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Prediction market platform Polymarket updated its documentation to show that 15-minute crypto up/down markets now carry taker fees, marking a departure from its long-standing zero-fee trading model. According to the newly updated “Trading Fees” and Maker Rebates Program” sections of the site’s documentation, the prediction markets platform has enabled taker-only fees on 15-minute crypto markets to fund liquidity incentives for market makers. Fees collected from takers are redistributed daily in USDC (USDC) stablecoin to liquidity providers, rather than retained by the protocol. The change applies only to these short-duration crypto markets, while the vast majority of Polymarket’s markets remain without…
Malaysian police conducted three raids tied to illegal cryptocurrency mining and seized 41 machines used for the activity. The police are working to trace the ownership of the machines confiscated in Teluk Intan and identify the people running the operations. Authorities warn the public that illegal crypto mining is a criminal offense that poses safety risks and can cause property damage. Is cryptocurrency mining legal in Malaysia? Police in Hilir Perak confiscated 41 machines suspected of being used for illegal cryptocurrency mining after a series of coordinated raids in Teluk Intan. Hilir Perak police chief Bakri Zainal Abidin confirmed that…
In a stunning demonstration of technological ambition, China witnessed the founding of approximately 75,000 new blockchain startups last year, according to a report from DL News. This remarkable surge, confirmed in early 2025, pushes the total number of operational blockchain companies in the country to around 290,000. Consequently, this data reveals a deep and accelerating integration of distributed ledger technology into the fabric of the nation’s economy, despite a complex regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies. Decoding the 75,000 China Blockchain Startups Figure The reported figure of 75,000 new China blockchain startups requires immediate contextual analysis. Firstly, it’s crucial to define what…
Key Takeaways Michael Saylor and Phong Le met with Senator Jim Justice to discuss digital assets. Saylor advocates for a US strategic Bitcoin reserve, promoting its potential as a stable and valuable treasury asset. Michael Saylor visited Washington this week and met with Senator Jim Justice to discuss digital assets. The Executive Chairman of Strategy on Thursday shared a photo on X highlighting his engagement with Justice. The photo features Saylor alongside Strategy CEO Phong Le, with the group posing alongside the senator’s famous bulldog, Babydog. In his post, Saylor praised the West Virginia senator for advocating for market neutrality…
Hyperliquid reported sharp growth across its core metrics over the past year. The platform said it reached these levels without raising external venture capital. While returning all protocol fees to its community. According to the update, Hyperliquid’s total value locked climbed to $6 billion. It is up from about $2 billion a year earlier. At the same time, open interest rose to $16 billion, compared with $4 billion in the prior year. These figures place the platform among the larger players in on-chain derivatives. The platform also said its user base expanded to around 1.4 million. That compares with roughly…
Yuval Rooz, the Co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset has brought about a concern on privacy and regulations in crypto. He argues that a lot of blockchain networks these days don’t cater to the actual needs of privacy. Thus this problem seems to be a risk for both users and also institutions. As blockchain is now becoming more widely used this seems to be something that needs immediate attention. Blockchain Privacy in Mainstream Networks Rooz stated that a lot of blockchains are built to be almost completely transparent. Which back when it was introduced seemed to be a great deal…
Jesse Pollak, best known as the creator behind American crypto exchange Coinbase’s layer-2 network Base, has been seen as the person largely responsible for the network’s growth in popularity this year. Pollak, who began at Coinbase in 2017, launched Base in 2023. Designed to make onchain activity cheaper and easier and to support a new wave of decentralized applications, Base represented the first time a major crypto exchange had launched its own layer-2 network. This year, Base saw significant growth: crossing $15 billion in total value locked (TVL) in January and becoming one of the largest L2s by $10 billion…
Digital asset treasuries have recorded their strongest streak of inflows in seven weeks, notching over $2.6 billion in institutional capital inflows despite broad crypto market uncertainty. These treasuries saw $1.36 billion in net inflows between December 8 and 14, comprising $940 million into Bitcoin trusts, $423 million into Ethereum, and $724,000 into Bittensor, with a minor $2.55 million outflow from Solana products, according to DeFiLlama data. A closer look at the data shows that Bitcoin treasury company Strategy acquired BTC on two instances. On December 7, the company purchased 10,624 BTC, valued at $962.69 million. A week later, on December…
DAC8 brings crypto under full tax reporting in the EU. Private wallets remain legal, but transfers from exchanges are now tracked and reported. DAC8 is a new EU tax rule that started on January 1, 2026. It expands how cryptocurrency activities are reported to tax authorities across the European Union. Its main goal is tax transparency, and for the people who are living in the EU, this is a major turning point for them. The DAC8 actually forces automatic tax reporting. This means that the Crypto exchanges and brokers must collect your identity details, and they must report your Tax…
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that it has listed the VeChain (VET) token on its platform as of January 2, 2026. According to the announcement, users will be able to buy and sell VeChain via Kraken using the VET/USD and VET/EUR trading pairs. This step is seen as part of Kraken’s strategy to expand its range of traded assets, while also providing the VeChain ecosystem with the opportunity to reach a wider investor base. VET is known as the native crypto asset of the VeChainThor network. VeChainThor offers an infrastructure that aims to integrate blockchain technology with real-world applications. The network,…