Catherine Shaw
Washington correspondent who covered bank regulation for a decade before turning to crypto policy. Writes about legislation the way a chess player narrates a match. Sources include people who won't go on record.
Articles by Catherine Shaw
Jeonbuk Bank Starts Bitcoin-Backed Business Loans, With a Custodian Holding the Coins
A South Korean regional lender is now underwriting corporate credit against Bitcoin, with a third-party custodian sitting between the borrower and the bank. The structure solves possession risk but not price risk, and it tells you exactly which banks are hungry enough to move first.
An AI Agent Found a Bug That Could Have Minted 18 Trillion XRP. Here's Why It Matters Less Than You Think.
A single transaction could have created 180 times XRP's total supply. The fix required bypassing the network's own governance rules. But the real story isn't the bug. It's what the response reveals about trust, and about who's using AI to find the next one.
