Within days of acknowledging that crypto mixers can have lawful uses, Washington also moved to retry one of the most high-profile mixer-related criminal cases in the US. For investors and builders, the juxtaposition around Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm has… Read More »Tornado Cash Retrial Push Exposes Washington’s Confusing Stance on Crypto Mixers
The U.S. Treasury has, for the first time, explicitly acknowledged that lawful users of digital assets may turn to crypto mixers to protect their financial privacy on public blockchains. The language, contained in a March 2026 report to Congress, does… Read More »US Treasury Opens Door to Regulated Crypto Mixers for Financial Privacy
U.S. crypto investors may soon face a new kind of tax-season decision: tap “I agree” to electronic tax forms, or risk losing access to their exchange accounts. A fresh IRS proposal would let platforms like Coinbase deliver Form 1099-DA only… Read More »New IRS 1099-DA Rules: Why Saying ‘No’ Could Get Your Crypto Exchange Account Closed
On Apr. 16, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will host a public roundtable on listed options market structure — a plumbing discussion that usually stays in the background of equities and index trading. This time, it arrives just… Read More »How the SEC’s Options Market Review Could Supercharge Bitcoin ETF Volatility in April
Circle’s latest quarterly numbers show a booming USDC business — but also make clear that most of the yield generated by the stablecoin doesn’t stay with the issuer. Instead, it’s being negotiated away to the exchanges, wallets, and payment platforms… Read More »Circle’s USDC Windfall: Who Really Captures the Stablecoin Yield?
Perpetual futures sit at the center of crypto’s derivatives engine, and in early 2026 regulators on both sides of the Atlantic moved decisively to define how, where, and at what leverage those products can be traded. The result is a… Read More »Crypto Leverage Diverges: U.S. Traders Chase 10x While Europe Reclassifies Perpetuals
The European Central Bank (ECB) is putting hard numbers and firm dates on the digital euro just as questions mount over how long President Christine Lagarde will stay in office. For crypto investors and policy watchers, the overlap is more… Read More »ECB’s €1.3B Digital Euro Plan Collides With Rumors of Lagarde’s Early Exit
The CLARITY Act was pitched as the long-awaited rulebook for U.S. digital assets — a way to give crypto markets a “clean lane” to operate in. Over the past week, that framing has started to look incomplete. The legislative fight… Read More »How the CLARITY Act Became a Battle Over Who Pays Americans to Hold Digital Dollars
Bitcoin is trading in one of the strangest macro backdrops in its history: global uncertainty is at all-time highs, yet traditional measures of market stress remain subdued. For crypto investors and macro-focused traders, that disconnect is central to understanding whether… Read More »Bitcoin vs. Global Uncertainty: What Record-High Risk Sentiment Means for the Crypto Market
Sam Bankman-Fried is asking for a new criminal trial, arguing that FTX was not a black-hole of missing money but a solvent business caught in a liquidity crunch. His latest motion hinges on a striking claim: that as of FTX’s… Read More »Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bid for a New Trial: Why a Claimed FTX ‘Surplus’ May Not Change the Verdict
The European Commission’s 20th sanctions package marks a decisive shift in how Brussels is trying to police Russia’s use of digital assets. Rather than just targeting specific exchanges, wallets, or tokens, the proposal aims to ban all cryptocurrency transactions involving… Read More »EU’s Blanket Crypto Ban on Russia: Can One Chokepoint Really Stop the Flows?
The U.S. stablecoin debate is about to hit another inflection point. A Feb. 10 White House meeting on stablecoin policy is being viewed by parts of the market as a potential catalyst to unstick the CLARITY Act in the Senate… Read More »How a White House Stablecoin Meeting Could Unlock the CLARITY Act — and Cut Into Your USDC Rewards