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Laura Shin
Lately in print: Unchained, latest byline September 18, 2026.
Lately in print
Unchained ·
Crypto's Clarity Act Collapses. Two Days Later, the SEC Introduces Its Innovation Exemption (opens Unchained)
Unchained ·
SEC Grants Innovation Exemption for Trading Stock Tokens Onchain, but Not Synthetics (opens Unchained)
Unchained ·
Should Stock Tokens Be Limited to KYC'd Users? Or Be Tradeable by Anyone? (opens Unchained)
In the archive
Protocol Research
Phil Daian Names MEV, and Flashbots Builds Its Market
A 2019 Cornell Tech paper named the profit in ordering trades; by October 2026, 92 percent of Ethereum slots ran through Flashbots' MEV-Boost.