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Prediction market Kalshi is once again staring down a possible restraining order in Nevada after a federal judge sent the dispute back to state court on Monday, allowing regulators to seek an injunction against the CFTC-regulated exchange. The court found that the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s claims “arise under state law,” and that the Commodity Exchange Act “does not completely preempt” those claims. It therefore “lacks subject matter jurisdiction and will grant remand,” sending the dispute back to the Nevada state court, according to court documents reviewed by Decrypt.  Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket have previously argued…

In a significant on-chain movement capturing analyst attention, ParaFi Capital, a prominent crypto-focused investment firm, has deposited 42,500 $AAVE tokens—valued at approximately $5.27 million—to the Coinbase exchange. This transaction, reported by blockchain analytics platform Onchain Lens and occurring over a concentrated nine-hour period, represents a notable action by a sophisticated institutional player within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Consequently, market observers are scrutinizing this transfer for its potential implications on $AAVE’s market dynamics and broader DeFi sentiment as of early 2025. Analyzing the ParaFi Capital $AAVE Deposit The core transaction involves a substantial transfer from a wallet address widely attributed…

4AI has just declared an alliance with DeAgentAI aimed at boosting the creation of dependable, free-roaming AI agents that can work in harmony with multi-chain blockchain conditions. The partnership is an indication of an increased intersection of artificial intelligence and decentralized infrastructure as both firms seek to establish a base of AI systems that are secure, verifiable, and inherently embedded into Web3 ecosystems. 4AI X DeAgentAI 🤝 We’re partnering with @DeAgentAI to advance trustworthy, autonomous AI agents operating natively across multi-chain ecosystems.🔸 Trustless on-chain decision-making for AI agents🔸 Identity, continuity, and consensus primitives for agents🔸 Scalable AI… pic.twitter.com/IFwrVN3f3M — 4AI…

$NFT marketplace SuperRare has launched Liquid Editions, which are ERC-20 tokens with embedded liquidity pools, enabling artworks to evolve based on live market data. The debut piece by artist Ripe visualizes the friction and discovery of value in real-time, offering collectors a dynamic experience tied to market conditions. This new medium allows artists to use on-chain data, such as price and depth, as creative inputs, introducing a novel way for art to interact with the financial ecosystem. Liquid Editions are designed to integrate with SuperRare’s existing “Cultural Liquidity Stack,” which includes 1/1 artworks and community-focused ERC-1155 tokens. A unique aspect…

The Ethereum Foundation’s newly released “Strawmap” reads, at first glance, like something only a protocol researcher could immediately comprehend. It’s dense, diagram-heavy and packed with references to forks, zkEVMs and data availability sampling. But beneath the technical language is a far simpler story: Ethereum — the second-largest blockchain with more than $200 billion market cap — is trying to decide what kind of infrastructure it wants to be by the end of the decade. The ‘Strawmap’ — explicitly framed as a draft, not an official plan — sketches out Ethereum upgrades through 2029. It is not binding, but it signals…

U.S. equities fell in pre-market trading after the U.S. and Israel entered into conflict with Iran over the weekend. The Invesco QQQ exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index, declined 1.5%, though early losses have started to moderate, suggesting that initial concerns may have been somewhat overstated. A Saudi Arabia oil refinery was hit by Iran’s response, pushing WTI crude oil as high as $75 per barrel. It was recently trading below $72, though remains 8% higher over the past 24 hours. Gold rallied more than 2% in the past day to $5,400 per ounce, putting it within…

In July of last year, US President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act, a “landmark” cryptocurrency law, into law during a live broadcast. This marked the first comprehensive law passed in the US concerning the cryptocurrency market. The law introduces framework rules for issuers of stablecoins. Now, as the US Congress continues its efforts to pass another important piece of legislation, the CLARITY bill, which regulates the cryptocurrency market, a move to ban cryptocurrency has come from the US. Accordingly, the housing bill introduced in the US includes a ban on CBDCs. According to Eleanor Terrett, host of the Crypto…

Visa and Stripe-owned stablecoin firm Bridge have expanded globally the stablecoin-linked card issuance product unveiled last year, which was focused on Central and South American countries. Lead Bank, which was announced as a participant in Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot earlier this year, is also working with Bridge’s stablecoin infrastructure, according to a press release. Bridge-enabled stablecoin-linked cards are now live in 18 countries, using crypto platforms like Phantom and MetaMask, with planned expansion to over 100 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East by end of year, the companies said on Tuesday. “Expanding our work with Bridge…

Bhutan has also launched an innovative residency scheme which links blockchain technology with physical mobility. The nation is currently providing a digital nomad visa based on Solana infrastructure making it a crypto-friendly country. The main requirements are that the applicants need to buy 10,000 units of TER tokens or tokenized gold on-chain and a 2,800 administrative fee to gain up to 36 months of residency. This project is consistent with the innovation-based tourism policy of Bhutan and aims at catering to high-value professionals around the world who want the flexibility of changing residency. 🚨 Bhutan (@gmcbhutan) launches the world’s first…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on Thursday called for a broad overhaul of the network’s cryptographic foundations, warning that advances in quantum computing could break core parts of the protocol, while laying out a multi-stage plan to replace them. In a post on X, Buterin identified four vulnerable areas: consensus-layer BLS signatures, data availability tools known as KZG commitments, the ECDSA signature scheme used by standard user accounts, and zero-knowledge proof systems used by applications and layer-2 networks. Each could be tackled step by step, he said, with dedicated solutions at each layer of the protocol. “One important thing upstream of…