UK Bitcoin Treasury Firm Smarter Web Closes £10M Share Offering
The Smarter Web Company has raised £10 million ($13.2 million) in the initial public offering (IPO) of its new preferred…
The Federal Reserve is preparing for a rate hike cycle, along with the rest of the world
The Federal Reserve is preparing for another round of interest rate hikes, and central banks worldwide are moving in the…
THORChain fees more than double its pre-surge week with no Bitget exploit money
THORChain garnered ~$404,600 in swap fees between October 5 and 11. The total is more than twice the ~$191,500 it…
CHAD preferred climbs toward $10 as DeFi Development common falls 21% in a week
In a week of tumbling crypto prices, DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) just kept buying Solana to put in its…
Brian Armstrong Backs SEC Plan to Expand Private Market Access for Retail Investors
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly backed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to reform accredited investor rules. Know when…
Switching from Cryptomus to Heleket leaves the same UK sanctions target
The UK placed crypto payment brands Cryptomus and Heleket under the same sanctions designation on Oct. 8, 2026, naming Xeltox…
Australia proposes leverage caps for crypto-settled derivatives
Australia’s securities regulator wants to extend leverage limits and other retail investor safeguards to certain trading contracts settled in crypto.…
EU targets MiCA loophole that lets crypto exchanges serve 27 countries with one license
EU finance ministers agreed to shift oversight of major crypto companies to a central watchdog, reshaping supervision under MiCA. The…
This Week in Crypto Law (October 11, 2026)
The opinion editorial below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. This week brought meaningful developments on both sides of…
Crypto PACs report $2.7M spending blitz on House races as midterms loom
Affiliate entities of Fairshake, the US political action committee (PAC) funded largely by contributions from investment banking company Cantor Fitzgerald,…