Markets

The world’s central banks are now treating stablecoins like a real multi-trillion dollar monetary threat

The world’s central banks stopped arguing about whether stablecoins are risky long ago. Their main concern now is about who will control them and how. On April 20, BIS General Manager Pablo Hernandez de Cos…
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Regulation

CFTC sues New York over bid to apply gambling laws to prediction markets

The CFTC has filed suit to block New York from enforcing gambling laws on prediction platforms, arguing federal regulators have…
DeFi

Trillions of dollars in crypto liquidity is concentrating inside the venues US regulators fear most

Crypto market liquidity is increasingly hyper-concentrating within a handful of massive trading venues, creating a market structure that global central…
Markets

Bitcoin traders eye $73K next as weekly trend line holds price hostage

Bitcoin market participants favored a short-term return to $73,000 as resistance stayed in place, with some analysis seeing even lower…
Markets

New police raids on people trading crypto for cash raises a hard question about financial freedom

UK authorities have carried out their first coordinated operation against suspected illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, sending a clear and simple…
Markets

Kalshi, Polymarket among 27 prediction platforms banned in Brazil

Brazil has blocked 27 prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket, as new rules classify many contracts as gambling. Read…
DeFi

Latest “quantum computer breaks the math behind Bitcoin” headlines massively exaggerate risk

On Apr. 24, Project Eleven awarded its Q-Day Prize to Giancarlo Lelli, a researcher who used publicly accessible quantum hardware…
Institutional

Ripple-linked XRP stalls near $1.44 as 'triangle squeeze' nears breakout

Price holds in tight range after high-volume move, with compression signaling a decisive move as institutional demand quietly builds. Read…
Markets

Hyperliquid whale holds $38M short against Bitcoin, but does it matter?

A Hyperliquid whale holds large short positions against Bitcoin and several altcoins. Does the position provide any signal on the…
Payments

US authorities freeze $344M in crypto linked to Iran

The announced crypto freeze came just one day after Tether said it had frozen $344 million of its USDt stablecoin…