Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-10-19Web3 Weekly: October 12–19, 2026 — Missouri's cease-and-desists draw two lawsuits as venture funding falls to $20 millionAn October 12–19 briefing on Missouri's cease-and-desists becoming two federal lawsuits, a judge refusing to vacate Gemini's settlement, France's 38–37 vote to tax stablecoin swaps, $20 million in fresh venture money, and Glamsterdam's Hoodi activation date.1
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-10-12Web3 Weekly: October 5–12, 2026 — ESMA orders a stablecoin cutoff as Abstract shuts down and Starknet weighs leaving EthereumAn October 5–12 briefing on ESMA's order that MiCA-licensed firms cut off non-compliant stablecoins, the CFTC's first crypto rulemaking notice, Abstract's shutdown and Starknet's Layer 1 question, $159.5 million in fresh venture equity, and a hardware-wallet supply-chain incident with as much as $93.2 million traced.1
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-10-05Web3 Weekly: September 29–October 5, 2026 — SEC drafts crypto custody rules as MetaMask's exit jams Ethereum's staking queueA September 29–October 5 briefing on the SEC's crypto custody proposal, ESMA's MiCA review recommendations, the CFTC's Fundsz judgment, $117.1 million in fresh venture equity led by Jeeves, Blast's wind-down, and the MetaMask incident that pushed Ethereum's staking exit queue to its longest wait of 2026.1
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-09-28Web3 Weekly: September 22–28, 2026 — The Fed proposes GENIUS Act stablecoin rules as Bitget loses $387.5 millionA September 22–28 briefing on the Federal Reserve's two GENIUS Act stablecoin proposals, the SEC's and CFTC's staff guidance and Hester Peirce's exit, five capital moves led by Binance's $100 million stake in Circle, Solana's Alpenglow testnet and devnet rollout, and roughly $408 million lost across three security incidents.2
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-09-21Web3 Weekly: September 15–21, 2026 — The CLARITY Act fails in the Senate as the SEC exempts tokenized-stock venuesA September 15–21 briefing on the CLARITY Act's Senate defeat, the SEC's five-year exemption for tokenized-stock trading venues, the CFTC's rulemaking filing, three stablecoin and credit funding rounds, and Optimism, Ethereum, Solana, Circle Arc and ZetaChain protocol milestones.
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-09-14Web3 Weekly: September 8–14, 2026 — Nasdaq’s $100M Payward investment and Tether’s $400M StableFundA September 8–14 briefing on Nasdaq’s $100M strategic investment in Payward, Tether and Fasanara’s $400M StableFund, SEC and CFTC supervisory checks, and Ethereum’s Sepolia Glamsterdam schedule.
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-09-07Web3 Weekly: September 1–7, 2026 — Polymarket’s reported $1B round and SEC’s blockchain transfer-agent proposalA September 1–7 briefing on Diameter Pay’s $10M Series A, Polymarket’s reported $1B raise, Capital B’s bitcoin-treasury placement, SEC transfer-agent rules, CFTC policy remarks, and Solana’s rent-reduction rollout.
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-08-31Web3 Weekly: August 24–31, 2026 — Stablecoin rails draw capital as Solana prepares a larger transaction formatA verified August 24–31 briefing on City Protocol, RQD* Clearing, SBI–Ajaib, a CFTC insider-trading order, quiet SEC and MiCA surfaces, and Solana Transaction v1.1
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-08-24Web3 Weekly: August 17–24, 2026 — SEC proposes crypto fundraising rules as stablecoin infrastructure scalesA verified August 17–24 briefing on the SEC's proposed crypto fundraising regime, stablecoin and privacy infrastructure funding, Whitechain's public Layer 2 testnet, and live Ethereum and Solana protocol milestones.
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-08-17Web3 Weekly: August 10-17, 2026 — Funding broadens as Reg Crypto slips and Platåberget opensA verified August 10–17 briefing covering three infrastructure-focused funding rounds, the SEC/CFTC Goliath cases and Reg Crypto delay, plus Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana upgrade work.1
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-08-10Web3 Weekly: August 3-10, 2026 — Stablecoin rails lead as MiCA advice tightensThis week's verified Web3 funding clustered around stablecoin settlement and institutional infrastructure, while France tightened the MiCA perimeter for crypto-asset advice and Solana and Starknet supplied the clearest protocol signals.
Web3 Project Funding & Regulation2026-08-03Web3 Weekly: July 27-August 3, 2026Funding concentrated in onchain infrastructure and consumer rewards this week, while SEC rulemaking posture, MiCA passporting, Stacks PoX-5, and Zcash Ironwood supplied the clearest compliance and protocol signals.