The longest shutdown ever is over.

Government shutdown ends.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has finally ended. That is welcome news, as the impact was starting to show across the economy. Federal agencies were closed, consumer confidence weakened, and an entire month of economic data is missing. That gap will make navigating markets more difficult in the short term.

The reopening is expected to be broadly positive for markets. With the government fully operational again, federal spending resumes and liquidity flows back into the economy. In a market environment that is highly sensitive to liquidity, this typically acts as a supportive force for risk assets, including crypto.

Coinbase revives the ICO, but this time legally.

ICOs dominated 2017, both as a fundraising breakthrough and as a symbol of chaos. Anyone could launch a token, oversight was minimal, and fraud was widespread. Yet the core mechanism was powerful: a token sale is an efficient global way to finance early-stage projects. What the industry lacked was structure, transparency, and regulatory clarity.

Coinbase has now reintroduced token sales in a fully regulated form that complies with U.S. rules and includes investor protections. That one of the most regulated and publicly listed crypto companies in the U.S. is making this move is monumental. It opens the door to a fully legal market for crypto fundraising in America, something that was long thought to be impossible.

Uniswap proposes revenue sharing with tokenholders.

After years of debate, the founder of Uniswap, one of the largest DeFi protocols, has proposed sharing revenue with UNI tokenholders. The idea has been circulating since 2020, but the unclear regulatory environment in the U.S. always prevented it from moving forward. Revenue sharing through a token was simply considered too risky.

That Uniswap now feels confident enough to propose this indicates a major shift in regulatory pressure. It signals that DeFi is maturing and that projects finally see enough legal clarity to act. If a protocol as large as Uniswap takes this step, it could become a template for the entire sector.