The $11.2 billion in 2026 funding that killed crypto’s permissionless era

CoinDeskBy Olivier Acuna2d ago

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Dubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver and her team parsed every crypto deal in the first half of 2026. BlackRock, Goldman, and Persian Gulf sovereigns all wrote checks to regulated firms.

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