Regulation Lead — MiCA, SEC, EU crypto policy
MiCA is now fully live across the EU, with 361 licensed providers trading under it. Here is what the rulebook actually does…
A federal judge drew the clearest line yet under a DeFi rug pull. Solana walked free, the securities case collapsed, and two…
In one week the SEC rewrote its quorum rule, lost Hester Peirce, and dropped to two commissioners. Here is who, or what,…
Smart-contract audits grab the headlines, but 2026's costliest crypto losses came through keys and cryptography, not code. Trail of Bits' newest work…
The SEC's crypto enforcement machine went quiet twice in 2026. First by design, as Atkins unwound the Gensler-era crackdown; then by accident,…
October opened with two multisig losses where the wallet worked perfectly and still paid the attacker. In 2026, best practice means guarding…
MiCA's transitional period is over and Europe's crypto rulebook is fully live. Days after the review window closed, the EU's own regulators…
A $3.5 million exploit on Starknet's Nostra Finance showed oracle manipulation is no longer an Ethereum problem. In 2026 it went multi-chain,…
In 2026 a crypto ETF approval is close to automatic, so it no longer tells you much. The questions that matter now…
A record $15 billion bitcoin seizure exposed crypto's deadliest phishing campaign: it runs on forced labor, not code. Inside pig butchering's machine…
