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Coins, wallets and the slow move of money onto the internet, explained in plain language and read with a skeptical eye.

The CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate, and the fight that sank crypto's flagship bill was about ethics

The CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate, and the fight that sank crypto's flagship bill was about ethics

The CLARITY Act, the crypto industry's top legislative priority, failed a Senate cloture vote on 15 September, reportedly 49 to 50, well short of the 60 needed to advance. It was not a vote on the bill's merits but a procedural gate, and what jammed it was a conflict-of-interest fight, not a disagreement about market rules. The industry's record lobbying spend bought a floor vote, not the votes to win it. Here is what happened and what fills the gap now.

Solana is replacing the engine under its blockchain, and it is happening live this month

Solana is replacing the engine under its blockchain, and it is happening live this month

Alpenglow is the biggest change to how Solana reaches agreement in the network's history: it retires Tower BFT, aims to cut finality from about 12.8 seconds to roughly 150 milliseconds, and is rolling out to validators in stages through September. Here is what is actually changing, when, and the caveats behind the headline numbers.

Circle built a blockchain where USDC pays the fees, and the validators are names like BlackRock and Visa

Circle built a blockchain where USDC pays the fees, and the validators are names like BlackRock and Visa

Circle's Arc is scheduled to open its public mainnet on 16 September: an EVM-compatible Layer 1 where the USDC stablecoin itself pays for gas, secured by a closed set of institutions including BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard and DTCC. It is open to build on and closed to validate, and the separate ARC token is not the gas and has no confirmed trading date. Here is what is actually launching.

A Bitcoin sidechain was drained of about $320M, then the hackers gave most of it back: what happened on Liquid

A Bitcoin sidechain was drained of about $320M, then the hackers gave most of it back: what happened on Liquid

Blockstream's Liquid Network was drained of roughly 4,000 BTC through a software bug, and the attackers returned about 85 per cent, branding themselves 'white hats.' Here is what the Liquid Network is, why this is not a hack of Bitcoin itself, and what was actually lost.

Cronos halted and rewound its own blockchain after a Tectonic exploit. Here is what that really means

Cronos halted and rewound its own blockchain after a Tectonic exploit. Here is what that really means

On 30 August, validators froze the Crypto.com-linked Cronos chain and rolled it back about two hours to reverse a lending exploit. The headline says $75M, but only $6.3M actually left. The bigger story is a chain choosing to rewrite settled history, and the argument that restarts every time one does.

Grayscale is turning its Zcash fund into a US ETF, putting a privacy coin on a US stock exchange

Grayscale is turning its Zcash fund into a US ETF, putting a privacy coin on a US stock exchange

Grayscale filed to convert its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF on NYSE Arca under ticker ZCSH, expected to trade around 25 August. It would be one of the first US spot ETFs tied to a privacy coin. It charges 2.5 percent a year, and the token has been sharply volatile.

The SEC cancelled its own crypto vote, then approved the proposal four days later. Here is what 'Regulation Crypto Assets' actually says

The SEC cancelled its own crypto vote, then approved the proposal four days later. Here is what 'Regulation Crypto Assets' actually says

After cancelling a public meeting, the SEC approved a crypto-offering proposal on 18 August by seriatim vote. The text is now public: a tiered fundraising exemption up to $75 million, a $5 million startup path, and a safe harbour that turns on ceasing 'essential managerial efforts.' A proposal, not law, unlikely before 2027.

Bitcoin miners are turning to AI for the money. Riot's $9.1 billion lease is the clearest example yet

Bitcoin miners are turning to AI for the money. Riot's $9.1 billion lease is the clearest example yet

Riot Platforms, a major listed Bitcoin miner, signed a 20-year lease worth about $9.1 billion to host a frontier AI lab at its Texas campus; the filing does not name the tenant, but reports say Anthropic. It is among the clearest signs miners are pivoting to AI as mining margins collapse.

Someone minted 4 billion tokens out of thin air on Harmony. Here is what we know

Someone minted 4 billion tokens out of thin air on Harmony. Here is what we know

On 12 August an attacker exploited a consensus-verification flaw on the Harmony blockchain to mint roughly 4 billion ONE tokens, inflating supply about 26 percent and crashing the price by a third. The realised haul was only a few million dollars, but tokens minted from nothing is the real alarm.

The 'never sell' era is over: Strategy is now selling Bitcoin. Here's what it does and doesn't mean

The 'never sell' era is over: Strategy is now selling Bitcoin. Here's what it does and doesn't mean

Michael Saylor's Strategy, which turned 'never sell your Bitcoin' into a creed, has sold Bitcoin repeatedly in 2026, some below cost. That is a real regime change, but it is discretionary, not a forced fire sale, and the deeper story is the collapse of the premium that made the model work.

