Prediction market leaders Polymarket and Kalshi are escalating their battle against insider trading. Both platforms announced significant updates to their rulebooks and surveillance tools this Monday to root out market manipulation. This isn’t just a routine compliance update. It comes as Democratic lawmakers explicitly target these markets, seeking to ban betting on elections and conflicts
Crypto platforms may no longer offer interest-like stablecoin rewards, but activity-based incentives remain under new legislative draft. Crypto and bank representatives convened again on Capitol Hill this week to review the latest legislative text outlining a compromise between the two groups after months of discussions. The meeting continues previous talks on whether the former
Morgan Stanley will let clients trade tokenized versions of U.S. stocks and ETFs on its internal ATS from late 2026, tying into SEC pilots at DTCC and Nasdaq for on‑chain settlement. Summary Morgan Stanley plans to enable tokenized issuance and settlement for selected blue‑chip U.S. stocks and ETFs on its alternative trading system in H2
Meta said Tuesday it is partnering with Arm to develop a new class of CPUs designed to support growing AI workloads and general-purpose computing across its expanding data center footprint. The first product, called the Arm AGI CPU, is being positioned as a more efficient alternative to legacy server processors for AI-optimized infrastructure. Meta said
The Aave community has officially voted to approve the deployment of Aave V4 on the Ethereum mainnet, setting in motion one of the most significant architectural overhauls in the history of decentralized finance. This isn’t just a version bump; it is a fundamental restructuring of how the protocol handles risk, aimed at preventing the kind
Concentrated inflows from large Bitcoin holders suggest a fragile market structure, where high supply pressure could challenge bullish momentum. Large Bitcoin transfers to exchanges intensified in March as inflows were increasingly dominated by transactions in the 100-1,000 BTC range. This points to a growing concentration of sell-side supply from large holders at a time
Circle froze USDC in 16 business wallets tied to a sealed U.S. civil case, drawing fire from ZachXBT and reigniting fears over centralized stablecoin censorship and control. Summary Circle froze USDC balances in 16 business hot wallets linked to exchanges, casinos and forex platforms, citing a sealed U.S. civil case. On-chain investigator ZachXBT publicly questioned
Circle shares dropped nearly 20% Tuesday, falling toward the $100 level after a CoinDesk report revealed new draft language in the CLARITY Act that would ban yield on stablecoin balances. The proposed rules would prohibit issuers from offering passive rewards for simply holding a stablecoin and restrict structures that resemble interest-bearing deposits. While activity-based rewards
Balancer Labs is ceasing operations permanently. The announcement comes just days after a sophisticated attacker exploited the protocol for approximately $128 million, effectively emptying major liquidity pools on November 3, 2025. This is not a drill—one of Ethereum’s oldest and most respected Automated Market Makers (AMMs) has fallen. The implications are staggering. Balancer was not
BTC was rejected at $71,000 once again after the latest developments on the US/Israel-Iran matter. Bitcoin has staged another unsuccessful breakout attempt after yesterday’s impressive surge, as this time it was stopped at $71,000 and slipped by a grand following new reports on the war in the Middle East. According to a report from