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.
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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.
What Is DeFi — And Why a $150 Billion Financial System Runs Without a Single Bank
Decentralized Finance lets anyone lend, borrow, and trade without banks or brokers—and in 2026, it manages over $150 billion in locked value.
CFTC Sues New York Over Prediction Markets Ban, Escalating Federal-State Regulatory Battle
The CFTC filed a federal lawsuit against New York, asserting exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets after the state targeted Coinbase and Gemini for operating without state…
What Is Quantum-Resistant Cryptography — And Why Bitcoin Is Forcing the Conversation Now
As Google's 2026 research narrows the timeline for quantum attacks on Bitcoin's encryption, NIST-finalized post-quantum standards are becoming urgent infrastructure for crypto and beyond.
Brazil Bans Kalshi, Polymarket and Prediction Market Derivatives
Brazil's central bank banned prediction market derivatives effective May 4. Kalshi's $22B Brazil expansion through XP Inc is now blocked.
U.S. Soldier Made $409K Using Classified Intel on Polymarket—the Blockchain Recorded Everything
Gannon Van Dyke allegedly used classified info to bet on Maduro's capture, winning $409K. The blockchain he thought would hide him became perfect evidence.
Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2.5-Pro Can Build a Working Compiler in Four Hours—and It’s Open Sourcing Soon
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro: SysY→RISC-V in 4.3h, 8K-line video editor build, 64% ClawEval, 40–60% fewer tokens vs GPT-5.4/Opus 4.6. Public beta now.
Fake Crypto Wallets in Apple’s App Store Stole $9.5M—And Apple Knew
Kaspersky found 26 phishing apps posing as crypto wallets in Apple's App Store, exploiting enterprise provisioning profiles to steal seed phrases.
Kelp DAO Lost $292M in 46 Minutes—And Its Bridge Didn’t Even Flinch
A single spoofed call drained 116,500 rsETH from Kelp DAO's LayerZero bridge. Aave froze markets, Ethena paused bridges, and 20+ chains felt the fallout.