The SEC Will Let a Blockchain Be the Share Register, as Long as One Firm Controls It
In eleven days, two regulators said in writing that a shared ledger can be the legally authoritative record of who owns what.
The x402 Counter Has Shown the Same Four Numbers Since March
Forty of the world's largest payment and technology companies joined a foundation this summer for a market whose only public number comes from an unstamped counter that has not moved since March.
Coinbase Put Apple on a Public Blockchain and Kept the Freeze Switch
Four US stocks went onto a public blockchain this week in self-custodied wallets, issued by an Abu Dhabi special purpose vehicle whose prospectus reserves the power to freeze and confiscate them.
Bitcoin's Best Week Since 2023 Was a Bet on US Fiscal Policy, Not a Sign of Adoption
Bitcoin gained 23% in seven days after a Treasury decision about the long bond, and the supply of dollars on public blockchains grew 0.26%. The open money read: price has stopped being a scoreboard for open infrastructure, and this is the week you can watch the two come apart.
Crypto's 2026 Shakeout: What's Surviving the Die-Off?
KPMG issued an unqualified opinion on Tether's 2025 financials, confirming $6.814 billion in excess reserves, in the same year more than 100 crypto projects folded. The open money read: the industry is being graded now, and the tests are revenue, reserves, and redemption.
BNY Put the Ownership Record for $8.6 Trillion Onchain
On July 29, BNY launched its Digital Transfer Agency, making blockchain the authoritative books and records for a fund servicing business that keeps the ledger for $8.6 trillion across 7.6 million accounts.