Beau Linighan

The year past saw some fundamental transformations in the relationship between state power and the digital asset space.

This week in crypto regulation was marked by officials expressing contradictory views on how to approach digital assets.

Direct exchanges between U.S. lawmakers and the crypto industry could be finally taking a constructive turn.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's continued resistance to spot Bitcoin ETFs draws industry players' ire.

The world's sixth-largest economy could adopt a hardline stance against decentralized cryptocurrencies as soon as this winter.

An online initiative to secure a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution shows the power of Web 3.0 collective action.

Major U.S. cities embrace crypto as federal regulators remain much harder to bring around.

Despite the limitations of his office, the mayor-elect of New York could leverage his agenda-setting power to the benefit of both crypto and city residents.

The infrastructure bill has passed, much to the crypto community's chagrin, yet the key battles lie ahead.

The SEC was denied a monopoly over the stablecoin sector, yet the risk of being designated “systemically important” persists.

The Bitcoin ETF approval has been the biggest, but by no means the only, policy-related story of the last week.

The SEC has been holding steady for years, but the real-world dynamics of crypto adoption and maturation rendered an ETF approval all but inevitable.

As the crypto space gets all worked up by the impending launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, industry leaders are taking it upon themselves to sketch out the designs of future regulatory regimes.