A “180” hardly does justice to the recent shift in market expectations for central banks’ monetary policy. With expectations of more interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in 2026 just a few weeks ago, markets have begun pricing in rate hikes this year in earnest. The current pricing on the CME FedWatch Tool shows […]
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The latest version of the crypto bill Clarity Act is in the spotlight mostly because of its stablecoin rules. In practice, it may land hardest on decentralized finance (DeFi) and tokens linked to it, according to a report by 10x Research. At the heart of the proposal is a ban on offering returns — or
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A group of Ethereum projects has announced a new effort aimed at solving a growing problem in Ethereum: its ecosystem is becoming too fragmented. Unveiled at the EthCC conference in Cannes, the project – called the “Ethereum Economic Zone” (EEZ) – is designed to make Ethereum’s many add-on networks (known as layer 2s or L2s)
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For months, Aave, one of decentralized finance (DeFi)’s largest lending protocols, has been at the center of a very public debate about what it should be. Basically, a large part of the community wants the network to be a decentralized financial layer controlled by token holders, while a fraction of it warns that it is
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Funding increases and liquidations point to position building, where the direction depends on whether buyers can defend the support.
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Bittensor’s TAO is up 90% so far this month, and tokens in its ecosystem are running up even harder. The network’s subnet token category reached a total market capitalization of $1.47 billion on Monday with $118 million in 24-hour trading volume, according to CoinGecko data. The rise follows TAO’s own run from $180 to over
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Canada’s federal government has moved to ban cryptocurrency donations to political campaigns, shutting down a fundraising channel that appears to have seen little to no real-world use in the country’s previous elections. Bill C-25, the Strong and Free Elections Act, introduced March 26, would ban political contributions made in BTC and other cryptoassets, as well
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Since Bitcoin’s all-time high of $127,000 in October 2025, the first quarter of 2026 has gotten off to a shaky start, with Bitcoin crashing to a low of $60,000 in less than five months. While this whiplash may be painful, it looks worse than it really is: The market is actually doing exactly what it
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Washington state has become the latest to sue a prediction market provider, after alleging Friday that Kalshi violated state gambling laws through its products. According to the complaint, Washington has a tightly regulated gambling market, including a ban on online gambling, but Kalshi’s products circumvent those rules. “Kalshi’s website and app show consumers a variety
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Prediction market platform Kalshi has been approved to offer margin trading to professional clients, a move designed to make its platform more attractive to institutional investors. The license granted to Kalshi’s affiliate Kinetic Markets allows it to operate as a futures commission dealer, according to a filing with the National Futures Association. Before margin trading
