“We had no way of knowing man forced to resign twice for corruption would be corrupt” insists Starmer – NewsThump
https://newsthump.com/2026/02/05/we-had-no-way-of-knowing-man-forced-to-res…
Why this is the worst crypto winter ever: AI crowds out crypto for mindshare and power grid access, crypto is mainstream, gold beats BTC as a safe haven, more (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-05/10-reasons-th…
Fat Putin's never been held accountable for any crime or violation he's ever committed.
Without a change in Congress, this won't be any different.
☑️ Trump’s crypto ties pose growing obstacle on Capitol Hill - POLITICO
https://www.
Trump's Pardon Abuses Are a Means to Legalize Corruption https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-pardon-abuses-legalize-corruption-1235477609/
Is This Crypto's Fimbulwinter? -- Political power may not be enough to save the crypto cult (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-this-cryptos-fimbulwinter
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p40#a260205p40
Source: a16z Crypto is targeting around $2B for its fifth fund and plans to close the raise by the end of the first half of 2026 (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/a16z-crypto-chris-dixon-venture-capital-blockchain-paradigm-hau…
The FBI arrests the son of a federal contractor who managed critical services and charges him with stealing ~$46M in crypto from the US Marshals Service (Sander Lutz/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/360120/federal-contractors-so…
A US judge sentences Rui-Siang Lin, who pled guilty to operating the $105M dark web narcotics marketplace Incognito Market, to 30 years in US federal prison (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/02/04
Polish lawmakers fail to override the president's veto on a crypto assets regulation bill; Poland is the last EU country not to adopt EU's crypto regulation (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/…
The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges (Shashwat Chauhan/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/spot-crypto-products-begin-t…