Politics
A long-awaited effort to establish clearer rules for the US crypto market is facing growing political and industry resistance, and may only move forward if President Donald Trump steps in directly. That is the assessment from TD Cowen, which says deep divisions among stakeholders and a narrow path through Congress
Trading Precious Metals, Reimagined For decades, gold and silver trading was largely the domain of banks, hedge funds, and institutional players. Accessing these markets meant dealing with traditional futures exchanges, high capital requirements, and fixed trading hours. That landscape is starting to change. Crypto exchanges are increasingly listing traditional finance
AI
Agentic AI is quickly reshaping how organisations use data, pushing analytics beyond dashboards and static reports toward real-time, decision-driven systems. For data and analytics leaders, the pace of change is clear. What is often less clear is how to respond in practical terms. ThoughtSpot believes it has part of that
Markets
Shares of Opera jumped sharply on Monday after the company announced an expansion of stablecoin support inside its MiniPay crypto wallet, highlighting growing investor interest in digital payments tailored to emerging markets. Opera (NASDAQ: OPRA) stock climbed as high as $14.75, marking a gain of nearly 18% on the
Finance
Hyperliquid is taking its first steps into the fast-growing world of prediction markets and limited-risk options trading with the launch of a new feature called “Outcomes.” The update, announced Monday, is being rolled out on the platform’s testnet as part of the broader HIP-4 protocol upgrade. Outcomes introduces what
Markets
Investor appetite for crypto investment products continued to cool last week, with digital asset funds recording another $1.7 billion in net outflows, according to the latest data from CoinShares. The figure marks a second straight week of heavy withdrawals and brings total year-to-date flows to a net global outflow
Finance
The parent company of BitRiver, Russia’s largest bitcoin mining operator, has entered formal bankruptcy monitoring following a court decision that adds to mounting pressure on the once-dominant industry player. According to a report by Kommersant, the Sverdlovsk Regional Arbitration Court ruled on Jan. 27 to begin bankruptcy observation procedures
Finance
Ripple has received full regulatory approval to operate as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in the European Union, marking a significant milestone in the company’s European expansion. Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), granted the license on Monday, converting the preliminary approval Ripple
DeFi
Polymarket is expanding its reach onto the Solana blockchain through a new integration with Jupiter, one of the network’s largest decentralized exchange aggregators. The move brings event-based prediction markets directly into the Jupiter app, allowing users to trade Polymarket contracts without leaving the platform. Jupiter announced the integration in
Security
CrossCurve, a cross-chain liquidity and trading protocol, has confirmed that its bridge infrastructure was exploited in an attack that drained roughly $3 million across several blockchain networks. The incident stems from a vulnerability in one of the project’s smart contracts, which allowed attackers to unlock funds using spoofed cross-chain
Finance
An investment vehicle linked to a senior Emirati official quietly acquired nearly half of World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture tied to the Trump family, just days before President Donald Trump’s January 2025 inauguration, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation published Saturday. The Journal reports that Aryam Investment
Blockchain Beyond Trading: Why Prediction Markets Matter When people hear “blockchain markets,” they often think of crypto exchanges or speculative tokens. But blockchain technology is far more flexible than that. One of its most practical and fast-growing applications is prediction markets, platforms where people trade on the outcomes of real-world