SEC and CFTC just shook hands on crypto
Published: March 16, 2026
Duration: 4:53
SEC and CFTC sign first-ever joint crypto MOU — as Aave loses $50M in a swap gone wrong and BTC posts its best week since September 2025.
Today's key developments:
• The SEC and CFTC signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate their approach to digital asset regulation — the first formal joint framework between the two agencies.
• Aave and CowSwap published dueling post-mortems after a $50M token swap went catastrophically wrong — and now Aave is rolling out a new protection mechanism in response.
• Bitcoin is on track for its best week since September 2025, and its correlation with tech stocks is vi...
Today's key developments:
• The SEC and CFTC signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate their approach to digital asset regulation — the first formal joint framework between the two agencies.
• Aave and CowSwap published dueling post-mortems after a $50M token swap went catastrophically wrong — and now Aave is rolling out a new protection mechanism in response.
• Bitcoin is on track for its best week since September 2025, and its correlation with tech stocks is vi...