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Why a $150M Polymarket bet could pay the side that appeared to lose
A nearly $150 million prediction market has devolved into chaos after the platform Polymarket moved to deny payouts t…
Galaxy Digital opens OTC prediction market trading for institutions, kicks off with $10 million Kalshi trade
Galaxy Digital launches institutional OTC prediction markets trading, executing a $10M Clarity Act trade with Arca on…
Veda brings the vault stack behind Kraken DeFi Earn to Privy’s 2,000-plus developer teams
The same vault stack powering Kraken DeFi Earn and EtherFi's Liquid will be available via a self-serve API for develo…
Mt. Gox moves $739 million worth of bitcoin to two addresses: Arkham
Mt. Gox transferred a combined 10,306 BTC to an unmarked address and its hot wallet early Tuesday, according to Arkham.
Strategy sold bitcoin in late May, and told the market in June. Here's how Polymarket bettors are fighting over when it counts.
A $79 million market hinges not on whether Michael Saylor's firm sold bitcoin, but on whether a sale disclosed June 1…
Strategy bitcoin sale timing throws wrench into $20 million Polymarket pool
A Polymarket pool asking whether Strategy would sell any of its bitcoin before May 31 had drawn more than $20 million…
Failed Ethereum ICO from 2016 just unlocked 1,003 ETH by exploiting itself
A whitehat and HongCoin's original multisig used a preserved overflow bug to reopen refunds trapped since 2016. The p…
Strategy’s bitcoin sale sparks a $14 million betting chaos on Polymarket
The 8-K filing by Strategy Monday disclosed sales for the period May 26 to May 31, but the disclosure was issued on J…
How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets
On the American Gaming Association's website, a counter has been climbing for months, tallying what the casino-and-sp…
Wintermute extends trading infrastructure into prediction markets
Wintermute extends trading infrastructure into prediction markets as multibillion-dollar sector draws institutional l…
US Strikes Iran In Fresh Attacks, Expert Says Get Your Money Out Of Bitcoin Now!
The US-Iran war has again escalated with fresh strikes from both sides, a development that has now dampened hopes of …
Google engineer insider-traded search results on Polymarket, Feds allege
The charges mark the second major arrest over insider trading on a prediction market.
Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source
The Obsidion team, including co-founders Michael Elliot and Theo Madzou, will join Aztec Labs to continue developing …
Tiny x402 payments expose the approval gap holding AI agents back
Agentic payment protocol x402 volume collapsed roughly 77% from its November 2025 peak of $5.15 million to $1.19 mill…
What happens when crypto traders can bet on CPI, Fed cuts, and oil 24/7?
Hyperliquid launched a prediction market this week tied directly to the May US CPI year-over-year reading. Interconti…
Spain blocks Polymarket, Kalshi for operating without licenses amid widening global crackdown on prediction markets
Spain blocked Polymarket and Kalshi on May 26, the latest in a growing wave of international crackdowns on prediction…
Spain joins growing list of countries shutting out Polymarket and Kalshi
The platforms were blocked for operating without licenses required by Spanish gambling law, citing a lack of safeguar…
Hyperliquid takes a swing at Polymarket with macro outcome bets
The decentralized exchange’s new HIP-4 product lets traders bet on offchain events like inflation and interest-rate…
Indonesia blocks Polymarket, calling prediction market online gambling in disguise
Authorities stated that using crypto or blockchain doesn't change platforms that let users wager on uncertain outcome…
Indonesia blocks Polymarket amid crackdown on online betting
Indonesia blocked Polymarket over online gambling concerns as regulators widen global scrutiny of prediction market p…
Kalshi, Polymarket lose bids to halt Nevada and Washington gambling cases
The Ninth Circuit said federal derivatives oversight does not shield prediction market firms from state gaming enforc…
Ripple, North Island Ventures back $6 million round for cross-chain platform Squid
Squid is preparing to launch a new consumer product aimed at making it easier to access and manage crypto assets, Fig…
Congress hits Polymarket and Kalshi with a massive insider trading probe
Rep. James Comer is demanding internal records from the prediction market CEOs, warning that government employees cou…
House Oversight chair launches probe into insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket
House Oversight Chairman Comer probes insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket, sending letters to both CEOs with a J…
ZachXBT flags $520K Polymarket exploit on Polygon, team says funds are safe
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has highlighted a suspected security breach involving Polymarket, the world’s large…
ZachXBT flags suspected exploit involving Polymarket’s UMA adapter contract on Polygon
Onchain sleuth ZachXBT flagged a potential exploit of Polymarket's UMA CTF Adapter on Polygon, with $520K reportedly …
Polymarket aims for prediction market approval in Japan by 2030
Mike Eidlin, head of Japan at cryptocurrency exchange Jupiter, is leading Polymarket's efforts, according to reports.
India cracks down on prediction markets: Polymarket goes dark, Kalshi could be next
Polymarket has gone dark in India and as per local media reports, Kalshi could be next.
CLEAR token tanks 48% as Everclear winds down protocol, foundation and labs unit
Everclear achieved $500 million in monthly volume, but "never developed the commercial depth," the team said on Thurs…
Crypto prediction markets are turning into dangerous national security risks, and Congress wants to ban them
Bubblemaps investigators led by Nicolas Vaiman, discovered 80 bets on Polymarket with a 98% win rate that he said is …