Introduction September 17, 2026 delivered two blows to the crypto market in the same afternoon. The Fed raised rates 25bps to 3.75%-4.00%, with 16 of 18 officials projecting at least one more hike in 2026. The CLARITY Act's failure essentially ends market structure legislative work in the Senate for 2026, a major blow to the […]
Introduction The September 15 Senate vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act could become one of the month's most consequential moments for US crypto holders, and most people holding crypto on exchanges haven't thought through what it actually means for them. US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in nearly $2 billion during the week alongside […]
What Happened On-chain analysts estimate 1,000-1,300 Bitcoin addresses were compromised via a March 2021 firmware bug that weakened seed entropy on Coldcard devices, with $70-90 million at risk of forced sales. The vulnerability, now being actively exploited this weekend, traces to a flaw in how affected Coldcard firmware versions generated the random seed during wallet […]
Note: This blog is for informational purposes and does not constitute tax or legal advice. Consult a qualified crypto tax professional for your specific situation. Introduction If you earned staking rewards in 2025 or 2026, you owe the IRS money, whether you sold those rewards or not. 2026 marks a turning point for crypto staking […]
Introduction Yesterday, July 16, 2026, Visa made its most direct move into crypto infrastructure since it first settled a transaction in USDC back in 2020. Visa has launched a new stablecoin platform designed to bring crypto-based settlement and digital-dollar services to banks, fintechs and payment providers connected to its global network of more than 200 […]
Introduction Dogecoin started as a joke. It is no longer one. As of July 2026, Dogecoin (DOGE) sits in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation, a position it has held, with interruptions, for over three years. It processes more daily transactions than many "serious" blockchains. It has been accepted as payment by merchants across […]
Introduction "Not your keys, not your coins." It is the most repeated phrase in crypto. It appears on T-shirts, in Twitter bios, in every post-FTX post-mortem. It is used as a warning, a philosophy, and a rebuke. Most people who say it have a general sense of what it means: you should move your crypto […]
Introduction Over one in three US crypto holders have lost access to a wallet or account. Of those, nearly one in three have never recovered their assets. Over one in ten of those who lost access lost more than $5,000 in a single incident. These are not edge cases. They are the normal outcomes of […]
Introduction Every Bitcoin correction brings the same headlines: "Is this the end of crypto?", "Why I sold everything", and the inevitable post-mortem once prices recover. Most bear market content is about price. When to buy. Whether to DCA. Which assets to accumulate. How to manage your emotions when the portfolio is down 50%. None of […]
Introduction Three days from now, July 1, 2026, the largest crypto exchange in the world will go dark for millions of European users. Binance has told customers in several EU countries that it will restrict services because it will not have the required Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license by the July 1 deadline. Customers in […]
