Grace Tanaka

Smart contract auditor turned security journalist. Covers DeFi exploits, bridge hacks, and protocol vulnerabilities. Her post-mortems are the ones developers actually read.

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Articles by Grace Tanaka

Aug 31, 2026

Permanent Bans and Zero Fines: The Real Weight of the FTX Settlement

Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang just finalized CFTC consent orders with permanent trading bans and no new fines. The civil aftermath of FTX is still grinding through regulators, and the market should be paying attention to what these bans actually mean.

Aug 27, 2026

A 1.377 BTC transfer just exposed the flaw in Trump's 'never sell' Bitcoin promise

The US government moved a tiny amount of Alameda's seized Bitcoin, and the market panicked. But the real story is the fine print of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve order, which doesn't protect as much Bitcoin as you think. Here's the legal breakdown that matters.