Bitcoin BTC$69,684.52 The moderate price action masks an accumulation of downside risk in derivatives markets, where traders are increasingly positioning themselves for a sharper decline. According to a recent report from Bitfinex, the options market shows a persistent gap between implied and realized volatility, with implied volatility remaining between 48% and 55%, while actual price […]
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OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said U.S. policymakers must act now to prepare for advanced artificial intelligence, warning that the technology is moving from theory to everyday economic use. In an interview with Axios, Altman said AI systems already handle coding and research tasks that once required teams of programmers. The new models will go
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Polymarket said it plans to roll out a new 1:1 USDC-backed collateral token in the coming weeks as part of a broader overhaul of its trading platform, according to a report on X. The upgrade, described by the company as a “complete exchange upgrade,” includes a rebuilt trading engine, updated smart contracts, and a new
Chaos Labs, one of Aave’s core risk managers, is leaving the DeFi lending giant’s ecosystem, marking the latest in a series of high-profile contributor departures that have reshaped the protocol’s core operations team in recent months. This departure follows previous departures of major contributors like ACI (Aave Chan Initiative) and BGD Labs, signaling growing internal
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An appeals court ruled Monday that New Jersey cannot temporarily ban prediction market provider Kalshi, giving the platform a well-deserved victory against a wave of state enforcement actions. A panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the state could not take enforcement action against Kalshi because the company’s products are subject
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Crypto added to Sunday rally, with bitcoin BTC$69,971.26 exceeding $70,000 during quiet post-Easter trading hours in the United States. These gains are accompanied by a slight increase in the averages of the main stock markets before the ultimatum launched Tuesday by President Trump to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. Just after noon on
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According to his annual letter to shareholders, JPMorgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said the bank needs to move faster to keep pace with its blockchain-based competitors as tokenization reshapes parts of the financial system. “A whole new set of competitors is emerging based on blockchain, which includes stablecoins, smart contracts, and other forms of tokenization,”
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) said it now holds 4.8 million ether (ETH) worth approximately $10.2 billion at current prices, putting the company within range of its stated goal of accumulating 5% of the total ether supply. In a statement released Monday, the company also announced that its shares will begin trading on the New York
A solo Bitcoin miner running about 230 terahashes per second of computing power validated block 943,411 on Thursday, pocketing 3,139 BTC worth about $210,000 despite controlling a share of the network’s total hashrate so small that it’s rounded to zero on most dashboards. The miner was connected to solo.ckpool.org, the anonymous solo mining pool introduced
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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of the leaders and laggards of the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1968.74, up 3.5% (+66.62) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Seventeen of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+8.1%) and AVAX (+5.5%). Lagging behind: BCH (-0.6%)
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