regulation

The crypto world stands on a precipice. 2025 is quickly becoming a key inflection point. It will be a make-or-break moment for decentralized finance, as it either blossoms or withers on the vine by the suffocating grip of global regulation. We're told regulation is necessary, that it's the key to...

Each year, criminals walk away with billions of dollars in crypto fraud as they get smarter and better at exploiting the system. So these sophisticated phishing schemes and elaborate Ponzi schemes are just everywhere—pushing people into these schemes. It’s become a wild west for scams, taking advantage of unsuspecting people....

Sun-drenched beaches, rich cultures … and, increasingly, a booming center for crypto-driven cybercrime. We’re not just speaking of small time fraudsters. We're talking about a sophisticated, globally interconnected network that's quietly building a house of cards, brick by digital brick. I worry that house is about to fall down. If...

$9.3 billion. Let that number sink in. That’s the wealth incinerated by crypto scams just in 2024 so far, based on FBI estimates. It’s about more than dollars and cents. It’s not just targeted abuse on a wide scale, it’s ruined lives and lost retirements and the profound erosion of...

2024 was a wild ride, wasn't it? Bitcoin ETFs were finally approved! If you needed any more evidence that the halving event did indeed squeeze supply, now even your grandma is inquiring about crypto. Projecting that momentum onto 2025 misses a key consideration—regulation. That’s the same as driving around in...

The XRP Ledger Foundation certainly skated on thin ice this time, but no less doubtfully. A crypto-stealing backdoor discovered hiding in a popular JavaScript library would have been a disaster. Aikido's discovery was vital. She said thankfully, the Foundation moved quickly and the reported effect appears to be widespread. XRP...

Imagine this: You wake up, grab your phone, and check your XRP wallet. Instead of accessing your hard-earned crypto, you’re greeted by a blank slate with no signs of recovery. Gone. Vanished. A lifetime of savings, poof, gone in the blink of an eye. At one point that scenario looked...

Second, let’s be real—the Wild West days of DeFi are perhaps coming to a close. We all knew it, deep down. The allure of a completely decentralized and completely permissionless financial system is romantic. The truth is more complicated, and regulators can’t look the other way on DeFi bridges forever....

We all want a safer crypto space. And nobody wants to go back to the wild west. Now consider that the same regulations meant to protect us from bad compounds may in fact be doing more harm than good. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but we need to consider...

The crypto world is buzzing. Bybit, one of the world’s top crypto exchanges, is on a feature development warpath. They’re rolling out advanced trading bots, pre-market trading capabilities, and even a crypto card of their own. Whether this is a sincere effort to spur real innovation, or whether they’re just...