Stablecoin Regulation Could Leave Banks Behind: Why Uncertainty Is Becoming a Strategic Risk
Stablecoins were supposed to be a crypto side story. A convenience tool for traders who wanted to park dollars between trades without leaving the blockchain. That’s not what happened. Today…
The CLARITY Act and the Battle for Crypto’s Future: Decentralization vs Institutional Control
The fight over the Digital Asset Market Structure Clarity Act has quietly turned into one of the most important regulatory battles crypto has faced since Bitcoin went mainstream. On paper,…
US Crypto Market Structure Bill Stalls: Senate Gridlock, Stablecoin Fights, and Election-Year Politics
Washington was supposed to deliver crypto clarity this year. Instead, it delivered gridlock. What started as a bipartisan push to draw clean lines around digital asset markets is now stuck…
OANDA’s Exit From Proprietary Trading: Strategic Retreat or Regulatory Discipline?
Hybrid broker-prop models were always going to face a reckoning. This week, OANDA made its choice. Starting March 2, 2026, OANDA Prop Trader accounts begin migrating to FTMO Group’s standalone…
Six Polymarket Wallets Earn $1.2M on Iran Strike Prediction
Prediction markets love calling themselves truth engines. Prices as probability. Collective intelligence distilled into a number. Then six wallets turned roughly $1 million into $1.2 million betting the United States…
Polymarket Prices a 6% Chance of ‘Bill Gates Charged by June 30’
A new Polymarket contract asking whether Bill Gates will be formally charged or indicted in the US by June 30, 2026 is trading around 6% “Yes.” Six percent. That sounds…
Kalshi Suspends MrBeast Editor in Insider Trading Case, Fines Total $22,000
Prediction markets like to say they’re not casinos. They’re exchanges. Information markets. Probabilities with price discovery. This week, Kalshi tried to prove it — not with a marketing campaign, but…
Senate Reopens Binance Scrutiny Just Two Years After $4B Guilty Plea
Two years after Binance wrote a $4 billion check and called it a reset, Washington is back at the door. Not with a new indictment. Not with a splashy DOJ…
From $10 to $0.0005: The Treasury Shock Behind Step Finance’s Collapse
The collapse of Step Finance wasn’t a slow bleed. It was a treasury shock. Then silence. No regulatory crackdown. No gradual user exodus. No drawn-out governance drama. Just a $40…
ABCeX, Exmo, Rapira, Aifory, and Bitpapa Helped Russia Move $11 Billion Despite Crypto Sanctions
Elliptic didn’t just publish another compliance memo. It dropped a map. And the picture isn’t flattering for regulators. Since 2022, Western sanctions have tried to choke off Russia-linked crypto channels.…