SEC Under Pressure to Formalize DeFi Guidance Amid Industry Calls for Clarity
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faces increasing calls to convert its informal DeFi guidance into formal rules, as industry…
Author: Daniel Okafor
Investigative correspondent covering blockchain forensics, sanctions compliance, and the geopolitical weaponization of crypto networks. Daniel previously reported on cross-border payments, financial surveillance, and emerging-market fintech for a London-based investigative outlet, with a particular talent for following money through jurisdictions that prefer it not be followed.
Washington’s Favorite Anti-Stablecoin Argument Just Got Weaker
The White House Council of Economic Advisers has released a report suggesting that a ban on stablecoin yield would do…
The BIS Just Threw Cold Water on the Stablecoin Victory Lap
A new BIS speech argues that stablecoins still behave more like brittle market instruments than true money, which should worry…
Stablecoins Are Scaling Faster Than Washington Can Classify Them
The latest delay around the CLARITY Act is not a routine legislative slowdown. It is evidence that U.S. policymakers still…
The SEC May Have Just Given Crypto Front Ends a Future
The newest U.S. crypto development is not another enforcement action. It is a quiet, much more consequential shift: an attempt…
The CLARITY Endgame Is Really a Fight Over Who Gets to Own Digital Dollars
Washington’s latest crypto-policy drama is being narrated as a question of timing. Will the Senate move fast enough? These questions…
SEC Gives DeFi Front-Ends a 5-Year Safe Harbor
Washington just gave DeFi’s interface layer its clearest regulatory runway yet. The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally done what…
Iran Turns to Crypto to Evade Hormuz Blockade Sanctions
The country’s growing interest in crypto is becoming a real-world test of whether digital assets can meaningfully support state-level sanctions…