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Meta's Secret Play: Zuckerberg Banking on Points-Based Prediction Markets
Mark Zuckerberg has directed Meta's engineering teams to build a standalone prediction market platform—one that operates completely outside the compan...
Meta's Quietly Building Its Own Prediction Market Play—Here's What It Means
Meta is making moves in prediction markets, marking another chapter in Mark Zuckerberg's broader crypto ambitions. This development comes on the heel...
OpenAI's Latest Cyber-Optimized AI Dominates as Anthropic Models Get Blocked by Export Restrictions
The AI arms race just got spicier—and crypto investors should care why. OpenAI's freshly-released GPT-5.
European AI Agent Platform ToqanClaw Enters Privacy-First Competition Against OpenClaw
Prosus has officially launched ToqanClaw, a no-code AI platform that's carving out a distinct niche in the increasingly crowded crypto AI agent space....
CFTC Signals Limits on Perpetual Futures Expansion Beyond Crypto Markets
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't convinced that crypto's perpetual futures model translates well to traditional commodity markets. That...
CBOE Eyes Perpetual Futures Pivot as Crypto Market Demands Shift
The Cboe Global Markets is evaluating a strategic shift to convert its Bitcoin and Ethereum continuous futures contracts into perpetual futures produc...
Chainlink Partners With Banking Coalitions to Pioneer Real-Time FX Settlement With Regulated Stablecoins
Chainlink has joined forces with banking consortia in Europe and South Korea to explore how regulated euro and won stablecoins could revolutionize cro...
Tokenized SpaceX Shares Hit a Wall: How $1B in Demand Collapsed Before Retail Access
Tokenized SpaceX equity was supposed to democratize access to one of the world's most coveted private companies. Instead, it became a cautionary tale...
Thai Authorities Uncover Massive $300M Chinese Crypto Mining Money Laundering Scheme
Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has exposed a sophisticated Chinese "grey capital" operation that's been funneling over $300 mill...
Kalshi Blocks India Access as Regulatory Crackdown Intensifies Across Crypto Platforms
Kalshi, the crypto derivatives trading platform, has expanded its geographic restrictions to include India, bringing its total list of blocked jurisdi...
EU's Digital Euro Gets Green Light: What This Means for Crypto Markets
EU parliament committees just handed a major win to the digital euro project, approving framework rules that will shape how Europe's central bank digi...
Senate Advances Housing Legislation With Sweeping Four-Year Central Bank Digital Currency Freeze
The Senate voted 85-5 Monday to advance a bipartisan housing bill that includes a notable provision: a four-year moratorium on Federal Reserve develop...
Ripple Clears First EU Hurdle: Preliminary MiCA License Secured Before July Deadline
Ripple has landed preliminary crypto asset service provider (CASP) approval in Luxembourg, positioning itself ahead of the July 1 EU regulatory deadli...
Opera's MiniPay Brings Stablecoin Spending to Mainstream With Visa Debit Card
Opera's MiniPay is making a serious play for real-world crypto utility. The platform just launched a Visa debit card that lets its 16 million users s...
Senate Blocks Fed's CBDC Ambitions: Digital Dollar Put on Ice Until 2030
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Crypto Advocates Push Congress to Lock In Mining and Staking Tax Relief Now
A coalition of three major crypto lobby organizations is mounting pressure on Congress to pass pending staking and mining tax legislation in its curre...
Crypto Money Floods Primary Elections Across Three Key States
Crypto-backed political action committees have unleashed more than $8 million in media spending across New York, Maryland, and Utah ahead of upcoming ...
AI Consciousness Debate: Why Tech Giants Fear Political Weaponization
Google DeepMind just dropped a reality check on the AI industry: disagreements over machine consciousness aren't staying in research labs anymore. Th...
Industry Pushes Urgent Tax Relief for Crypto Mining and Staking—Legislative Timeline Unclear
The crypto industry is mounting a coordinated push on Capitol Hill to pass tax legislation that would fundamentally reshape how mining and staking ope...
Wall Street's Tokenization Play: ICE and OKX Partnership Signals Institutional Crypto Pivot
Institutional crypto adoption just got a serious upgrade. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and OKX—one of the world's largest crypto trading platforms...