eace with Iran, a cage fight on the White House lawn, a storm front, and an integrity scare all ran through the same place: the prediction markets. The biggest repricing of all arrived off-market, as a letter from the Commerce Department. For a crypto publication, the markets are the story. There is a version of…
The US-Iran war has again escalated with fresh strikes from both sides, a development that has now dampened hopes of an imminent peace deal. This has caused another significant decline in Bitcoin’s price, with an expert urging market participants to remove their funds from BTC. US Strikes Iran As Expert Urges Investors To Dump Bitcoin…
The inaugural Enhanced Games — the doping-permitted, prize-money-juiced sporting competition that critics have dubbed the "Steroid Olympics" — opened Sunday night at Resorts World Las Vegas, and crypto-collateralized prediction market Polymarket has emerged as one of the only legal venues in the world to wager on whether athletes openly using testosterone, human growth hormone and…
The US-Iran war continues to linger with the two countries yet to reach a deal, and US President Donald Trump is threatening new strikes against Iran. Amid this, Iran has moved to launch a Bitcoin-backed service as it looks to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz. U.S.-Iran War In Focus Amid Trump’s Threat and…
Drake's ninth studio album Iceman dropped at midnight ET on May 15, and within hours the most informative place to watch the market digest it wasn't Spotify's trending tab or Billboard's pre-print — it was Polymarket. The crypto-collateralized prediction market platform is currently hosting 11 active Iceman markets and 139 active Drake markets, with cumulative…
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It is not often that Polymarket, Kalshi and Chuck Schumer end up on the same side of a vote. On Wednesday, all three publicly backed S. Res. 708, the unanimously passed Senate resolution that bars senators and their staff from trading on prediction markets effective immediately. The bill closes the most obvious self-dealing channel in…
Hyperliquid (HYPE), one of the fastest-growing decentralized exchanges in crypto, is moving into prediction markets with a proposal aimed at competing with Polymarket and Kalshi. Bloomberg reported Wednesday that Hyperliquid is testing a new system upgrade called HIP-4, designed to let traders bet on real-world outcomes on a platform that has gained attention for how…
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Hyperliquid, the decentralized exchange (DEX) behind the HYPE token, surprised the market on Monday with a new product initiative that ran counter to the prevailing bearish sentiment across the crypto sector. As several major cryptocurrencies slipped below important technical levels, Hyperliquid’s native token jumped roughly 14% following the announcement, signaling renewed investor interest despite broader…