Fito Benitez

Legal Layer: Institutional Staking & DeFi Regulatory Update [August 2026]
August 2026 regulation news for custodians, ETF issuers, treasury teams, and validator risk committees. CLARITY Act odds fall to 10%, OCC targets November for GENIUS Act final rules, Austria issues first MiCA penalty, and South Korea's Shinhan pilots a tokenized fund on Solana.

DeFi Dispatch: DeFi News and Signals August 2026 (Issue 2)
DeFi news and signals from the second half of August 2026. Ten consecutive days of Ethereum ETF accumulation deliver $1.42 billion in net inflows, Solana's first binding governance vote produces a split result, and Glamsterdam's public testnet launches with Q4 2026 mainnet targeted.

DeFi Dispatch: DeFi News and Signals August 2026 (Issue 1)
DeFi news and signals from the start of August 2026. BNY integrates staking into its custody platform via Galaxy, Sharplink deploys $200M through Lido, Ethereum's EIP-8363 sparks its biggest monetary policy debate since The Merge, and Solana's SGP-0003 heads to a formal vote.

P2P.org Achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification
P2P.org has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, extending independent security compliance verification across its staking infrastructure.

P2P.org Partners With BoulderTech to Deepen Institutional Yield in Latin America
Latin America's institutional appetite for digital assets is growing faster than the infrastructure built to serve it. P2P.org is investing accordingly.

Staking ETF Validator Infrastructure: What ETF Issuers Need to Evaluate and Get Right
BlackRock's ETHB launched in March 2026. The infrastructure decisions beneath that product determine how it performs, how it manages risk, and whether it passes compliance diligence. Here is the framework ETF issuers need.

Legal Layer: Institutional Staking & DeFi Regulatory Update [July 2026]
July 2026 regulation news for custodians, ETF issuers, treasury teams, and validator risk committees. CLARITY Act races August recess, MiCA enforces, GENIUS Act deadline missed, Japan passes FIEA reform, and Brazil's Travel Rule takes effect.

DeFi Dispatch: DeFi News and Signals July 2026 (Issue 2)
DeFi news and signals from the second half of July 2026. DTCC processes first live tokenized securities trades, Securitize lists on NYSE and registers as SEC investment adviser, Glamsterdam devnet narrows activation to Q4 2026, and Solana crosses $3.7 billion in RWA value.

DeFi Dispatch: DeFi News and Signals July 2026 (Issue 1)
DeFi news and signals from the start of July 2026. Robinhood Chain launches its public mainnet with tokenized stocks in 120 countries, BlackRock's BUIDL crosses $2.87 billion across multiple chains, and Ethereum ETFs break an eight-week outflow streak as one-third of all ETH reaches staking.

Staking Governance Rights: What Institutions Should Know
Pectra made Ethereum validator consolidation possible at scale. Whether it is the right decision for your institution depends on four factors that most teams have not fully modeled.

DeFi Dispatch: DeFi News and Signals June 2026 (Issue 2)
DeFi news and signals from the second half of June 2026. TVL falls 37% as stablecoins reach $314 billion, New York Life brings corporate bonds on-chain, BlackRock integrates USDe into Aladdin, and Q2 2026 becomes the most-hacked quarter on record.

Legal Layer: Institutional Staking & DeFi Regulatory Update [June 2026]
Monthly regulatory intelligence for institutions. June 2026: CLARITY Act, MiCA deadline, SEC 2030 plan, UK FCA, ASIC licensing cutoff, and Brazil's stablecoin framework.