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Prediction market platform Kalshi opened 2026 with roughly $291 million in daily notional volume on January 1, doubling the $147 million recorded on December 1, 2025, a sign of continued momentum following a breakout year of twelvefold growth. The strong start follows an explosive 2025 in which Kalshi processed $23.8 billion in total notional volume, representing growth of more than 1,100% year-over-year, according to data published on X. The platform handled 97 million transactions in 2025, which is over 1,680% higher than what it saw in 2024, with peak activity occurring on December 21, 2025, when daily notional volume hit…

While the MSCI is proposing excluding digital asset treasury companies with over 50% crypto holdings from its indexes, Fold Holdings has made sort of an uphill climb by announcing that it will be included in the Russell 2000 Index. Fold Holdings, a Bitcoin financial services firm, has announced that it will be included in the Russell 2000 Index despite the MSCI considering the exclusion of digital asset treasuries from its indexes. Has Fold Holdings been included in the Russell 2000 Index? Fold Holdings announced its inclusion in the Russell 2000 Index on December 22. The Russell 2000 tracks small-cap U.S.…

Japan’s Finance Minister Katayama has backed the idea of letting cryptocurrencies trade on stock exchanges. He said exchanges make digital assets easier for the public to access. This step shows Japan’s growing focus on crypto. Katayama also said that exchanges are key for safe trading. They help people to invest with confidence while keeping regulators in control. Exchanges Make Crypto Accessible The Finance Minister said exchanges act as a gateway for ordinary investors. They offer a familiar platform for buying and selling crypto. This makes it easier for new users to enter the market. Supporting exchanges also helps in creating…

The Council of the European Union (EU) the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro design, A Friday document outlined the council’s position on the digital euro, including alignment with the ECB on launching online and offline variants simultaneously ECB President Christine Lagarde that t rest with EU lawmakers “It’s now for the European Council and certainly later on for the European Parliament to identify whether the Commission proposal is satisfactory, how it can be transformed into a piece of legislation or amended.” The offline digital euro’s limitations Documents reveal that a cash-like currency observers from linking multiple activities to the…

A federal magistrate judge has ordered OpenAI to turn over roughly 20 million de-identified ChatGPT logs to The New York Times and other plaintiffs, deepening the AI development company’s exposure to an array of copyright and data governance disputes. Issued on Wednesday in New York, the order denies OpenAI’s bid to block the production of user-chat records and directs the company to hand over the logs under a protective framework. The outcome could shape how tech firms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity source training data, license content, and build guardrails around and over what their systems can output. …

Large crypto holders have been depositing their tokens on crypto exchange Binance — one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world — in seeming preparation to sell, but analysts warn that buyers aren’t ready to take the trades yet. So-called crypto whales deposited $2.4 billion near-evenly split between Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) to Binance in the past week, the exchange’s largest net inflow in a month, but the “buying power is missing,” CryptoOnchain said in a note to CryptoQuant on Sunday. “Crucially, this surge in risk-asset deposits was not accompanied by new buying power,” it added, noting that…

Jiuzi Holdings is deepening its digital assets presence, announcing a partnership with Exsat Network, a core organization within the EOS crypto ecosystem, to build a global cryptocurrency custody business that could scale to $3 billion. Summary Jiuzi partnered with Exsat, part of the EOS ecosystem, to build a global cryptocurrency custody business that could scale to $3 billion. The venture targets regulated, institutional-grade crypto storage and related services such as settlement and yield products. The deal positions Jiuzi deeper in digital assets as institutional demand grows and could boost its profile—and valuation—in the crypto market. Under the agreement, the two…

OKX TR announced that it will list the BREV (Brevis) token in order to increase its product diversity in the spot markets. According to the official announcement, BREV will be offered for trading on the OKX TR platform according to the established schedule. The listing will be carried out in a phased process, aiming to ensure a smooth trading experience for investors. According to the announced schedule, BREV deposit transactions will begin on January 5, 2026, at 2:30 PM. Following this, a call auction will be held on January 6, 2026, between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM to ensure a…

One of the most epic turns in the unrealized profit-and-loss moves has taken place with a closely monitored insider whale, which has made headlines in the crypto community after sailing through one of the most dramatic swings in the last few months. On-chain data provided by Satoshi Stacker have shown that the whale went between +19 million in unrealized gain to a shattering -77 million loss only to recover to +11 million in unrealized gain within a month. According to the data presented on HyperDash.info, the whale held big leveraged long trades in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL)…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said demand for computing resources is “skyrocketing” due to the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence models, calling it an “intense race” to the next frontier of the tech. In a Monday Nvidia live event in Las Vegas, Huang discussed a host of developments for the company ahead of 2026, as he pointed to the strong competition in the artificial intelligence sector. Commenting on the growth of AI since it first hit the market, Huang said that everyone has been fighting to be the first to hit the next level of the tech. “The amount of computation…