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How Prediction Markets Actually Work (And What It Takes to Build One Legally)
Offering players worldwide the opportunity to bet on any world event: this is the promise of prediction markets platforms. With the massive success and traction of names such as Polymarket and Kalshi, one may wonder: how do these companies…
Startale CEO Says Japan Must Connect Competing Yen Stablecoins or Risk Fragmentation
The launch of multiple corporate and fiat-backed digital Japanese yen assets risks siloing domestic liquidity. Startale advocates for “regulated access to open infrastructure”—using interoperable layers like Soneium to connect…
Bitdeer’s Bitcoin Output Climbs to 990 as AI Cloud Run Rate Reaches $76M
Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) Technologies Group mined 990 bitcoin in June, up 7.5% from the previous month, as the company continued deploying its proprietary mining machines while expanding its artificial-intelligence cloud business. This…
An AI Just Solved a Quantum Problem on an Ordinary Laptop That Was Supposed to Need a Quantum…
Physicists at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Quantum Physics, working with collaborators at Boston University, solved a quantum physics problem long described as impossible for classical machines using…
Coinbase Reveals How One Configuration Error Triggered a 50-Minute Outage
Coinbase says a routine infrastructure update disabled a critical network gateway, disrupting transfers, debit card purchases, and onchain services for about 50 minutes. Its new postmortem explains the error and why the company’s normal…
Why Tokenized Assets Aren’t Taking off Despite the Hype—What’s Holding Investors Back
As financial institutions expand tokenized real-world asset (RWA) offerings, Franklin Templeton’s Chetan Karkhanis examines the market’s evolution, its remaining structural barriers, and what could bring blockchain-based…
Ripple Makes CNBC’s 2026 Top Fintech List as Digital Assets Enter Institutional Era
CNBC says digital assets are becoming institutionalized as banks, asset managers, and payments companies adopt blockchain infrastructure, with Ripple recognized among firms developing technology for payments, custody, tokenization, and…
Democrats Reject CLARITY Act Draft as Crypto Ethics Dispute Intensifies
Seven Senate Democrats rejected the latest CLARITY Act draft, saying it does not go far enough on ethics, consumer protection, and illicit finance, while Republicans argue the bill contains the strongest federal ethics rules ever proposed…
Kambi Calls Entirely AI-Traded World Cup a Success, Weighs Prediction Market Entry
Kambi says its first entirely AI-traded World Cup processed more than $1.14 billion in stakes and over 100 million bets without manual trading intervention. The sportsbook supplier is also evaluating prediction-market partnerships and an…
Bitcoin Ownership Overtakes Gold as 49.6 Million Americans Now Hold BTC
Bitcoin has overtaken gold as the preferred hard asset among American investors, according to bitcoin financial services firm River. The firm found that 49.6 million Americans, or 18.6% of the adult population, now own bitcoin, compared to…