How US Judges Might Save Crypto from the SEC

Separation-of-powers offers hope to the crypto industry, which is under attack from unchecked executive power. Two separate courtrooms in which judges, guided by an impartial legal framework, eschewed that popularist mode of judgment and instead considered the SEC’s claims against the facts and counter-arguments presented to them.

Silicon Valley Bank Shuttered by State Regulators

Silicon Valley Bank was shuttered by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation on Friday, marking the second bank to shut down within days. The startup-focused bank counted a number of major crypto venture capital firms as clients.