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Kalshi, a U.S.-based prediction market platform, has reached a huge milestone. The company reported over $4 billion in trading volume in the past 30 days, reports Whale Insider. This shows strong interest from both retail and institutional investors. The platform allows users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events. Users can buy contracts that pay out based on yes-or-no questions. Also, Kalshi’s $4 billion volume approach is different from traditional betting. It operates under CFTC regulations, providing a safe environment for trading. JUST IN: Kalshi surpasses $4,000,000,000 in volume over the past 30 days. pic.twitter.com/vzgskDf8dO — Whale Insider (@WhaleInsider)…
The Bitcoin network hashrate hit a record high in October, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a report on Monday. The monthly average network hashrate rose 5% to 1,082 exahashes per second (EH/s), the report said. The hashrate refers to the total combined computational power used to mine and process transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain, and is a proxy for competition in the industry and mining difficulty. At the end of last month, “mining difficulty was 3% higher than the end of September, and 80% higher than difficulty heading into the most recent halving,” analysts Reginald Smith and Charles Pearce wrote. The…
Ethereum price started a downside correction from $4,250. ETH is moving lower below $4,000 and might decline further if it trades below $3,920. Ethereum started a downside correction below $4,150 and $4,050. The price is trading below $4,050 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $4,100 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move down if it trades below $3,920. Ethereum Price Starts Downside Correction Ethereum price extended gains above the $4,050 level, like Bitcoin. ETH price even surpassed $4,200 before…
Stablecoin company Zerohash has secured a license under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), making it one of the first infrastructure providers authorized to offer stablecoin services across the EU. Zerohash Europe announced Sunday that it acquired a license from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). This allows the company to provide stablecoin and crypto products to banking institutions, financial technology firms and payment platforms across the 30 European Economic Area (EEA) countries. The AFM’s official registry confirmed that Zerohash has become a registered crypto-asset service provider (CASP). The approval positions Zerohash’s European arm as a…
Cipher Mining (CIFR) jumped 19% on Monday after signing a $5.5 billion lease agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), pushing deeper into the red-hot artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The 15-year agreement will see Cipher deliver 300 megawatts (MW) of power capacity to AWS by late 2026, with the first phase starting in July, according to the firm’s press release. The facilities will include both air and liquid-cooled racks, key features for the kind of high-performance computing (HPC) AI models require. Cipher also announced it has taken majority control of a new joint venture to build a 1 gigawatt site in…
One trader made two purchases of Ethereum at accurately determined market bottoms and gained approximately 29 million in his profit. These trades are found in the wallet address of the trader, 0x7422F5F528Cc36eA48F6cD8cdA5a9816E4573ede, on Kraken. The bottom of the dips were the same as each purchase. The trader benefited almost 150 percent of two large accumulation phases. The trades present a unqipped accuracy and timing in a volatile market. Never seen anyone time the $ETH bottom this perfectly.He bought the dip twice, both at the exact lows — making ~$29M(+150%) profit in total.https://t.co/coI5n0Zmkp pic.twitter.com/DRlIxi2t2r — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 29, 2025 Etherum…
Bancomat is developing Eur-Bank, an euro stablecoin intended to support tokenised government bonds and reduce cross-border payment costs, the Corriere della Sera reported on 28 October 2025, calling the work “early experiments aimed at converting cash into a transferable digital token.” How will the euro stablecoin bank issued euro token support tokenized government bonds? Can the italian payment app enable cross border euro payments and european stablecoin adoption? What are the stablecoin regulatory compliance issues? In brief: How will the euro stablecoin bank issued euro token support tokenized government bonds? The Corriere report says Bancomat envisions Eur-Bank as a vehicle…
Former US President Barack Obama has criticized Donald Trump over his involvement with cryptocurrency. Speaking during a rally on Saturday in support of Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger, Obama accused President Trump of prioritizing his “billionaire pals and finance bros” through cryptocurrency dealings. Obama Pressed Trump Over Family’s Crypto Involvement Obama, who criticized the President on several topics, alleged that Trump is expanding his family’s crypto venture without addressing the general economy of the United States. He asked his listeners if the economy is working for them, assuring them that things have gotten better for the Trump family. According…
A significant debate broke out on X (previously Twitter) today as major Chinese crypto investor account holder @Phyrex_Ni posted a content stating that breaches of contracts in Web3 projects were alarmingly frequent – and especially those listed on Binance. The message, which was posted at 11:10 AM UTC, proceeds the viral post by @Bitwux about the loss of contractual integrity in the decentralized ecosystem. Binance Web3 Projects Phyrex, in his post, claimed to have invested in and incubated many crypto projects in the last one year and all of them have formal contract signing. However, he disclosed that nearly every…
Bitcoin BTC$107,661.53 miners are now an integral part of the artificial intelligence (AI) value chain, Wall Street broker Bernstein said in a note Monday updating its model for the sector. The broker argued that miners’ large-scale power infrastructure and facilities have become critical to AI data centers, now seen as the biggest execution bottleneck for the fast-growing industry. Every U.S.-listed bitcoin miner the broker covers has pivoted toward maximizing the value of its power assets rather than betting on bitcoin price upside, analysts led by Gautam Chhugani wrote. The firm’s analysts abandoned their discounted cash flow (DCF) methodology in favor…