Hristina Vasileva

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Hristina Vasileva

Hristina Vasileva

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Hristina Vasileva specializes in DeFi, business, and economic news. She graduated from Sofia University with an MA in Philosophy, after completing a 4-year BA in Business Administration, Journalism, and Mass Communication. She has worked for one of the country’s leading newspapers, covering the commodities and corporate results beat. Currently, Hristina is a contributing news author at Cryptopolitan.

Author’s Articles

  • BTC closed its strongest month for the year to date.

    BTC closed its strongest month for the year to date
    May 1, 2026 Bitcoin
  • Hundreds of Ethereum wallets drained after years of no activity

    Hundreds of Ethereum wallets drained after years of no activity
    April 30, 2026 Ethereum
  • CryptoRank: Only six ICOs were completed in 2026.

    CryptoRank: Only six ICOs were completed in 2026
    April 30, 2026 News
  • Wasabi Protocol has been exploited for over $5M

    Wasabi Protocol has been exploited for over $5M
    April 30, 2026 News
  • MegaETH prepares for long-awaited MEGA token launch.

    MegaETH prepares for long-awaited MEGA token launch
    April 30, 2026 News
  • Aave struggles to bring back lending after Kelp DAO hack.

    Aave struggles to bring back lending after Kelp DAO hack
    April 29, 2026 News
  • Aftermath Finance reports exploit affecting only perpetual futures

    Aftermath Finance reports exploit affecting only perpetual futures
    April 29, 2026 News
  • Mezo and Anchorage Digital launch BTC yield product

    Mezo and Anchorage Digital launch BTC yield product
    April 29, 2026 News
  • Syndicate token SYND crashes by 34% after a Commons bridge exploit.

    Syndicate token SYND crashes by 34% after a Commons bridge exploit
    April 29, 2026 News
  • Crypto regulations move from exploratory stage to full enforcement Crypto activity in leading regions like the USA, the EU, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UAE, Japan, Turkey, and Brazil are now happening under a strict regulatory regime. Crypto activities are now more aligned with traditional financial regulations.  ‘Stablecoin regulation has converged with unusual speed. Across every major jurisdiction, regulators have arrived at a structurally similar framework: full fiat reserve backing, prohibition of algorithmic stabilization mechanisms, independent attestation of reserves, and licensing of issuers,’ stated the latest Skynet State of the Digital Asset Regulations Report.  While previous regulatory pressure was mostly concerned with unregistered securities, this time regulations focus on money laundering. AML and KYC rules are being applied to crypto, where they were previously reserved for banking and traditional finance.  Each region has built and enforced frameworks for multiple crypto participants, especially exchanges, custodians, and stablecoin issuers. Crypto regulations focus on payments For the whole of 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission did not go after new token-based projects, abandoning its previous focus on applying securities law to crypto. The US Genius Act put the basis of a new crypto regulation, now awaiting the Clarity Act to be voted into law to further regulate stablecoins.  According to Skynet’s research, in H1 over $90M were paid in AML fines and settlements. Crypto fine enforcements accelerated in 2025, with a special focus on AML regulations, intercepting stablecoins from illegal sources and from sanction evasions. | Source: Certik Penalties from the SEC fell by 97% year-on-year, revealing the deep shift in crypto enforcement. The increased AML vigilance arrives after a 400% increase in sanctions evasion through crypto usage for 2025.  Blockchain estimates state-driven sanctions evasion increased transaction volume by 694% in the past year, especially driven by Russia-linked networks and stablecoin infrastructure. The trend invited additional vigilance in screening stablecoins.  The other major shift is the focus on smart contracts, which are now facing scrutiny and standards usually applied to financial market infrastructure. Independent smart contract audits are enforced in Hong Kong, the UAE, the EU, and in the USA at the state level. After a period of inherent risk, crypto activity now requires prudential standards similar to traditional finance.  For crypto companies and projects planning a global presence, this means each new jurisdiction comes with its own set of compliance requirements for each new location. The former borderless era of payments is coming to an end, even for end users with self-custodied wallets.  Crypto derivative trading switches to regulated regions The shift to tighter regulations in 2025 was also reflected in trader behaviors. In the past week, IBIT derivative activity for BTC showed traders were flocking to a fully regulated market. For the first time, open interest on IBIT surpassed the derivative activity on Deribit. Deribit, as an offshore platform, was holding the monopoly on BTC options trading. The platform reached $26.9B in open interest, with $27.6B for IBIT.  Traders moved to BlackRock’s regulated trading venue on Nasdaq, showing that regulated markets held significant appeal.  The current US frameworks places the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as the authority on derivatives. US crypto trading remains under a multi-agency regime, with wider authority coming through the Clarity Act, now awaiting Senate action. 

    Crypto regulations move from exploratory stage to full enforcement
    April 28, 2026 Regulation

  • Polymarket’s new network goes live
    April 28, 2026 News
  • BTC is back to behaving as a tech stock during Q1 earnings week

    BTC is back to behaving as a tech stock during Q1 earnings week
    April 28, 2026 News
  • ZetaChain transactions paused after attack against team wallets.

    ZetaChain transactions paused after attack against team wallets
    April 28, 2026 News
  • Galaxy Digital prepares for Q1 result filing with lowered expectations

    Galaxy Digital prepares for Q1 result filing with lowered expectations
    April 27, 2026 News
  • Why Strategy’s record accumulation isn’t saving BTC's price?

    Strategy added 3,273 BTC, a smaller weekly purchase
    April 27, 2026 News
  • New altcoins outperform older tokens: 2025 exchange data shows why

    New altcoins outperform older tokens: 2025 exchange data shows why
    April 27, 2026 News
  • DOGE signals a breakout with climbing open interest.

    DOGE signals a breakout with climbing open interest
    April 27, 2026 Dogecoin
  • Nakamoto, Inc. puts its BTC treasury to work with a derivative trading strategy

    Nakamoto, Inc. puts its BTC treasury to work with a derivative trading strategy
    April 24, 2026 News

  • Allbirds erases over 50% as short open interest increases
    April 24, 2026 News
  • The Balancer exploiter started trading ETH to BTC.

    The Balancer exploiter started trading ETH to BTC
    April 24, 2026 News

  • Crypto adoption slows down in developed markets in Q1
    April 23, 2026 News
  • Retail traders are leaving ETH, not allowing price to break out

    Retail traders are leaving ETH, not allowing price to break out
    April 23, 2026 News