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Polymarket Sees Coordinated Buying on Early US-Iran Ceasefire Contracts

A cluster of newly created wallets is placing coordinated bets on an early U.S.-Iran ceasefire, igniting fresh debate over whether these prediction markets are...

Coinbase launches stock perpetual futures contracts for non-U.S. traders

Coinbase (COIN) said it began offering perpetual stock futures to eligible non-U.S. retail and institutional traders, extending its derivatives product line into U.S. equities.The...

Kalshi faces criminal charges in Arizona over sports and election contracts

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed criminal charges against Kalshi Tuesday, charging the prediction markets platform with operating an unlicensed gambling business and offering...

Kalshi Preemptively Sues Iowa to Defend Sports Contracts

Prediction market Kalshi has sued regulators in the US state of Iowa, claiming it did so as there was a risk of an impending...

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum’s key use case is a ‘public bulletin board,’ not just smart contracts

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the crypto industry may be overcomplicating what blockchains are actually good for.In a post on X after attending the...

Sam Altman’s OpenAI unveils ‘EVMbench’ to test whether AI can keep crypto’s smart contracts safe

OpenAI is stepping deeper into crypto security with the launch of EVMbench, a new testing framework designed to measure how well artificial intelligence can...

$1.78M ‘Vibe-Coded’ Oracle Bug Puts AI-Coauthored Contracts Under Scrutiny

Moonwell, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol deployed on Base and Optimism, was exploited for about $1.78 million after a pricing oracle for Coinbase...

Coinbase vs. Nevada: Who Regulates Prediction Market Event Contracts?

A legal clash between Coinbase and Nevada regulators is testing whether states can treat federally regulated prediction markets as gambling, setting up a high-stakes...

Hong Kong working to allow perpetual contracts, chief regulator says

HONG KONG — Financial regulators in Hong Kong are going to unveil a framework for trading platforms to offer perpetual contracts, the head of...

Bitcoin holds below $80,000 as January prediction contracts miss liquidation-driven slide: Asia Morning Briefing

Good Morning, Asia. Here's what's making news in the markets:Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and...

Bitcoin, ether volatility trading gets easier with Polymarket’s new Volmex contracts

Decentralized betting platform Polymarket has listed contracts tied to Volmex's bitcoin BTC$87,948.56 and ether ETH$2,907.93 volatility indices, opening the door for anyone to wager...