Regulation Lead — MiCA, SEC, EU crypto policy
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…
On the day Hester Peirce left the SEC and the government stayed shut, a new crypto ETF could still reach the market.…
Most stolen crypto in 2026 is not cracked or guessed, it is read off the owner's own device. Inside the infostealers, clippers,…