Policy & RegulationThe securities regulator scrapped the meeting where it planned to propose "Regulation Crypto," citing a scheduling problem and offering no new date.
By Sofia Marchetti ·
Policy & RegulationA September cloture vote is the market-structure bill's next test. Both the SEC and CFTC say they will write rules regardless of how it goes.
By Sofia Marchetti ·
Bitcoin & MiningThe world's second-largest source of bitcoin hashrate has now closed its capital to mining, citing power-capacity shortfalls rather than policy hostility.
By Dean Okafor ·
MarketsFilings show a Swiss lender sharply increasing bitcoin ETF call options and a macro fund rebuilding a stake it spent last year selling.
By Terrence Hale ·
MarketsUS spot bitcoin funds shed about $329 million over four trading days as bitcoin slipped below $63,000, with a couple of products still adding cash.
By Priya Raman ·
Bitcoin & MiningNetwork hashrate sits well below its all-time high after listed miners cut their contribution and redirected capacity toward high-performance computing.
By Terrence Hale ·
DeFi & EthereumMore than $11 billion flowed into digital-asset companies this year. Most of it went to firms that need licenses, partners and gatekeepers.
By Noah Brenner ·
DeFi & EthereumEIP-8363 would taper validator issuance as staking grows. The founders of two of the largest staking and lending protocols want it out of the upcoming hard fork.
By Noah Brenner ·
Bitcoin & MiningPublic mining companies liquidated roughly 28,000 bitcoin in the second week of August as energy costs and conversion spending squeezed balance sheets.
By Terrence Hale ·
Policy & RegulationA reclassification bill debated in Tokyo would fold digital assets into the financial instruments regime and impose new disclosure duties on custody providers.
By Marisol Vega ·
MarketsSpot ether products swung from early-month inflows to net redemptions in the second week of August, tracking a broader retreat in digital-asset fund demand.
By Priya Raman ·
Policy & RegulationThe SEC's "innovation exemption" for tokenized securities has been pushed back a second time, with objections arriving from both incumbent brokerages and the administration.
By Marisol Vega ·
DeFi & EthereumEther.fi's latest release adds tokenized equities and loans backed by a basket of crypto holdings, with lending routed through a dedicated Aave instance on an Ethereum layer 2.
By Noah Brenner ·
Stablecoins & PaymentsUSDC in circulation grew to roughly $65 billion, but reserve income still dominates revenue, leaving the issuer's results hostage to the Fed.
By Sofia Marchetti ·
MarketsListed bitcoin miners are converting sites and balance sheets toward AI data-center work, trading volatile block rewards for contracted revenue.
By Priya Raman ·
Stablecoins & PaymentsTreasury's stablecoin rulemaking drew more than 200 responses, most of them circling whether exchanges may pay rewards the statute forbids issuers to pay.
By Colin Traoré ·
Bitcoin & MiningA contested protocol split that activated on Aug. 8 inherited bitcoin's difficulty without its hashrate, leaving the breakaway chain hundreds of blocks behind.
By Dean Okafor ·
Security & CrimeUS Treasury designations continue to target Southeast Asian fraud operations, following a forfeiture of about 127,000 bitcoin from one network.
By Anita Boulos ·
Stablecoins & PaymentsThe remittance company is rolling out USDPT, issued by a federally chartered trust bank, aimed at corridors where recipients wait out bank closures.
By Colin Traoré ·
Policy & Regulation
Rulemaking, legislation and enforcement shaping digital assets in Washington, Brussels and beyond.
Markets
Prices, flows, derivatives and the institutions moving capital into and out of digital assets.
Bitcoin & Mining
The bitcoin network, hashrate, energy policy and the companies that run the machines.
DeFi & Ethereum
Protocol upgrades, onchain lending, layer-2 networks and the economics of decentralized finance.
Stablecoins & Payments
Dollar tokens, bank competition, payment rails and the fight over who earns the yield.
Security & Crime
Exploits, breaches, scams, sanctions and the investigators chasing stolen coins.
Report updated Aug 16, 2026 · All times Eastern.
