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Kalshi and Polymarket are continuing to onboard users in India despite an explicit federal ban and a direct warning from the country’s technology ministry that both platforms are operating illegally. The situation reflects a pattern increasingly visible among leading prediction market platforms: push into high-growth emerging markets, take the regulatory heat, and keep running until someone actually makes you stop. The prize in India is significant. Wagers on Indian Premier League cricket matches have already reached nearly half the volume of U.S. Major League Baseball games in some weeks. A single match on May 7 drew over $27 million in…

Bitcoin’s rebound is running into a demand problem. CryptoQuant’s 30-day apparent demand metric has fallen to minus 147,000 $BTC, its weakest reading since December 2025, even as bitcoin holds in the mid-$70,000s after bouncing from its April lows near $65,000. The metric compares new miner supply and older coins returning to circulation with the amount of bitcoin the market is absorbing. A positive reading means buyers are taking down new and reactivated supply, while a negative reading means more coins are coming to market than buyers are absorbing on-chain. The latter is the issue with the current rally. Bitcoin has…

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated that the cryptocurrency market is about to enter a new “super cycle,” and that Ethereum, in particular, will be one of the biggest winners in this process. While maintaining his long-term optimism for the crypto market, Lee noted that Ethereum’s current position presents significant opportunities for investors. According to Tom Lee, there are two main driving forces behind the upcoming supercycle. The first is the asset tokenization process accelerated by Wall Street companies. It is predicted that the demand for Ethereum-based infrastructure will increase significantly as stocks, bonds, and various real assets in the traditional…

Online Blockchain CEO Clem Chambers believes U.S. markets have entered the early phase of a two-year Nasdaq bubble driven by artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending, deficit-funded money printing, and industrial reindustrialization. Key Takeaways: This week, Clem Chambers told Kitco that the Nasdaq two-year bubble will be driven by AI spending and U.S. deficit money printing. Gold at $4,700 acts as the key signal for Trump’s Beijing summit outcome and Taiwan risk. Following the interview with Chambers, gold traded at $4,540 per ounce on May 17. Copper, industrial batteries, and grid capacity are the primary choke points investors should watch now,…

This week, the nonprofit organization $XRP Ledger Foundation (XRPLF) announced the completion of the formation of its new operational core, while Hussain Zangana, known as Vet_X0, who has taken the position of Community Director, has already revealed details of two key planned upgrades. These updates are expected to transform XRPL into a full-fledged financial and credit ecosystem and cement the native $XRP token’s status as an irreplaceable cross-chain liquidity bridge. How XRPL is building its new credit layer The protocol is preparing to introduce functionality that previously required heavyweight general-purpose smart contracts: Native Lending Protocol: A fully decentralized lending infrastructure…

Minnesota has enacted a new law that explicitly permits banks and credit unions operating within the state to offer cryptocurrency custody services to their customers. The legislation, signed by Governor Tim Walz, creates a formal regulatory pathway for traditional financial institutions to securely store digital assets such as Bitcoin and other virtual currencies on behalf of clients. What the new law means for financial institutions Under the bill, which passed with bipartisan support in the Minnesota legislature, state-chartered banks and credit unions are now authorized to act as custodians for virtual assets. This means these institutions can legally hold private…

The Trump Media Bitcoin treasury entered a new pressure point after reports citing Arkham and Lookonchain-tracked wallets said 2,650 $BTC moved to Crypto.com last week. Exchange deposits are commonly read as a sale signal, especially when coins tied to a corporate treasury move from visible storage toward a centralized trading venue. The transfer is a Bitcoin treasury sale signal rather than proof that Trump Media sold the Bitcoin.” It raises a harder question: how much of the company’s $BTC reserve is freely held, how much is tied to collateral or hedging arrangements, and whether the latest wallet movement will later…

Ethereum is trading at $2,080 and grinding lower into a zone where the technical picture is bleak on the surface, but quietly building something more interesting beneath the surface. The 100-day moving average sits just above as a lost reference point; the ascending channel floor is on the verge of a breakdown, yet the 4-hour chart is sketching out what may be a genuine bullish reversal pattern. Whether it develops into something real or simply unwinds into another leg lower is the central question heading into June. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has…

Hyperliquid’s HYPE jumped 7% in the past 24 hours even as majors tokens dropped and bitcoin slid under $77,000 in Asian morning hours Monday. The move came as Trade.xyz launched SPCX-USDC, a pre-IPO perpetual futures contract tracking the market-implied price of Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s common stock, on Hyperliquid’s order book at around 5:16 AM UTC. The contract launched with a reference price of $150 and an initial market cap of $1.78 trillion, based on SpaceX’s reported fully diluted share count of 11.87 billion. This sits inside the $1.75 trillion to $2 trillion range SpaceX is targeting for its public offering,…

As governments continue building clearer crypto regulations through frameworks like the proposed Clarity Act, a much larger issue is slowly moving into focus behind the scenes: quantum computing risks. In an exclusive interview with Coinpedia, Moona Ederveen-Schneider, founder of a quantum security consultancy and former Executive Director EMEA, Financial Services, shared why the crypto industry may already be running out of time to prepare for future quantum threats. According to her, the conversation is no longer just about compliance or market structure. It is increasingly becoming about long-term cryptographic survival. Clarity Act Could Quietly Raise Security Standards While Moona said…