Lawmakers are pushing new regulation for prediction markets after suspiciously timed Polymarket bets on US and Israeli strikes on Iran raised insider-trading concerns.

House Bill 1042 also includes provisions to protect the rights of crypto users, barring public agencies from enforcing rules that ban crypto payments, self-custody, or mining.

Witt wrote on X that Dimon's view misrepresents the issue...

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund Situational Awareness LP has scaled to $5.52 billion in equity exposure in less than a year...

Kraken has become the first crypto firm to operate on the same rails as traditional financial institutions.

The two separate rulings add new regulatory pressure as prediction markets also face scrutiny over information advantages and suspected insider activity tied to event-driven contracts...

Bitcoin may be young, but it remains at the centre of the quest for independent money, with all its risks and possibilities...

Buterin says AI coding still has “massive caveats", but people should expect Ethereum’s roadmap to be finished much faster than expected...

Pig Butchering?

Ethereum Foundation’s move to stake its own ETH, using minority clients and distributed infrastructure, throws fresh focus on how Ethereum’s staking landscape is evolving...

"Jane Street abused market relationships to rig the market in its favor during one of the most consequential events in crypto history."  

A person familiar with the project reportedly said the stablecoin...would be established as "a means to allow Gazans to transact digitally..."

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger confirmed that users can be removed for mentioning Bitcoin and crypto on Discord...

“Today marks an inflection in the Ethereum Foundation’s long-term quantum strategy...”

While sentiment for liquid cryptocurrencies is undeniably risk-off, it's crucial to recognize the underlying resilience and expansion of the broader digital assets ecosystem...

Magic internet money Bitcoin may be, but its positive spill-over effects on electricity grids around the world might be even more important than the asset itself...

...and prohibits the sale of bitcoins seized by Brazilian judicial authorities, ensuring that these assets remain within public control. 

BIP 360 marks a new step in efforts to strengthen the network against emerging cryptographic and quantum computing risks...

...why mathematics, trauma, and human temperament matter more than ideology in modern money...

The EU plans to ban crypto transactions with Russia by shutting down all related channels, but analysts question whether the measure is fully enforceable...?