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Gold and Bitcoin Hit by Hot US Payrolls as Fed Hike Risk Binance Puts AVA, GNS, SCR and TOWNS on Monitoring List, Raising Delisting Risk Bybit Faces Fresh Complaint Over $80 Transfer as Low-Value Freeze Reports Cluster Binance Stock Trading Uses Alpaca and May Generate Payment for Order Flow Kraken EUR Withdrawals Delayed by Banking Circle 

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Gold and Bitcoin Hit by Hot US Payrolls as Fed Hike Risk

September 4, 2026 Johan Shamshad
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Binance Puts AVA, GNS, SCR and TOWNS on Monitoring List, Raising Delisting Risk

September 4, 2026 Johan Shamshad
Exchanges Featured Top Stories

Bybit Faces Fresh Complaint Over $80 Transfer as Low-Value Freeze Reports Cluster

September 4, 2026 Shane Neagle
Exchanges Featured Top Stories

Binance Stock Trading Uses Alpaca and May Generate Payment for Order Flow

September 4, 2026 Shane Neagle
Exchanges Featured Top Stories

Kraken EUR Withdrawals Delayed by Banking Circle 

September 4, 2026 Johan Shamshad
Brokers Featured

CMC Markets Quietly Adds £250 Million of Tier 2 Capital

September 4, 2026 Shane Neagle
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Vantage to Cut Oil Leverage to 1:10 Around Major Data Releases

September 4, 2026 Shane Neagle
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OANDA Japan to Block New MT4 Orders Ahead of Full Shutdown

September 4, 2026 Shane Neagle
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IG’s $1.3 Billion Underdog Bet Draws Investor Pushback

September 4, 2026 Shane Neagle
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Ualett Expands Beyond Gig Advances With Cross-Border Transfers to Latin America

September 4, 2026 Johan Shamshad

Prediction Markets

CFTC Orders Trump Teleprompter Operator to Pay $172,539 Over Kalshi Trades
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CFTC Orders Trump Teleprompter Operator to Pay $172,539 Over Kalshi Trades
Sportradar and Polymarket Expand Sports Prediction Deal Across 20-Plus Leagues
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Sportradar and Polymarket Expand Sports Prediction Deal Across 20-Plus Leagues
Kalshi Loses Major Nevada Appeal as Prediction Market Fight Heads Toward Supreme Court
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Kalshi Loses Major Nevada Appeal as Prediction Market Fight Heads Toward Supreme Court
Kalshi Filing Shows $1.12 Billion Raised as $40 Billion Valuation Talks Build
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Kalshi Filing Shows $1.12 Billion Raised as $40 Billion Valuation Talks Build
CFTC Says Michigan Cannot Force Kalshi to Cancel Executed Trades
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CFTC Says Michigan Cannot Force Kalshi to Cancel Executed Trades
South Korea to Hear From Polymarket Before Deciding on Action
Prediction Markets
South Korea to Hear From Polymarket Before Deciding on Action
Strategy’s Shrinking Dividend Buffer Turns Its Bitcoin Bet Into a Cash-Management Problem
Prediction Markets
Strategy’s Shrinking Dividend Buffer Turns Its Bitcoin Bet Into a Cash-Management Problem
Polymarket’s Fake-Bet Scandal Puts CFTC Oversight Under Bipartisan Fire
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Polymarket’s Fake-Bet Scandal Puts CFTC Oversight Under Bipartisan Fire
OKX Launches ‘Exchange OS’ to Let Developers Build Trading and Prediction Markets
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OKX Launches ‘Exchange OS’ to Let Developers Build Trading and Prediction Markets
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Paybis Adds PayPal for US Crypto Purchases as Adoption Push Continues
Prediction Markets Just Went Institutional — And It’s Moving Faster Than People Think
Prediction Markets
Prediction Markets Just Went Institutional — And It’s Moving Faster Than People Think
Polymarket Study Finds 3% of Traders Drive Price Discovery, Challenging “Wisdom of Crowds” Narrative
Prediction Markets
Polymarket Study Finds 3% of Traders Drive Price Discovery, Challenging “Wisdom of Crowds” Narrative
Polymarket Insider Trading Case Raises National Security Risks as DOJ Charges Soldier Over $400K Maduro Bet
Prediction Markets
Polymarket Insider Trading Case Raises National Security Risks as DOJ Charges Soldier Over $400K Maduro Bet
Wisconsin Sues Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase and Others Over “Event Contracts” Tied to Sports Betting
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Wisconsin Sues Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase and Others Over “Event Contracts” Tied to Sports Betting

