Bitcoin dropped to a weekly low close to US$66,000, down 1.76% on April 2, because the US-Iran battle disrupted Strait of Hormuz delivery and despatched crude oil above US$100 per barrel. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone warned Bitcoin could also be reverting towards US$10,000, citing its pre-2020 bullContinue Reading
Attackers drained roughly US$280 million from Drift Protocol on April 1, exploiting Solana’s sturdy nonce function to pre-sign malicious transactions weeks prematurely and seize safety council management. Three protocol vaults have been emptied, together with roughly 41.7 million JLP tokens value roughly US$155 million, earlier than stolen funds have beenContinue Reading
Polymarket launched each day up/down and closing-price bracket contracts for Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, gold, and WTI crude oil, mechanically resolved by Pyth Community’s feeds from greater than 90 institutional contributors. Intercontinental Alternate (NYSE’s operator) has dedicated a mixed US$1.6 billion to Polymarket, which now processes greater than US$20 billion inContinue Reading
The CFTC and DOJ collectively sued Illinois, Arizona, and Connecticut on April 2 to dam state cease-and-desist orders towards federally regulated prediction market platforms together with Kalshi, Polymarket, and Robinhood. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig cited unique jurisdiction beneath the Commodity Trade Act, asserting that state regulators had been making anContinue Reading
Circle stated it could quickly launch cirBTC, a wrapped Bitcoin token designed to unlock DeFi utility whereas addressing belief points round current wrappers. Backed 1:1 by native Bitcoin reserves and constructed for interoperability, cirBTC goals to make BTC extra accessible for yield, liquidity, and broader decentralised finance use instances. AContinue Reading
YGG Play and Verse8 are backing a brand new “Informal Degen” monitor to fast-track Web3 recreation improvement utilizing AI instruments and publishing help. The mannequin is already confirmed, with LOL Land producing over US$8 million (AU$11.6 million) in income. Prime initiatives acquire funding pathways, publishing entry and publicity to aContinue Reading
ASIC has warned that Bitget is selling unlicensed, high-leverage crypto derivatives that exceed Australia’s regulatory limits. The alternate has continued internet hosting occasions nationwide, together with at universities, regardless of regulatory considerations. New laws goals to tighten oversight by introducing necessary licensing and stronger investor protections. Bitget’s promotional exercise inContinue Reading
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded US$1.32B (AU$2.09B) in web inflows throughout March 2026, the primary optimistic month-to-month circulation since October 2025. The March rebound nonetheless left Q1 2026 web flows at roughly -US$500M (AU$790M), after 4 months of mixed outflows totalling roughly US$6.41B (AU$10.13B). Most ETF traders stay underwater, withContinue Reading
Nakamoto Holdings (NAKA) offered 284 BTC in March 2026 for ~US$20M realising a ~40% loss in opposition to its common acquisition value of US$118,171 per coin. MARA Holdings individually offered over 15,133 BTC value greater than US$1B in March to retire convertible debt, with MARA and Riot Platforms every decliningContinue Reading
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon confirmed the agency is finding out a possible prediction market entry, restricted to monetary and financial contracts, with no launch date set. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon referred to as prediction markets “tremendous fascinating” on the agency’s January 2026 earnings name. Weekly prediction market quantityContinue Reading
