazan demonstrates one way in which the NBPA is failing its members.
ICE nabs illegal migrant after blue city court drops home invasion, child abduction charges
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