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A new study suggests traders may be manipulating Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin bets to swing wagers their way. Researchers at Stanford University and Singapore Management University said they examined roughly 16,000 of Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin contracts for two months, finding signs that traders may have been manipulating spot price on Binance. “In the final seconds before settlement, Binance spot order flow spikes, resulting in price movements that revert shortly after settlement,” the paper reads. “Clearly, this is a transitory push to manipulate the spot price, not trading on information.” Research faults Binance over Polymarket’s manipulation Polymarket uses a Chainlink oracle for…

Ethereum [$ETH] extended its recovery after buyers forced a decisive breakout above the $1,894.89 resistance zone. This breakout follows days of consolidation. Later on, the recovery accelerated toward $1,923.82, bringing the $1,940–$1,950 resistance zone into focus. Source: $ETH/USD on TradingView Notably, lower-than-expected U.S. inflation further strengthened the existing bullish momentum. This was by improving appetite for risk assets, reinforcing buyers already in control. The breakout also coincided with the largest green volume spike on the chart, confirming stronger participation behind the move. Thereafter, trading activity eased as bulls lost steam, with the price consolidating beneath resistance instead of reversing sharply.…

$XRP Ledger Emerges as Key Infrastructure Behind Brazil’s Expanding Stablecoin Ecosystem The $XRP Ledger (XRPL) is strengthening its role in global digital finance, with crypto researcher SMQKE highlighting its growing contribution to Brazil’s booming stablecoin market. More notably, the XRPL is already powering real-world issuance of Brazilian real (BRL)-backed stablecoins in one of the world’s fastest-growing digital asset ecosystems. Brazil now has more than 10 BRL-denominated stablecoins in circulation, spanning both public and institutional use cases. Projects such as BRZ, BRLA, and BRLM are driving faster digital payments, lower-cost cross-border transfers, and broader tokenized finance adoption. According to SMQKE, several…

Paymonade is one of the handful of crypto asset service providers to clear the MiCAR deadline on July 1. The continent’s crypto industry is now shifting based on the long-awaited regulatory changes. Damoon Technology (Europe) AG, trading as Paymonade, was granted a MiCA license by Liechtenstein’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). With this license, Paymonade becomes a part of the new core of European crypto firms, not ousted by the July 1 MiCAR deadline. Once cleared by Liechtenstein, Paymonade can provide regulated crypto-asset services to all 30 nations in the Euro Area. For now, the EU has decided on a unified…

One number tells you whether United States institutions are buying Bitcoin or backing away: the gap between the price on Coinbase and the price on the rest of the world’s exchanges. Here is how the Coinbase Premium Index works, why it moved markets in 2026, and how to read it without fooling yourself. Every market has a tell. In Bitcoin, one of the most watched is almost embarrassingly simple: the same coin trades on hundreds of venues at once, and the price is never exactly the same everywhere. Most of those gaps are noise. One of them is a signal,…

Ethereum price has retreated from a two-month high after traders locked in profits, though analysts still expect a push toward $2,000 while key support holds. The June U.S. CPI and PPI data initially fueled a risk-on move across crypto markets, lifting $ETH more than 5% before sellers emerged near a major resistance area. The rally briefly pushed Ethereum above a multi-month descending trendline, but momentum faded around $1,930 as short-term traders adopted a classic sell-the-news strategy. The pullback drove Ethereum ($ETH) price as low as $1,878 before buyers returned around the $1,880 region, which now serves as the first line…

The Moonbeam Network announced the complete closure of Polkadot’s parachain. The GLMR token would be migrating 1:1 to Coinbase’s Base Layer-2, and they will now be relaunching with a new purpose as a decentralized protocol for AI agent communications and on-chain settlements. This change is just the latest in a string of high-profile exits from the shrinking Polkadot ecosystem, as many are now making changes in their positioning around AI infrastructure on Ethereum-aligned chains. The project team stated that the project will become “a decentralized AI agent communication and settlement network built for the on-chain economy of the future.” This…

UK cryptocurrency regulation is entering a major shift in 2026, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requiring crypto exchanges to obtain full authorization. Starting 30 September 2026, UK crypto firms can apply for FCA approval, to operate legally. Unapproved platforms will face enforcement action, limited banking access, and potential criminal prosecution. The new framework is designed to enhance investor protections, regulate high-risk activities, and standardize compliance across digital asset trading. FCA Authorisation Timeline The FCA’s crypto authorization gateway opens on 30 September 2026, allowing firms to submit applications for regulatory approval. According to the Financial Services and Markets Act (Cryptoassets)…

Cryptocurrency markets struggled broadly in the second quarter of 2026, with declines across stablecoins, spot trading and derivatives, but prediction markets reached record highs. Spot trading volume across the top 10 centralized exchanges (CEXs) fell to $1.95 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, a 27.9% drop from $2.7 trillion in Q1, according to CoinGecko’s latest Crypto Industry Report published Thursday. CEX perpetual futures volume also declined 10% to $12.7 trillion, while the stablecoin market slipped 1.6% to $305.1 billion. In contrast, prediction markets recorded their strongest quarter on record with $113.8 billion in notional volume. The divergence highlights the…

US President Donald Trump made noteworthy statements regarding the cryptocurrency markets. In his speech, Trump expressed his positive view of cryptocurrencies, saying, “I’m a big fan of crypto.” Trump was asked whether the accounts known as “Trump Accounts” would contain Bitcoin. Without giving a clear commitment, Trump responded, “Something might happen.” Trump also alluded to Dell in his speech, saying, “Go and buy a Dell.” Trump also commented on Dell’s donation to Trump Accounts. Regarding the donation, he said, “We’re going to get that money back to them somehow.” Trump also thanked Micron and mentioned that major financial institutions such…