MiCA Enforcement Turns to DeFi Lending Vaults
Europe's rulebook was written for issuers and exchanges. Supervisors are now applying it to software that has neither.
Tokenised Treasuries Find an Unlikely Buyer in Miners' Power Deals
Real-world asset tokenisation spent three years looking for a use case that was not a pitch deck. Collateral for power purchase agreements is turning into one.
The CLARITY Act Faces Its Decisive Senate Test
It passed the House in July 2025. The bill that would settle the SEC-CFTC boundary in statute has been waiting ever since.
Tether Weighs a US-Domiciled Token Rather Than Rebuild USDT
The largest stablecoin issuer still does not know whether it can operate in the United States from 2027. Its answer is a second token, not a new reserve model.
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Circle has spent two years betting that regulation is a moat rather than a cost. The GENIUS rulemaking is where that bet gets settled.
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Network hashrate is down more than a fifth from its peak. The competition is no longer other miners.
OCC Targets November for Final Stablecoin Rules Under the GENIUS Act
The statute passed in 2025. The rules that make it operable are still being written, and issuers are planning against a March 2027 effective date.
Stolen Keys Overtake Contract Bugs as DeFi's Costliest Failure
For the first time on record, compromised keys account for more of the year's losses than flawed Solidity or Rust. The industry's defences are pointed at the wrong target.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Still $1 Billion Short of Breaking Even in 2026
August was the year's strongest month for inflows. The funds are still down on the year, and the gap says something useful about who is buying.
SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets Draws Comment Fire Before October Deadline
The agency's first bespoke offering framework gives tokens a route out of security status. The argument is over what the route costs.
Liquid Network Discloses $405 Million Federation Wallet Incident
Roughly 4,000 of the 4,200 BTC held in a federation reserve wallet moved out on 7 September. The design question it raises is older than the incident.
Bitcoin Holds $78,000 as Treasury Yields Test the Risk Trade
Ten-year yields above 4.8% and firming rate-hike expectations have done more to set bitcoin's range this month than anything happening on-chain.