The letters started arriving in June, from a developer who said he'd give $10,000 to every family in town. The township just needed to let NorthPoint Development build its data center, the first of 15 buildings the firm planned in the Pocono foothills.

THE BLOCK: Ripple filed its comment letter on the SEC's proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, which seeks to exempt certain digital asset offerings from full SEC securities registration. "Ripple fully supports the Commission's efforts to provide a regulatory framework for crypto assets, and urges the Commission to adopt the Proposal in a final rule," the letter said. Although the official comment period for the SEC's proposal closes on Oct. 20, the commission will continue accepting public feedback after the deadline, according to journalist Eleanor Terrett.

The "AI Evaluator Forum" just published an open letter that David Sacks is calling "Trust & Safety 2.0." 100+ researchers are calling on every frontier AI company to embed independent third-party evaluators inside their labs with access equivalent to senior employees, protection from retaliation, and direct lines to company boards. The letter dropped the same day as Newsom's executive order calling for the same thing.