White House aide turned secret speech text into $107k on prediction markets before CFTC stepped in
A settled CFTC order adds a $65,000 penalty and three-year ban while crediting KalshiEX’s assistance.
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Crypto stock tokens barely move over weekend, revealing markets become illiquid when Wall Street goes offline
Four Aerodrome pools showed $6.07 million in displayed liquidity while official Aave V3 records listed none of the B20 assets.
How $739B in new US debt could absorb crypto’s liquidity before buybacks even reach Bitcoin
The US Treasury expects to borrow $739 billion from July through September while paying investors to hand back some of its older bonds. The pairing looks self-defeating because both transactions involve the same issuer. However, they are on separate ledgers…
Popular Bitcoin wallets risk losing support for new hardware devices as critical security bridge stops accepting new devices
BHWI has published parity tests, but downstream wallets still face packaging, platform and integration work.
The next shadow-banking problem comes from insurance companies, where nobody was looking for a bank run
Delaware Life Insurance Company's 2025 balance sheet took on a startling new shape when the insurer corrected its annual filing: roughly $17 billion of investments were classified as related-party holdings, about 39% of invested assets, versus roughly $1.4 billion and…
Borrowers can now use $250k in Bitcoin for a house down payment without margin calls, but one trap remains
Price moves will not trigger margin calls, but 60 days of delinquency can put the pledged Bitcoin at risk of sale.
Deribit moved 90% of client assets to Coinbase, then killed its daily proof-of-reserves check
The Sept. 1 change removes a client Merkle check, leaving VARA reports and audited materials that are less public.
Bitcoin miner IREN still gets 82% of revenue from BTC after clearing room for Microsoft AI cloud
The company’s $4 billion contracted AI run-rate target was four times the $1 billion operating level measured Aug. 26, with recognition still gated by delivery and customer acceptance.
Coinbase’s $104M US500 trading spike hits an early reality check
Armstrong’s launch-week chart captured $104 million in turnover, while one later snapshot left persistence to open interest and repeat sessions.
UK crypto investors declared £1.38B in gains, but half came from just 240 people
Its first crypto gains table covers 17,600 taxpayers, while CARF data will begin reaching the agency in 2027.
Bitcoin Knots is trying to fork Bitcoin again after its last chain died in two blocks
Luke Dashjr's conditional rehearsal still lacks settled activation settings, disclosed day-one hash, named service policies and universal replay protection.
Bitcoin ETF inflows snap after $3 billion streak as ETH, XRP and Solana keep buying
The $201.9 million reversal left Bitcoin's week positive and supplied only one session of evidence for a cross-asset shift.