Beginner Guides
What Happens to Your Crypto When an Exchange Fails
Whether you own the assets or merely have a claim against the company is decided by paperwork written long before the failure…
Jenna McLaughlin
Published by Jenna McLaughlin
Guides & Education
How to Check Whether a Platform Is Regulated Where It Claims
"Regulated" is not a property a firm can assert about itself. It means a named authority, a named permission category, and an…
Beginner Guides
What “Regulated Exchange” Actually Means
The word "regulated" carries very different weight depending on which regulator, for what, and under which regime. Here is how to read…
News
CLARITY Act Would Split SEC and CFTC Jurisdiction. It Has Not Passed.
The CLARITY Act proposes a statutory division of authority between the SEC and CFTC. Coverage frequently describes it as settled. It is…
News
SEC and CFTC Issue Joint Interpretation on How Securities Law Applies to Crypto-Assets
Following a memorandum of understanding in March, the two agencies published a joint interpretation — the first substantive coordination on a boundary…
News
Treasury Targets Final GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules as Enforcement Phase Begins
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the Department is proceeding with "deliberate speed" toward final rules under the GENIUS Act, moving US…
News
DAC8 Brings Crypto Into the EU’s Automatic Tax Information Exchange
Alongside full MiCA enforcement, DAC8 extends the EU's automatic exchange of information framework to crypto-assets — changing what tax authorities receive, not…
News
MiCA Transitional Period Ends: Unauthorised Firms Must Now Wind Down
The grandfathering that let existing providers operate under national law expired on 1 July 2026. ESMA has said firms without CASP authorisation…
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AJ Vicens
Contributor · Ann Arbor, United States
AJ Vicens joined Conisec in 2026 as a contributor, compiling incident records from primary sources — official post-mortems, status pages and on-chain evidence —…
Jordan Robertson
Contributor · London, United Kingdom
Jordan Robertson joined Conisec in 2026 as a contributor, covering exchange and protocol incidents, with a focus on what a reader can verify for…
Conisec Staff
Newsroom
Conisec Staff is the byline on factual records compiled and verified by the newsroom rather than written by a single named reporter — Incident…