Steven Stradbrooke

Steven Stradbrooke is a ‘self-taught’ writer who learned his craft from every book, newspaper, magazine, newsletter, snarky blog post and bathroom wall poem he ever read. Formerly the senior writer for 11 years at the CalvinAyre.com gambling industry news site, Steven wrote his first Bitcoin-focused article in 2011 and began contributing to CoinGeek in 2017. He joined CoinGeek full-time in 2021.

Latest Articles by Steven Stradbrooke

US ‘crypto council’ a ghost town, third-party tokenization hard sell
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20 October, 2026

US ‘crypto council’ a ghost town, third-party tokenization hard sell

Patrick Witt leaves the White House Crypto Council as Tether-Nuxum payments draw scrutiny, and the CFTC, SEC, and OKXICE tokenization...
USDC is EU’s first ‘significant’ stablecoin, Circle defends economics
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20 October, 2026

USDC is EU’s first ‘significant’ stablecoin, Circle defends economics

USDC becomes the EU’s first ‘significant’ stablecoin under MiCA as Circle defends its economics and plans expansion into emerging markets.
Russia’s A7A5 stablecoin network says it’s totally gone legit
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16 October, 2026

Russia’s A7A5 stablecoin network says it’s totally gone legit

Stablecoins win emerging markets, regulators fret over cross-border runs, and Russia’s A7 sanctions machine claims it’s gone legit. Color us...
US community banks sue feds to halt crypto bank licenses
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15 October, 2026

US community banks sue feds to halt crypto bank licenses

Community banks sue the OCC over crypto trust charters, BofA gets a $1.2B AML fine, and DoJ probes whether Binance...
Richard ‘HEX’ Heart arrested in Turkey running another crypto scam
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15 October, 2026

Richard ‘HEX’ Heart arrested in Turkey running another crypto scam

Richard Heart, founder of HEX and Pulse, was arrested in Istanbul after a dawn raid over a suspected new crypto...
Binance shuts BTC mining pool, Zcash miners living the dream
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14 October, 2026

Binance shuts BTC mining pool, Zcash miners living the dream

Binance shuts its BTC mining pool as margins shrink, Zcash mining profits soar, BitFuFu’s Ethiopia deal stalls, and South Africa...