Author: Joseph Rees

Key Takeaways: The Hangzhou Court ruled that replacing Zhou with an AI model didn’t justify his forced termination. This decision

This Week in Crypto Law The opinion editorial below was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. The

Key Takeaways: Academy Board bans AI for the 99th Oscars, requiring human-only billing for acting and writing by March 2027.

Modernizing Global Settlement Bakkt Inc. has finalized its acquisition of Distributed Technologies Research (DTR), a developer of agentic payments and

Key Takeaways: Stablecoins face disruption as OCC rules may expand yield limits to third-party partners. Consensys argues proposal misclassifies DeFi

Key Takeaways: Seoul’s court halted Bithumb’s 6-month FIU suspension on April 30, allowing the exchange to continue full operations. The

Key Takeaways: Coinshares PLC reported $7.4 billion in gross AUM for FY2025 following its April 1, 2026, Nasdaq listing. The

Key Takeaways: Binance leads all exchanges in BTC futures open interest at 134,620 BTC, while CME posted the strongest 24-hour

Key Takeaways: A new wallet pulled 1,051 BTC worth $82.35 million from Binance, per Lookonchain. U.S. bitcoin ETFs recorded $630

Key Takeaways: Hyperliquid launched HIP-4 Outcome Markets on mainnet May 2, 2026, with BTC daily binary contracts live and trading.