Yes, the possible approval of a Solana ETF has taken headlines by storm. As such, it became one of the most important test cases for altcoin-based ETFs coming to the United States in the future. This announcement has created a tremendous amount of excitement, leading to an increasingly crowded line...

The digital financial world is changing quickly, and stablecoins are quickly becoming an important pillar in this digital finance ecosystem. These digital assets, designed to maintain a stable value relative to a reference asset like the US dollar, promise to revolutionize payments, trade, and financial services. Their promise is deeply...

The regulatory environment for stablecoins is rapidly evolving. These are important legislative developments, but tremendous work still remains in both the United States and Hong Kong. These regulatory pushes are an attempt to catch up with the increasing relevance of stablecoins in the international financial system. Simultaneously, the United States...

The stablecoin Wild West is about to get much stricter. Are we confident the sheriffs invading our town will really be solving the problem or just deepening it? The GENIUS Act and MiCA are only the first shots of a regulatory war. This war will create a new world order...

The first three months of 2025 have certainly been a blur for the fledgling cryptocurrency industry. Though investors have experienced the heights of this new extreme volatility, with Bitcoin achieving multiple new all-time highs only to succumb to a harsh retracement. Ethereum, the second largest by market capitalization, wiped out...

The crypto world feasts on drama, and the recent CZ-Dingaling saga was a delicious crumpet of clickbait theatre. CZ, the head honcho at Binance, publicly accused Dingaling, a prominent NFT whale, of being a former Binance employee fired for insider trading and a "fake CRO." Dingaling's response? Crickets. This silence,...

The world of crypto is ever-changing. To get a competitive edge, you need to understand the tech and the law that underpins it. In recent months there’s been a dramatic change in the tone of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with respect to regulating crypto. This change has large...

The SEC, which has for years occupied a intimidating presence over the cryptocurrency landscape, appears to be…easing up? When the courts gave their ruling OpenSea, a company whose name has become shorthand both for the NFT craze (and crash) that ensued, even exhaled. We’ve watched as joke cases have been...

Now, the European Union financial watchdogs are looking at OKX with beady eyes. They are probing the platform for its possible role in laundering stolen money related to the $1.4 billion Bybit hack that occurred in February. This criminal investigation and these allegations first came to the public’s attention in...

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer's recent comments about the SEC's "unfair targeting" of crypto firms under Gary Gensler struck a chord. It wasn’t only about OpenSea. It was about the chilling effect that regulatory overreach had on the entire industry. We’re talking about personal harm, and it’s so important to know...