Retail Trading

EXANTE Launches Allocator to Expand Portfolio Automation for Asset Managers
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EXANTE Launches Allocator to Expand Portfolio Automation for Asset Managers
May 14, 2026 Johan Shamshad

EXANTE has launched Allocator, a new portfolio management infrastructure platform designed to help asset managers automate strategy deployment and portfolio rebalancing across multiple client accounts. The launch comes as demand for separately managed accounts (SMAs) continues to rise across the asset management industry, increasing operational complexity for firms overseeing growing numbers of customized portfolios. Announced […]

Prop Trading

Goat Funded Trader Faces $16,925 Payout Dispute Over Copy-Trading Flag
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Goat Funded Trader Faces $16,925 Payout Dispute Over Copy-Trading Flag
August 30, 2026 Shane Neagle

Goat Funded Trader is facing a public dispute over a $16,924.98 payout after a trader accused the prop firm of wrongly classifying manually executed trades as coordinated or copied activity and rejecting an appeal despite receiving MetaTrader 5 logs. The trader, using account number 315037675, said he requested the payout on Aug. 13 from a […]

Funding Pips Faces Trader Backlash Over Mandatory Prime Transfers
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Funding Pips Faces Trader Backlash Over Mandatory Prime Transfers
OANDA’s Exit From Proprietary Trading: Strategic Retreat or Regulatory Discipline?
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OANDA’s Exit From Proprietary Trading: Strategic Retreat or Regulatory Discipline?

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Coldcard Hack Exposes the Blind Spot in Measuring Self-Custody Losses Coldcard Hack Exposes the Blind Spot in Measuring Self-Custody Losses
August 11, 2026 Shane Neagle

Coldcard Hack Exposes the Blind Spot in Measuring Self-Custody Losses

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Jamie Dimon’s Childhood Stock Games Explain JPMorgan’s Discipline Jamie Dimon’s Childhood Stock Games Explain JPMorgan’s Discipline
July 29, 2026 Shane Neagle

Jamie Dimon’s Childhood Stock Games Explain JPMorgan’s Discipline

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Botanix Shutdown Exposes Bitcoin DeFi’s Demand Problem Botanix Shutdown Exposes Bitcoin DeFi’s Demand Problem
June 26, 2026 Shane Neagle

Botanix Shutdown Exposes Bitcoin DeFi’s Demand Problem

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Intent-Based Trading and Crosschain Expansion Reshape the Battle for Onchain Liquidity Intent-Based Trading and Crosschain Expansion Reshape the Battle for Onchain Liquidity
June 13, 2026 Johan Shamshad

Intent-Based Trading and Crosschain Expansion Reshape the Battle for Onchain Liquidity

June 10, 2026 Shane Neagle

AI Agents Could Give Stablecoins Their Clearest Enterprise Use Case

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CFTC Opens Door to US Bitcoin Perpetuals as Crypto Derivatives Come Onshore CFTC Opens Door to US Bitcoin Perpetuals as Crypto Derivatives Come Onshore
June 1, 2026 Shane Neagle

CFTC Opens Door to US Bitcoin Perpetuals as Crypto Derivatives Come Onshore

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Trump’s Crypto Ties Turn the Clarity Act Into a Political Liability for the Industry Trump’s Crypto Ties Turn the Clarity Act Into a Political Liability for the Industry
June 1, 2026 Shane Neagle

Trump’s Crypto Ties Turn the Clarity Act Into a Political Liability for the Industry

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SpaceX Scarcity Trade Risks Turning a Great Company Into a Bad Entry SpaceX Scarcity Trade Risks Turning a Great Company Into a Bad Entry
May 22, 2026 Shane Neagle

SpaceX Scarcity Trade Risks Turning a Great Company Into a Bad Entry

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Quantum Computing’s Collision Course With Crypto Is Getting Shorter Than the Industry Thinks Quantum Computing’s Collision Course With Crypto Is Getting Shorter Than the Industry Thinks
May 22, 2026 Shane Neagle

Quantum Computing’s Collision Course With Crypto Is Getting Shorter Than the Industry Thinks

May 13, 2026 Johan Shamshad

Ethereum Struggles to Confirm a Breakout as Bulls Defend the Low-$2,200s

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