The U.K.’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, said it wants to implement a crypto regime by 2026 in anticipation of growing crypto ownership in the country. A road map released by the FCA, which oversees the industry, said the agency plans to publish discussion papers on market abuse and disclosures by the end of […]

Memecoins are the most divisive topic in crypto. By memecoins, I mean tokens that represent an idea and fluctuate in price based on the attention that idea receives. The best meme investors tend to be young people who are very online and attuned to internet culture. Memecoins are commonly juxtaposed with tokens that possess actual […]

Cryptocurrency transactions are often anonymous, but they’re not private. In fact, they’re quite public. Anyone with the right technical know-how can see every transaction ever made on most publicly accessible blockchains. This radical transparency and traceability has made it easier (contrary to popular belief) for law enforcement to track stolen and laundered cryptocurrency across various […]

The wild 2000s era of internet shock videos is making a return in crypto. Some issuers of memecoins on Solana’s runaway hit Pump.fun are streaming videos ranging from extreme dark humor to dark behavior, all to pump their tokens to a few million dollars in market capitalization. There are streams and images of children tied […]

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Wall Street titan Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Author: Helene Braun