Regulation

Americans lost hundreds of billions on crypto speculation. Why is only some of it considered gambling?

Americans are on pace to lose more money on legal gambling this year than at any point in the country’s history. A new analysis by economics writer Joseph Politano projects that the total will exceed a…
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DeFi

Why bitcoin’s disconnect from record-high stocks won’t last

Researchers at Schwab and Hashdex said AI has diverted capital from digital assets while bitcoin continues to follow a familiar…
Data

Kalshi hits record June trading volume as World Cup fuels prediction markets

DefiLlama data shows Kalshi posted a record month for trading volume as the expanded FIFA World Cup boosted prediction market…
Data

Maple TVL drops 11.2% to $2.34B

Maple protocol TVL moved -11.2% in 24h to $2.34B. Category: Lending. Active on Ethereum, Solana. Read the full story at…
AI

Reported Riot 500 BTC custody transfer exposes Bitcoin miners’ AI funding pressure

The transfer is not confirmed as a sale, but it points to a harder funding question for public miners. The…
Institutional

Crypto wanted to replace Wall Street – Instead, Wall Street took over crypto

Crypto was founded on a simple premise: people should be able to send, hold, and manage money without going through…
Payments

Revolut to delist USDT in August, citing regulatory and risk concerns

Revolut notified some customers it will delist USDT after Aug. 31, with remaining holdings automatically converted into users’ base currency.…
Infrastructure

Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork fight gives exchanges an August deadline before miners signal support

BGeometrics shows support at 0.42% since May 1, while Farside’s alerts make the August lock-in window harder for exchanges, wallets,…
Infrastructure

Tim Draper denies moving Bitcoin, reiterates $250,000 BTC prediction

Tim Draper denies moving Bitcoin after blockchain analysts linked him to a wallet that transferred 1,000 BTC to Coinbase Prime.…
Markets

Crypto exchanges are selling stock options and tokenized stocks but users may not own what they think

Bitget launched US stock options this week and says no other major crypto exchange offers them. The product starts with…