Jonathan Bright

Policy Editor · Covers Policy, Regulation · Contact the newsroom

Jonathan Bright leads policy and regulation coverage, tracking how governments respond to artificial intelligence, digital assets, and data infrastructure.

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Prediction MarketsThe NFL says a contract on a game is a betOCTOBER 11, 2026

AI SafetySeventy-two days to find a false tipOCTOBER 10, 2026

Investment Security$200,000 for a $92,478 stakeOCTOBER 8, 2026

AI GovernanceIn Sweden, a prosecutor holds the switchOCTOBER 7, 2026

Private CreditForty billion dollars on a BBBOCTOBER 7, 2026

SemiconductorsHalf a million dollars in a quarterOCTOBER 6, 2026

Data BreachNineteen months, three million TexansOCTOBER 6, 2026

SemiconductorsThirty million dollars a quarterOCTOBER 6, 2026

SECOne commissioner is now a quorumOCTOBER 4, 2026

Market StructureThe margin is named in the ruleSEPTEMBER 29, 2026

RegulationRussia caps bank crypto at one per centSEPTEMBER 21, 2026

AntitrustThirty films a year, a monitor for CNNSEPTEMBER 20, 2026

AntitrustPacing becomes a price-fixing claimSEPTEMBER 20, 2026

AntitrustThe settlement stays sealedSEPTEMBER 18, 2026

GovernanceThe SEC steps out of the proxy ballotSEPTEMBER 17, 2026

Tax PolicyThe wash-sale rule catches upSEPTEMBER 15, 2026

AntitrustThe gatekeeper walks, the model maker staysSEPTEMBER 14, 2026

AntitrustParamount's defence: the market was inventedSEPTEMBER 13, 2026

TradeThe FCC leaves the transceiver alone, for nowSEPTEMBER 12, 2026

AntitrustParamount and the states agree to talkSEPTEMBER 12, 2026

RegulationThe SEC proposes to delete its pay-to-play ruleSEPTEMBER 11, 2026

AntitrustThe question is the structure, not the priceSEPTEMBER 11, 2026

AntitrustKKR would pay $250m over merger filingsSEPTEMBER 8, 2026

PolicyWater becomes a permitting questionSEPTEMBER 6, 2026

AntitrustThe commission goes to courtSEPTEMBER 6, 2026

TradeExport controls shift to enforcementSEPTEMBER 6, 2026

RegulationThe app store becomes the age gateSEPTEMBER 4, 2026

ProcurementProcurement is regulating AI firstSEPTEMBER 3, 2026

PrivacyState privacy laws set a national floorSEPTEMBER 2, 2026

Right to RepairRight to repair enters enforcementSEPTEMBER 1, 2026

RegulationNew market structure rules push crypto exchanges toward familiar shapesAUGUST 10, 2026

RegulationAI regulation enters its implementation phaseAUGUST 9, 2026

Data CentersThe data center boom collides with local economicsAUGUST 4, 2026

Energy for ComputingMiners reinvent themselves as grid assetsAUGUST 4, 2026

PolicyPermitting becomes the new industrial policy for computeAUGUST 2, 2026

RegulationDigital asset law settles into a workable, imperfect orderJULY 30, 2026

AnalysisPower availability becomes the master constraint on computingJULY 27, 2026

Software Supply ChainSoftware supply chain rules begin to biteJULY 23, 2026

AI GovernanceBoards formalize AI oversight before regulators ask twiceJULY 17, 2026

RegulationAI liability moves from law reviews to docketsJULY 12, 2026

RegulationExchange tokens face their regulatory reckoningJULY 8, 2026

Blockchain InfrastructureCarbon markets try ledgers to fix a credibility problemJUNE 20, 2026

PolicyThe data localization wars settle into managed blocsJUNE 6, 2026

AI GovernanceOpen-Weight AI wins a conditional policy truceMAY 16, 2026

RegulationBenchmark reform's second wave targets the data itselfDECEMBER 10, 2025

StablecoinsStablecoin law meets its implementation yearDECEMBER 4, 2025

RegulationIncident reporting clocks start ticking for critical infrastructureNOVEMBER 19, 2025

Blockchain InfrastructureInteroperability standards take shape for institutional chainsNOVEMBER 12, 2025