Happy to share that I've joined @BitcoinCom/@BitcoinNews as Managing Editor! I'll be editing and writing news, working on the newsletter, and helping with other content initiatives.
PR folks: Let's reconnect! andrew.hayward@bitcoin.com, ahaywa on Telegram.
🔥 Hot off the Wire: CFTC opens 60-day crypto rulemaking push as Chairman Michael Selig tells the industry to “build here” under American rules.
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🔎 DEEP DIVE: Everything we know about Bitget’s $351.6M hack, from the wallet breach and frozen withdrawals to the stolen assets, $464M protection fund and unanswered questions.
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🚨🚨 JUST IN: NY AG Letitia James sues Polymarket, alleging the prediction market ran an illegal gambling operation in New York.
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If Congress can’t finish the crypto rulebook, who does? 👀
@OrestGavryliak says the SEC and CFTC can still move on issuance, listings, RWAs and tokenized stocks but rules aren’t law.
So where does that leave crypto?
Full interview goes there.🎙️
The CLARITY Act didn’t even reach debate.
What now for DeFi?
@1inch CLO @OrestGavryliak joins @_dsencil on the setback, DeFi’s regulatory gaps, and why developer protections + clear non-custodial rules matter.
The setback is only half the story.
Watch the full interview. 🎥
BREAKING: Fired Stars and Stripes staffers, including the editor and publisher, sued the Pentagon on Thursday alleging that their firings were retaliatory and violate their First Amendment rights. w/ @liamjscottwashingtonpost.com/business/…
Excited to publish my first deep dive with @sandmark_news, digging deep into the relationship between Stock Tokens and meme coins on Robinhood Chain.
The story is backed by an original @Dune dashboard.
HT to the folks at @GSR_io, @Bitwise, and @Grayscale for the sharp quotes.
Robinhood Chain is seeing its early activity driven largely by memecoins. Despite pitching the Ethereum Layer-2 network for tokenized stocks and financial products, speculative trading currently dominates.
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Encountered my first fake interview today, pressured to install an application to fix my microphone.
Obviously, left the meeting as soon as things felt off, clearing browser cash among other precautions.
Thank you to those that have spread awareness!
SCOOP: Pumpfun laid off employees just two months before token vesting was scheduled.
For one employee, the dismissal meant missing out on seven figures worth of PUMP tokens.
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Wow, I worked on the Show Daily from 2011 through the final edition in 2016. Cranking out massive writeups of major press conferences for the overnight print deadline so the next morning's issues were ready to hand out... 😅
Another highlight of our E3 collections: ten years of E3 Show Daily, the magazine that was handed out every day at E3. "Show dailies" might be a new concept to most people, so let's show you what was actually in these...: archive.gamehistory.org/fold…
NYT editor Joe Kahn: "We're going to continue to report — both about Air Force One, and on the circumstances around the government use of prosecutorial power to intimidate the independent news media." cnn.com/2026/07/15/media/new…