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The situation around Zonda escalated fast this week. A cold wallet holding roughly 4,500 Bitcoin — about $334 million at current prices — is now effectively out of reach, at…
The endorsement by the European Central Bank of the European Commission’s proposal to centralize oversight of major crypto firms marks a decisive escalation in how Europe intends to regulate digital…
The idea that Bitcoin ETFs could overtake gold isn’t fringe anymore. It’s already showing up in how money is moving. Not headlines. Flows. And the flows don’t lie for long.…
The ruling didn’t settle the fight. It just moved it to a bigger stage. This week, Kalshi picked up a key win at the United States Court of Appeals for…
Polymarket isn’t tweaking around the edges anymore. This upgrade feels like a line in the sand. What used to look like a fast, crypto-native prediction app is starting to look……
Prediction markets are expanding aggressively into Asia’s largest economies, but the region is exposing a structural tension that has followed the industry since its inception: demand exists at scale, but…
The decision by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Department of Justice to sue multiple states marks a turning point in the legal status of prediction markets. What…
The exploit of Drift Protocol marks one of the most consequential security failures in the Solana ecosystem since the Wormhole bridge exploit. With estimated losses ranging between $200 million and…
The crypto industry likes to talk about adoption in big numbers. Institutions are here. ETFs are live. Regulation is “catching up.” But when you zoom in on something basic—taxes—the picture…
Onchain commodity trading didn’t creep up slowly. It snapped into view. One weekend you had thin flows and experimental positioning. The next, platforms like Hyperliquid were clearing billions in notional…