Crypto is having its dot-com moment: over 100 projects have folded in 2026, and BitMEX is dying

Crypto is having its dot-com moment: over 100 projects have folded in 2026, and BitMEX is dying

More than 100 crypto projects have shut down, gone bankrupt or gone dark this year, and in one late-July week four big names fell at once, capped by BitMEX saying it will close. Not just a price crash but a shakeout, clearing the speculative wave and leaving the projects that earn real money.

Ethereum's ETFs now pay a yield. That matters more than the 'flippening' that isn't happening

Ethereum's ETFs now pay a yield. That matters more than the 'flippening' that isn't happening

US spot Ethereum funds can finally stake the ETH they hold, paying investors a reported yield of roughly 3%, something Bitcoin funds structurally cannot do. Meanwhile the 'ETH is flipping Bitcoin' headlines are mostly hype: Ethereum has actually fallen further than Bitcoin this year. Here is what is real, what is narrow, and what is just narrative.

The SEC is about to start writing crypto's rulebook itself, with Congress stalled

The SEC is about to start writing crypto's rulebook itself, with Congress stalled

On Friday the SEC votes on whether to propose 'Regulation Crypto,' a set of token-fundraising rules it has been sketching since 2025, now arriving as the CLARITY Act sits stalled in the Senate. Here is what tomorrow's vote actually decides (less than the headlines suggest), what the rules would do, and why nothing changes on Friday.

Wall Street is putting bank deposits on a blockchain. The catch: it is barely 'crypto' at all

Wall Street is putting bank deposits on a blockchain. The catch: it is barely 'crypto' at all

In August 2026, Wells Fargo became the latest giant to say it will tokenise customer deposits, joining JPMorgan, Citi and Bank of America in a shared network due in 2027. Wall Street calls it 'tokenisation,' but a tokenised deposit is not a stablecoin, and the change is smaller than the word suggests.

How a five-year-old bug drained Bitcoin from the 'safest' wallets

How a five-year-old bug drained Bitcoin from the 'safest' wallets

The Coldcard hack of July 2026 emptied cold-storage wallets that never went online. The culprit was not a phishing link or a stolen device, but a randomness flaw that quietly sat in the firmware since 2021. Here is exactly what happened, who is affected, and what it does and does not mean for self-custody.

Bitcoin is down about half from its high. Is the 2026 bull run over?

Bitcoin is down about half from its high. Is the 2026 bull run over?

Bitcoin has fallen from a $126,000 record to the low $60,000s, and $2 trillion has been wiped off the crypto market. It feels like a crash. It is also, by Bitcoin's own brutal history, the mildest big drawdown it has ever had. Here is what actually drove it, and the honest case on both sides.

AI crypto tokens in 2026: the hype, the real projects, and how to tell them apart

AI crypto tokens in 2026: the hype, the real projects, and how to tell them apart

AI plus crypto is the hottest narrative in the market, and most of it is nonsense. A handful of projects solve a genuine problem, the rest borrowed the letters A and I to pump a token. Here is how to tell the difference, with no hype and no financial advice.

The countries where people already live on stablecoins

The countries where people already live on stablecoins

In Venezuela, Argentina, Nigeria and Turkey, dollar-pegged crypto has quietly become everyday money for salaries, savings and groceries. Here is where it is happening, the real numbers, and the catch nobody advertises.

How to buy crypto safely in 2026: a beginner's guide

How to buy crypto safely in 2026: a beginner's guide

Buying crypto is easy. Buying it without getting robbed is the part that trips people up, and in 2025 that cost Americans over $11 billion. This is the safe way to do it, step by step, plus the scams that actually get people. It is a how-to, not investment advice.

The best crypto wallet of 2026 for not getting drained

The best crypto wallet of 2026 for not getting drained

Wallet-drainer phishing still stole $83.85 million from 106,000 people in 2025, and almost all of it was signed away, not hacked. We tested the popular self-custody wallets on the moment that decides everything: the signature.

The best crypto exchange in 2026: Binance vs Coinbase vs Kraken vs Bybit vs OKX

The best crypto exchange in 2026: Binance vs Coinbase vs Kraken vs Bybit vs OKX

The right exchange depends on two things above all: where you live, and what you want to do. We compare the five that matter on fees, safety and regulation, and say plainly which is not available where. This is a tool comparison, not investment advice.