Kalshi Overtakes Polymarket—Prediction Markets Have a New Leader
Polymarket volume fell 8.9% in April while Kalshi surged 13% to $14.8B. A botched upgrade and $7B valuation gap explain the prediction market shake-up.
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CLARITY Act Faces First Senate Vote—Banks Want Stablecoin Yield Dead
The Senate Banking Committee votes May 14 on the CLARITY Act after a stablecoin yield compromise broke a months-long deadlock. Banking groups are fighting back.
ZachXBT Exposes US Law Firm’s $71M Grab of Stolen Lazarus Funds
ZachXBT accused Gerstein Harrow LLP of filing fraudulent claims over $71M in frozen KelpDAO funds linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, using a 2015…
April 2026 Crypto Hacks Hit Record $651M—North Korea Stole 76%
April 2026 set a crypto hack record with $651M in losses across 29 incidents. North Korea stole 76% of all crypto value extracted this year through…
The Senate Banned Itself From Prediction Markets—The Hard Part Is Just Starting
The Senate just banned itself from prediction markets unanimously. But an Army sergeant's $410K Polymarket bet shows the CFTC has no resources to enforce any ban.
Bryan Johnson’s Quantified Intimacy Just Made Someone $10K—and Now There’s a Proposal Market
A trader bet $10,000 on whether the longevity biohacker would have sex this month. He did—publicly, with biomarker data attached. Now there's a market on whether…
Stablecoins Hit $4.5T Q1 Record—And Wall Street Finally Got Scared
Record $4.5T Q1 stablecoin volume: USDT holds $185.5B at 58% while Circle's USDC surges. Banks want in, and the GENIUS Act is the forcing function.
Polymarket’s New Perps Contracts—Prediction Markets’ Biggest Power Move Yet
Polymarket launched perpetual futures trading, moving into one of crypto's most lucrative markets worth trillions. The CFTC just opened the door—and now prediction markets are walking…
Only 3% of Polymarket Traders Move Prices—The Other 97% Just Fund Them
A London Business School and Yale study of 1.72M Polymarket accounts found just 3.14% drive price accuracy. The rest provide liquidity—and lose money doing it.
Bitmine Controls 4.21% of All Ethereum in Circulation, Becoming World’s Largest Corporate ETH Treasury
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has set a world record with over 5 million ETH tokens, valued at $12B, cementing its lead as the top Ethereum treasury company.