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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Bitcoin looks boring right now. That’s the trap. Price has been drifting between roughly $65,900 and $70,500. No fireworks. No dramatic breakdown. Volatility has tightened. Momentum indicators are flat enough…
Polymarket just ran into a wall in the Netherlands. Not a warning shot. Not a polite letter. A hard stop. The Dutch Gambling Authority ordered Polymarket’s Dutch-facing entity, Adventure One,…