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Posts tagged #regulation
A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.
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financeOct 14, 2026· 5 min
Perpetual Futures: How Funding Rates Keep a Contract With No Expiry Honest
Perpetual futures are the most traded product in crypto, and they never expire. Here's how the funding rate keeps them pinned to spot, what it costs to hold one, and why leverage makes the math unforgiving.
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financeSep 30, 2026· 5 min
Buy Now, Pay Later: Who Actually Pays for Interest-Free
Pay-in-four loans cost the shopper nothing when things go right, so someone else is paying. Here's how the BNPL money flows, why merchants eat the cost, and what changes as these loans start hitting credit reports.
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financeSep 16, 2026· 5 min
What DAO Vote Counts Say About Decentralized Governance
DAOs promise governance without a boardroom. The actual turnout numbers, delegate concentration, and a few expensive attacks tell a more complicated story about how these organizations really run.
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financeAug 26, 2026· 4 min
How US Regulators Sorted Crypto Into Five Buckets
For years, whether a token was a security came down to a lawyer's read of a 1946 orange grove case. In 2026 the SEC finally published a taxonomy, and then…
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