Archives for October 1, 2026

According to the 760-page proposal, the SEC will allow for self-custody by advisers seeking to hold their clients’ funds. The agency is using the term “self-custody” as an asset management firm practice, not how crypto companies typically use the term. It would first require that an adviser can’t find a qualified custodian ready to take […]

That had been a point of disappointment for some participants in past events: While Trump briefly appeared, they didn’t get a chance to meet him. Since his memecoin’s launch in the days before he took office again, investors have lost billions of dollars, and those losses have occupied the spotlight during the recent debates over […]

There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come. For now, that time has not arrived. But as Congress closed a door, regulators opened a window. Both the SEC and CFTC moved with remarkable speed. Just two days after CLARITY failed, the SEC issued an “Innovation Exemption” allowing certain venues to trade […]

The incident adds to a rough year for crypto security. Just last week, exchange Bitget suffered an exploit that resulted in over $350 million in stolen assets. Other major incidents included Liquid Network at about $320 million, Drift at $295 million and Kelp at $293 million, according to DefiLlama data. NEAR Intents said it reported […]

Bitcoin BTC$83,885.16 rose 42.7% in the third quarter, its best quarterly performance since jumping 68.7% in the first quarter of 2024. Ether ETH$2,696.26 rose 70.8%, its best result since soaring 160.7% in the first quarter of 2021. Both cryptos are about flat on the first day of the fourth quarter, with bitcoin just under $84,000 […]

The surprise crypto tax sprung by Illinois earlier this year may not start on January 1 after Illinois agreed to postpone it for six months, according to the industry groups that negotiated the delay, which will still need sign-off from a judge. The Digital Chamber and Illinois Blockchain Association reached that accord with state officials, […]

Bitcoin BTC$83,885.16 closed the third quarter up 40%, outrunning every major asset even as Treasury yields climbed to their highest in more than two decades. Investors poured billions of dollars into exchange-traded funds tied to BTC and other tokens, and several altcoins rallied even harder, leaving analysts convinced a new bull run has arrived. Yet […]

On September 17, the SEC drew the line. Its long-awaited “innovation exemption,” which lets blockchain venues list and trade tokenized securities, excludes synthetic tokens outright. Qualifying tokens must represent real ownership, and, in Chairman Paul Atkins’ words, they “must provide holders with the same rights and privileges as the traditional securities,” dividends and voting included. […]