Anneke de Vries

              REGULATION &AMP; POLICY·JUN 27
            

SEC Crypto Enforcement in 2026: A Plain-English Explainer

Washington spent years setting crypto policy through lawsuits, then reversed course. Here is how SEC enforcement works, why the big cases were…

              SECURITY &AMP; EXPLOITS·JUN 27
            

Trail of Bits: How Crypto’s Top Code Auditor Fights Exploits

Trail of Bits audits the smart contracts that move billions and gives away the tools rival auditors use. Here is what the…

              REGULATION &AMP; POLICY·JUN 26
            

SEC Crypto Enforcement Explained: From Crackdown to Reset

For a decade the SEC drew crypto's boundaries through lawsuits, from Ripple to Coinbase. Here is how that enforcement machine worked, and…

              SECURITY &AMP; EXPLOITS·JUN 26
            

Crypto Bug Bounty Payouts: The Economics of Web3 Defense

Whitehats have collected eight-figure rewards for catching bugs that could have drained billions. Here is how crypto bug bounty payouts get priced,…

              REGULATION &AMP; POLICY·JUN 24
            

Crypto tax for EU residents — what changed in 2026

DAC8 reporting kicks in 1 Jan 2026: every EU-registered crypto-asset service provider now reports user balances and transactions to home-state tax authorities.…

              DEFI &AMP; ON-CHAIN·JUN 24
            

USDT vs USDC vs DAI vs FDUSD — the four stablecoins compared on what matters

USDT, USDC, DAI and FDUSD together hold $228bn — but they differ on reserves, freeze risk, MiCA status and on-chain availability. A…

              DEFI &AMP; ON-CHAIN·JUN 24
            

How stablecoins actually work — the plumbing nobody explains

Stablecoins moved $27.6 trillion in 2025 — more than Visa. Here is the reserve, redemption and on-chain plumbing that makes a $1…

              REGULATION &AMP; POLICY·JUN 23
            

UK Treasury’s draft crypto regime is more permissive than the rumour mill suggested

HM Treasury's draft SI on cryptoasset activities, published 16 June 2026, takes a lighter approach than MiCA on stablecoin reserves, custody, and…

              REGULATION &AMP; POLICY·JUN 23
            

The SEC closed its BUSD investigation. Read between the lines.

The SEC's decision not to appeal SEC v. Paxos Trust Co. ends a four-year jurisdictional fight. What it signals for USDC, the…

              REGULATION &AMP; POLICY·JUN 23
            

MiCA Phase 2 took effect in July 2026. Here’s what changed for the EU stablecoin market.

MiCA Title III and Title IV become fully applicable on 30 November 2026. We unpack the issuer caps, the EBA RTS, and…

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