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Mike Lynch leaves a complex, still-unfolding legacy

When Mike Lynch, described at one time as Britain’s Bill Gates, passed away last week, it was a shocking turn of events that would have sounded like a plot twist in an HBO show if it hadn’t been starkly real.

Fortune · Aug 26, 2024

Gary Gensler As Treasury Secretary? Crypto Community United In Pushback Against Idea

The crypto community has been divided by Polymarket results, and crypto users have been divided by digital coin rivalries, but this time, they are united against the idea of SEC Chair Gary Gensler taking the reins of the Treasury Department should VP Kamala Harris win in November.

International Business Times · Aug 20, 2024

AI and Web3 led May’s new unicorn pack

Six new unicorns were minted in May and, yep, two of them were AI companies, Crunchbase data released earlier this week showed. While newly-minted AI unicorns is a predictable enough phenomenon these days, I was caught more off guard by this: Two of May’s new unicorns are in Web3.

Fortune · Jun 21, 2024

Coinbase is playing a ‘dangerous game’ against the SEC with its stablecoin USDC

By offering a yield to investors, the leading crypto exchange could be putting its prized stablecoin at risk.

Fortune · Jan 3, 2024

The crypto use case of 2023: Law enforcement

Respondents to a TRM Labs survey estimated that 40% of offenses investigated by their agencies involved crypto.

Fortune · Dec 20, 2023

The House version of the Warren-Marshall anti-money laundering crypto bill has hit a McHenry-sized obstacle

Rep. Sean Casten is struggling to find a co-lead for his version of the Warren-Marshall bill.

Fortune · Dec 13, 2023

So why isn’t a Pokemon card a security?

Figures from SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to Rep. Ritchie Torres have weighed in on the pressing crypto question, without clarity from regulators.

Fortune · Dec 6, 2023

Inside Gary Gensler’s efforts to remake the SEC

How a former Goldman Sachs banker became the most divisive SEC chair in decades.

Fortune · Nov 29, 2023

Binance avoided a death sentence—but the slow bleed is yet to come

The long-awaited settlement with the crypto exchange avoided FTX territory.

Fortune · Nov 22, 2023

Flaw in early Bitcoin wallets shows how much crypto depends on secure code

A new vulnerability in certain old Bitcoin wallets means it's open season for hackers.

Fortune · Nov 17, 2023