Bear market EthDenver, bull market regulators

🤯 55% off subscription discount subscription offer* lasts forever! Wow! I was not at ETHDenver 2026. It’s the first one I have missed in several years.But I still have a report for you, because I went through a bunch of the talks posted on YouTube that dealt with the evolving regulatory backdrop for the cryptocurrency world. Regulation still seems like the key theme of the moment — to me. Plus, it’s also the most likely to serve as a catalyst for renewed enthusiasm about cryptocurrency. People were talking a ton about agents and ETH on stage this year, too, but I’m not going to hold my breath for that to make the market kick off.Coinbase getting a proper exchange license, at long last, though? That could be a thing. Authorization to raise money selling tokens? Tokens that send profits back to investors with no doubts about getting slapped with a lawsuit? Oh yes. That could be very real. So I continue to follow along with the agencies. Congress is not going to get this done. 🖤 To subscribe to Diamond Rhino in a pod player, click on any of these links:* Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Pocket Casts* Overcast📼 Follow up on last week’s ep: Curious about how Bitcoin adapts when price tanks?Sources:All the sources this year came from videos posted on the EthDenver YouTube page.SEC Chair Paul Atkins and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce in ConversationFeb 18, 2026The Compliance Era: How Tax Regulation Is Reshaping Web3 | Patrick Camuso - Camuso CPAFeb 18, 2026The Identity Layer: Compliance as Core Crypto Infrastructure | Derek Woods - PersonaFeb 19, 2026Why TradFi Stablecoins Need DeFi Stablecoins | Gerrit Hall - Curve FinanceFeb 18, 2026Ethereum: The Next Chapter | Alex Stokes - Ethereum FoundationFeb 19, 2026Tokenization in 2026: What the Data Says | Dean Khan Dhillon - RWA.xyzFeb 19, 2026From Boring to Billions: How RWAs Won Crypto, and What's NextFeb 18, 2026Stablecoins as Infrastructure | Gerrit Hall, Jelena Djuric, DeFi Dave, and Katie TalatiFeb 18, 2026RWAs: From Experiment to Exponential | Drake Breeding - Circle & Bhaji Illuminati - CentrifugeFeb 18, 2026Why Policy Needs Cypherpunks | Samuel Jacques Cloutier - Hash DirectorsFeb 20, 2026 — Seriously watch this one 👇Notes:The Future of Crypto Banking | Jeff John Roberts , Caitlin Long & Rok KoppFeb 18, 2026Peanut Butter & Watermelon: Financial Privacy in the Digital AgeCommissioner Hester M. PeirceRemarks to the Science of Blockchain ConferenceU.C. BerkeleyAug. 4, 2025Privacy in the House: Remarks at the Privacy and Financial Surveillance RoundtableCommissioner Hester M. PeirceWashington D.C.Dec. 15, 2025Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework and amended Common Reporting Standard: OECD releases IT format for transmitting information and issues interpretative guidanceOECDOctober 2, 2024Front Stage Exit is a reader-supported publication. Stick around! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.frontstageexit.com