Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, the parents of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted after the stock exchange’s collapse, used their first television interview to challenge the core premise of his conviction, arguing that no client money was ultimately lost. “The money was always there,” Bankman said during a weekend interview with CNN’s Michael […]
As platforms like Polymarket gain mainstream visibility during US election cycles and major geopolitical events, their prices are increasingly cited as real-time signals of truth. The pitch is seductive: let people put money behind faith and the market will converge on reality faster than polls or pundits. But that promise collapses when a contract creates
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released interpretive guidance explaining how they can define what is or is not a security in crypto; The CFTC also issued a “no-action” letter to a non-deposit pool provider to facilitate transactions in derivatives and predictive markets; Arizona files criminal charges against prediction
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The first few months of 2026 have forced the Ethereum community into an introspection of sorts — one that goes beyond price, beyond technical upgrades, and into the question of what the network is really trying to be. Even before this year, there has been a sense among developers and leaders that Ethereum was on
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Strategy (MSTR), the leading corporate holder of bitcoin, has described the launch of its Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC) as the firm’s “iPhone moment,” and despite its support in BTC accumulation, risks remain. Before digging into these risks, it’s worth noting that while the focus is on STRC, specifically over its greater liquidity and adoption,
Gold is approaching a technical bear market, down nearly 20% from its January high. Traditionally seen as a store of value and hedge against geopolitical uncertainty, gold’s recent performance challenges this narrative. Despite escalating tensions in the Middle East, prices have fallen about 10% since the war started in late February. Markets have also changed
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The tide has turned against bitcoin miners and the war is getting worse every week. Checkonchain’s difficulty regression model, which estimates average production costs based on network difficulty and energy input, pegged the figure at $88,000 per bitcoin per March 13. Bitcoin is trading at $69,200 as of Sunday morning, creating a gap of nearly
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XRP fell lower after another failed recovery attempt, with high-volume selling pushing the token back towards key support near $1.40. News background XRP remains stuck in a broader corrective phase that has lasted since the mid-2025 peak, with rallies that have consistently failed to generate follow-through. The latest pullback comes after a brief rally in
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Bitcoin has given back last week’s gains in a single weekend. The biggest cryptocurrency fell to $69,192 on Sunday morning, down 2.2% over the past 24 hours and 3.1% on the week, after US President Donald Trump late Saturday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran demanding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz or face
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Grayscale has filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a new exchange-traded fund for the HYPE token, amid the growing popularity of decentralized exchange Hyperliquid. The crypto asset manager’s proposed fund would hold the HYPE token and be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker GHYP, according to the S-1
